Auth Dev with Clerk

​Building authentication from scratch often means spending days dealing with session management, MFA, social logins, cookies, and route protection instead of shipping actual product features.

​This meetup is focused entirely on modern web authentication understanding how it works under the hood and learning how to implement it efficiently in real applications.

​What we’ll cover

​• Authentication architecture: tradeoffs between building your own auth system vs using managed solutions.

​• Clerk fundamentals: implementing pre-built auth UI and conditional rendering

​• Route protection: securing frontend routes and backend APIs using middleware

​• Sessions & user metadata: handling active sessions, roles, and permissions

​• Developer networking: connect with local developers, discuss stacks, security, and side projects

​Who should attend

​• Frontend developers • Full-stack developers • Beginners interested in secure authentication and modern web app architecture

​Good to know

​• Bring a laptop if you’d like to follow along with the code examples • The event is completely free, but spots are limited