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#01I hand-wrote the newsletter backend in PHP. The threat model is the code.
The captainrandom newsletter subscription backend is 600 lines of PHP, six classes, no framework, no Composer. Every security decision — rate limits, honeypots, time-traps, token hygiene — lives in the endpoint files, readable end-to-end in one sitting. That's the trade: no ecosystem, but a threat model you can hold in your head.
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#02No Composer, no autoloader: the newsletter backend cPanel rewarded
The deployment target was a cPanel shared host with FTP access. Composer wants SSH or a committed vendor directory. Neither fits cleanly on shared hosting. The alternative was require_once, six PHP classes, and a 190-line schema that doubles as documentation. Six sprints in, the backend is completely understood.
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