The latest articles on DEV Community by Selim G. (@hopesf). https://dev.to/hopesf https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4121259%2F2f8cc07d-907a-493f-8b1b-07bb700a5acd.jpg https://dev.to/hopesf en Selim G. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:39:07 +0000 https://dev.to/hopesf/stop-installing-6-security-packages-for-every-node-api-36db https://dev.to/hopesf/stop-installing-6-security-packages-for-every-node-api-36db <p>Every Express or Fastify app needs helmet, cors, rate-limit, XSS sanitization, logging, sometimes an IP blacklist.</p> <p>I wrapped that into one package:</p> <p>npm i backend-guard</p> <p>Works on Express, Fastify, and NestJS with the same options object.</p> <p>Repo: <a href="https://github.com/hopesf/backend-guard" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/hopesf/backend-guard</a></p> node npm javascript typescript