
Before diving into Stripe objects, we first need to create a new Account object. This will act as an extended version of the user, storing additional attributes, such as the stripe_customer_id if the user becomes a customer.

Understanding why accounts tables are essential beyond Stripe integration, serving as a foundation for managing user data, feature entitlements, and future tool integrations in your application.
The key to maintaining clean, consistent code from the start is that Cursor AI learns from your existing codebase patterns, automatically implementing best practices like authentication without explicit prompting.
Learn how to validate CRUD operations using Postman by testing API endpoints with proper authentication tokens, ensuring your accounts table correctly fetches and manages user records.
Discover why authentication timing matters during user signup flows: attempting to authenticate before account creation fails, requiring temporary security workarounds that must be addressed in production implementations.
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Create an accounts table to map Stripe customers and store their plan-based feature entitlements.
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