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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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πŸ” Still storing JWT in LocalStorage? Time to stop β€” here’s the 2025 way

HTTP-only cookies + CSRF token = simple, safe, and seamless.

βœ… Benefits you get:
β€’ Immune to XSS β€” JavaScript can’t steal what it can’t see
β€’ Auto-sent with each request β€” no headers to wire manually
β€’ Built-in CSRF protection with SameSite and Secure flags
β€’ Works with React, SSR, uploads, mobile, WebSocket, microservices

πŸ› οΈ Includes: Express + Node setup, React client, real-world examples.

πŸ‘‰ Learn how to future-proof your SPA:
https://javascript.plainenglish.io/good-bye-localstorage-cookie-based-jwt-for-your-spa-in-2025-b5645ed27fee

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