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SWE | building an AI tool to help people plan their next travel adventures, aiming to launch mid december! Time flies, but you’re the pilot! 🌎🚀
to fix it, I quickly wrote a function to detect the userAgent and hide the standard clerk sign-in/sign-up components if the app is accessed within an iframe.
once I implemented the fix, the issue was resolved—12 hours after posting.
December 21, 2024 at 2:19 PM
and here’s the problem: users trying to sign up saw a 403 disallowed_useragent error when accessing my app in the iframe.

worse, I didn’t know this was happening for hours until someone reached out to let me know. 😬
December 21, 2024 at 2:19 PM
after testing my app, MyTravelAgent, in production for 2 weeks with friends and family, I thought it was finally ready for public release. excited, I shared my journey on linkedIn 2 days ago.
December 21, 2024 at 2:19 PM