Two new docs pages on designing secure permissions
AI code generation nowadays can generate something that works in a remarkably short time. That is genuinely great, and it is also why more half-finished apps are ending up in production than ever before. Having a platform that handles security for you matters more in that world, not less. But the platform can only enforce the permissions you actually configure. Appfarm will faithfully protect exactly what you tell it to protect, and faithfully expose everything else.
So the principles matter more now, not less. Permissions follow the user, not the app. Filters and hidden UI are not security boundaries. Read is the permission that deserves the most care, because it exposes an entire object class at once. And there are good patterns for narrowing access when you need to: conditional permissions, or a service running as an elevated service account.
This is critical if your solution has unauthenticated apps, or sensitive data reachable by external roles.
Two new pages:
Designing secure permissions covers the model itself, what is not a boundary, the patterns for narrowing access, and the pitfalls we see most often.
Unauthenticated access: best practices walks through a concrete application portal, step by step, with do’s and don’ts.
Appfarm AI knows this material and your solution model, so Ask mode is a useful second pair of eyes: ask it whether a setup exposes more than you intend, or how to route a read through a flow or service. Not a substitute for understanding it yourself, but a good check.
Both pages are short. Set aside twenty minutes, then go look at your own solution with them in mind.