Nimesh Thakur

Nimesh Thakur @toklas495

About: Crafting simple, secure authentication.

Joined:
Nov 23, 2025

Nimesh Thakur
articles - 10 total

The Real Story of Account Linking — How I Learned Auth Is a Flow, Not a Login

Auth is not a login. Auth is a flow. The moment you understand this, everything clicks. ...

Learn More 5 0Feb 1

The Mirror Trick: Why Knowing Good Habits Changes Nothing

Everyone says habits decide your future. Read Atomic Habits. Make a to-do list. Wake up at 5 AM....

Learn More 5 0Jan 12

The Magic Behind “Login with Google”: How OAuth 2.0 Actually Works

Introduction: The Magic Login Button You're on a website. You see "Login with Google" or...

Learn More 5 0Jan 4

JWT Is Not Secure — Until You Understand JWS and JWE

Start Here JWTs are not secure by default. They're fast. Stateless. Powerful. But easy to...

Learn More 5 0Dec 28 '25

When Sleep Became a Problem

Sleep was a nightmare for me once. Not the kind where you wake up scared. The kind where you're...

Learn More 9 1Dec 25 '25

The Day I Stopped Chasing Everything and Found My One Thing

So let me tell you a story. It's mine, but honestly, it might be yours too. When I was a kid, I used...

Learn More 39 3Dec 21 '25

I Crashed My Server with Promise.all() - Here's How I Built a 121 RPS Fuzzer Instead

The Journey of Making 404fuzz Blazingly Fast ⚡ When I started building 404fuzz, I had one...

Learn More 5 1Dec 14 '25

Building 404fuzz: A Multi-Core Fuzzer That Never Gets Tired

Most people think fuzzers are just “tools that send fast requests.” That’s true. But building a...

Learn More 5 0Dec 6 '25

404ping v2 — The API Testing CLI That Went From Side-Project to Beast Mode 💥

curl + Postman + brain = 404ping When I built 404ping v0.0.1, it was a tiny experiment. I just...

Learn More 12 4Nov 29 '25

I Built 404ping — A Lightweight API Testing CLI (curl + Postman had a baby)

The Problem Picture this: It's 2 AM. You're deep in API testing. You've got 15 endpoints...

Learn More 8 0Nov 23 '25