Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's an example of the most common authentication features you might want in your React project using TanStack Start, Drizzle, Better Auth and Neon.

Repo: github.com/Balastrong/confhub
TanStack Start Tutorial: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOQjd5dsGSxIEKFg4dnSQ4zQkmTktfszp
TanStack Start Free Resources: github.com/Balastrong/awesome-tanstack-start

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Demo
00:49 Client route guards
02:45 SSR in the initial guard
03:27 Display components only for authenticated users
04:06 Check client session
04:49 Sign In & Sign Up
05:34 A similar approach
06:12 More TanStack Start examples
06:36 Backend authentication guard (middleware)
09:36 Drizzle + Better Auth Configuration
11:39 Learn More

#authentication #drizzle #tanstack