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On May 5th, 2026, I lost my job. My boss had become convinced that AI could do everything I did. Every time a task took longer than he liked, or a bug appeared, he’d hit me with the same question: "If AI can do your job, where do you position yourself?
Explore a high-performance, minimalist tech setup featuring the Mac Mini M4 and MacBook Air M4. From active fiber connectivity to the HyperX SoloCast 2, here is a deep dive into the daily drivers powering my 2026 workflow.
You define roles and permissions in Postgres, attach user_role and user_plan to each access token with a custom access token hook, then read those claims on the server with jwt-decode and expose them through userWithRole() in hooks.server.ts, app.d.ts, and the root layout so SvelteKit pages get a single, typed snapshot of who the user is—while Postgres Row Level Security and authorize() stay the real gate for data.