🧑‍💼 Profile Management System

A full-stack user profile management application where users can register, log in, and create/update their profile with an image.

🔗 Live Frontend Demo: https://profile-frontend-alpha.vercel.app

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✅ Features

• ✅ User registration and login
• ✅ Secure authentication using JWT
• ✅ Password encryption using bcrypt
• ✅ Profile image upload using Multer
• ✅ Store images on Cloudinary
• ✅ Use Node-cache for performance optimization
• ✅ Protect routes using middleware
• ✅ Built with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB (Mongoose)
• ✅ RESTful API structure

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🧰 Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• JWT for authentication
• bcrypt for password hashing
• Multer for file uploads
• Cloudinary for image storage
• Node-cache for in-memory caching

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📦 Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/profile-backend.git
   cd profile-backend