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Hash Password for next update

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
backend, security

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the user model and password-handling path in the Go API, then identify the project’s expected password-storage behavior and verify that users’ passwords are stored as hashes rather than plaintext.

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Description

enhancement

Create hash function for users password

Dominant language
Go
Stars
1
Forks
0
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

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First steps

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