Author Darshan Somashekar

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Darshan Somashekar is a technology entrepreneur who has built & sold two startups. His latest fun project is a solitaire site called Solitaired. Previously, Darshan co-founded drop.io, a media sharing startup that was acquired by Facebook in 2010. He also co-founded Imagine Easy Solutions, a research and citation platform, which was acquired by Chegg in 2016. Darshan served as Chegg’s VP of Product for its newly-formed Writing Tools group until his transition in mid-2019. He now focuses on angel investment, advisory, and entrepreneurship.

Darshan graduated from Brown University with a degree in Public Policy & American Institutions. He worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company in New York after graduation.

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Creating Secure Password Flows With NodeJS And MySQL

March 11, 2020 — Reset password functionality is table stakes for any user-friendly application. It can also be a security nightmare. Using NodeJS and MySQL. Today, Darshan Somashekar demonstrates how to successfully create a secure reset password flow so you can avoid these pitfalls. Darshan will be using NodeJS and MySQL as the base components. If you’re writing using a different language, framework, or database, you can still benefit from following the general “Security Tips” outlined in each section. Read more…