Intial Setup

README.md

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+# StoryCove
+
+A self-hosted web application for storing, organizing, and reading short stories from various internet sources.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+1. Copy environment variables:
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+```
+
+2. Edit `.env` with secure values for all variables
+
+3. Start the application:
+```bash
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+4. Access the application at http://localhost
+
+## Architecture
+
+- **Frontend**: Next.js (Port 3000)
+- **Backend**: Spring Boot (Port 8080)  
+- **Database**: PostgreSQL (Port 5432)
+- **Search**: Typesense (Port 8108)
+- **Proxy**: Nginx (Port 80)
+
+## Development
+
+### Frontend Development
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+### Backend Development
+```bash
+cd backend
+./mvnw spring-boot:run
+```
+
+### Commands
+- `docker-compose up -d` - Start all services
+- `docker-compose down` - Stop all services
+- `docker-compose logs -f [service]` - View logs
+- `docker-compose build` - Rebuild containers
+
+## Features
+
+- Story management with HTML content support
+- Author profiles with ratings and metadata
+- Tag-based categorization
+- Full-text search capabilities
+- Responsive reading interface
+- JWT-based authentication
+- Docker-based deployment
+
+For detailed specifications, see `storycove-spec.md`.