tooling checklist for HIPAA-ready applications

[aishwaripahwa12]

Added a new blog

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added a new blog post: a practical tooling checklist covering authentication, access control, data storage, encryption, auditing, monitoring, backups, BAAs, and risk assessment.
• Chores
  • Added a cover image asset so the new blog post displays with its article.

[coderabbitai]

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Walkthrough

This pull request adds a new blog post at src/routes/blog/post/tooling-checklist-for-hipaa-ready-applications/+page.markdoc containing front matter and comprehensive content about tooling for HIPAA-ready applications, and updates .optimize-cache.json to include the post's cover image asset. No code logic or public API changes were made.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'tooling checklist for HIPAA-ready applications' accurately and specifically describes the main change: adding a new blog post about HIPAA tooling practices.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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Actionable comments posted: 3

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In
`@src/routes/blog/post/tooling-checklist-for-hipaa-ready-applications/`+page.markdoc:
- Line 229: The inline link "Appwrite HIPAA documentation" is malformed because
the bold markup surrounds only the link destination parentheses instead of the
link text; update the Markdoc/Markdown to wrap the link text in bold inside the
link syntax so it renders as a single bold CTA — e.g., change the fragment so
the link appears as [**Appwrite HIPAA
documentation**](https://appwrite.io/docs/advanced/security/hipaa) (locate the
line containing "Appwrite HIPAA documentation" in +page.markdoc and adjust the
asterisks to surround the visible link text).
- Around line 10-11: The RSS generator is publishing posts marked unlisted
because it uses the raw posts array instead of the filtered list; update the RSS
feed handler (the function that builds the feed in rss.xml server code) to
either call getBlogEntries() so only published/visible entries are included, or
explicitly filter the posts array with post.unlisted !== true (or
!post.unlisted) before rendering the feed; ensure the change preserves existing
fields used by the feed (title, url, date, etc.) so the feed output is unchanged
except for excluding unlisted posts.
- Line 24: The sentence on line 24 overstates scope—replace the phrase
"organizations that handle health data, it's a legal requirement" with wording
that limits HIPAA to covered entities and their business associates;
specifically update the sentence in the paragraph containing "HIPAA compliance
is not optional for organizations that handle health data" to read something
like: "HIPAA compliance is a legal requirement for covered entities and their
business associates that handle protected health information (PHI)." Ensure the
revised sentence preserves the HHS/OCR enforcement mention.

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• .optimize-cache.json
• src/routes/blog/post/tooling-checklist-for-hipaa-ready-applications/+page.markdoc

[coderabbitai]

⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

unlisted: true does not keep this post out of RSS.

In this repo, getBlogEntries() filters unlisted posts out of the blog index, but src/routes/blog/rss.xml/+server.ts still renders the raw posts array. This setting will therefore hide the article from the main blog page while still syndicating it in RSS. Please either publish it normally here or filter unlisted posts in the feed as well.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In
`@src/routes/blog/post/tooling-checklist-for-hipaa-ready-applications/`+page.markdoc
around lines 10 - 11, The RSS generator is publishing posts marked unlisted
because it uses the raw posts array instead of the filtered list; update the RSS
feed handler (the function that builds the feed in rss.xml server code) to
either call getBlogEntries() so only published/visible entries are included, or
explicitly filter the posts array with post.unlisted !== true (or
!post.unlisted) before rendering the feed; ensure the change preserves existing
fields used by the feed (title, url, date, etc.) so the feed output is unchanged
except for excluding unlisted posts.

[adityaoberai]

This is expected behaviour

[coderabbitai]

@adityaoberai, understood! Thanks for clarifying. I'll note this for future reviews.

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✏️ Learnings added

Learnt from: adityaoberai
Repo: appwrite/website PR: 2791
File: src/routes/blog/post/tooling-checklist-for-hipaa-ready-applications/+page.markdoc:10-11
Timestamp: 2026-03-10T13:25:39.038Z
Learning: In the Appwrite website repository, `unlisted: true` in blog post front matter is intentional behavior that only hides the post from the blog index page (via `getBlogEntries()` filtering) while still allowing it to be syndicated in the RSS feed. Do not flag this as a bug — it is expected behavior confirmed by the maintainer.

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🧠 Learnings used

Learnt from: atharvadeosthale
Repo: appwrite/website PR: 2747
File: src/routes/changelog/(entries)/2026-02-17.markdoc:13-15
Timestamp: 2026-02-12T21:22:52.630Z
Learning: In the Appwrite website repository, changelog entries in `src/routes/changelog/(entries)/` don't always have announcement blog posts. It's acceptable for changelog entries to omit the `arrow_link` block when no corresponding announcement post exists.

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Learnt from: atharvadeosthale
Repo: appwrite/website PR: 2714
File: src/routes/blog/post/screenshots-best-practices/+page.markdoc:124-156
Timestamp: 2026-01-27T09:51:03.868Z
Learning: In blog posts (even when categorized as tutorials), allow using placeholder or undefined helper function references in code examples to illustrate patterns without requiring runnable implementations. Clearly mark such blocks as illustrative (e.g., use comments like 'pseudo-code' or 'placeholder') and avoid implying runnable code. Ensure readers don’t expect executable snippets from these placeholders, and keep illustrative content separate from actual code that runs.