The student project platform described facilitates the sharing of student side-projects while employing Ory Kratos for authentication. The system's architecture integrates a React UI, a GraphQL API, and Ory Kratos, which together manage user login credentials and ensure that data requests are authenticated. The authentication process involves initiating login flows, verifying session cookies, and managing redirects for account recovery. Ory Kratos is deployed via Kubernetes using Helm and Helmfile, with a configuration that includes email credentials for account recovery and secret management to securely handle credentials. The platform's login UI is designed with a popup component that interacts with the Ory Kratos JS SDK to handle registration, login, and password recovery. The backend verifies users by extracting session cookies and using the Ory Kratos Go SDK to attach user IDs to request contexts, facilitating access to protected fields. This approach allows seamless user authentication within the UI without additional interventions, optimizing the user experience and maintaining data security.