This is definitely been a learning experience for me, and I'm really not sure what the future holds for the project.
CORS was/is an issue that I've yet to fully figure out, if you have any ideas please share - I'd love to learn.
Authentication is something that I've delebratly avoided as I feel Pantry should not be used to store sensitive data, nor should it be ever used in production. It's for POC's, hackathon projects, and should be used as a development tool for rapid prototyping.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions, and please feel free to submit PR's if you'd like!