Old partial attempt at "public mode"

middlewares/public.js

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+const verifyAuth = require('./verifyAuth')
+
+const middlewareNoop = ( (_1, _2, next) => next() )
+const publicMiddleware = () => process.env.LISTS_PUBLIC === 'true' ?
+  (req, res, next) => {
+    if (!req.user) req.user = { _id: 'Unknown' }
+    next()
+  }
+  : verifyAuth()
+
+module.exports = publicMiddleware