Committing some notes and thoughts regarding my desired factor.
New user model as the identity object has been abstracted from the Auth service.
Backend now uses JWT to serve as authentication instead of managing a sessions table.
Valence updates to no longer including identity with auth.
Created a separate layer for route parsing with a small API to add route hooks.
Adding date to comments.
Ensuring proper OjectID format is being saeved to posts.
Prettifications.
Adding the admin role.
Updating author_posts to use new valence model API.
Updating app bootstrap to use new Valence API.
Updating controllers to use new valence API.
Updating nav to use new valence auth/acl API.
Updating models and roles to use new Valence API.
General style updates.
Updating loader config to match new loader system.
VALENCE 1.0

 - The model layer now uses the strategy pattern to move through sequences.
 - Valence now includes access control with identity management.
 - Consistent API across modules.
 - Consolidated route hook system.
 - Stronger auth integration when fetching/persisting data in the cloud.