Monthly summary for 2025-10 for the TSIW-PROAE/proae_backend. The month centered on updating the database stack to support security, stability, and future features, with no major regressions introduced. Key points: - Key feature delivered: PostgreSQL version upgrade from 17 to 18 in docker-compose to ensure backend uses a newer, more secure/stable database version. Commit: 3e89b6d372bcddde2bb828423294a5175ae3dfdf. - Major bugs fixed: None reported; minor compatibility tweaks implemented to support the upgrade. - Overall impact and accomplishments: Strengthened production reliability and security posture by aligning with the latest PostgreSQL release, enabling smoother feature work that depends on newer DB capabilities, and improving deployment reproducibility. - Technologies/skills demonstrated: Docker/Docker-Compose, PostgreSQL version management, containerized deployment, upgrade validation, and security-conscious maintenance.

Month: 2025-08 – Delivery focused on UX consistency, robust authentication, and self-service capabilities. Frontend improvements centered the Home page header for the 'Processos Seletivos' section and achieved better cross-device alignment, enhancing visual presentation and reduce layout friction. Backend enhancements introduced per-user name persistence and personalized login responses, unified JWT-based authentication across API surfaces with cookie-based login, and simplified session management via updated guards and student/entity model adjustments. Added Password Recovery via Email with a dedicated API endpoint, HTML template, and DTOs to streamline user self-service. These changes deliver tangible business value by improving user experience, strengthening security, and enabling scalable identity flows.