Hello Dev Community! πŸ‘‹

It is officially Day 167 of my full-stack development journey! Today, I shifted focus to the backend of QuickChat, engineering the user authentication, verification middleware, and profile update endpoints using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and Cloudinary! βš™οΈπŸ”‘

Here is the breakdown of the backend architecture developed today.

As shown in my implementation snapshots (Screenshots 407 to 410):

1. Express Routing & Protection Middleware