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This major release brings a complete backend overhaul with SQLite, a new admin dashboard, enhanced user profiles, and significant UI improvements.\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"./.graphics/screen-captures/site-capture-full.png\" width=\"750\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## What's New in v5.0\n\n- **SQLite Database**: SQLite with Drizzle ORM for simpler deployment and better performance\n- **Admin Dashboard**: Full-featured admin panel for user management, comment moderation, and audit logging\n- **Enhanced User Profiles**: Mini analytics, session management, and improved comment history\n- **Reddit-style Comments**: Pagination, nested replies, and \"load more\" functionality\n- **Role-based Permissions**: Granular admin, moderator, and user permission system\n- **UI Refinements**: Fixed navbar hover states, unified theme variables, improved mobile responsiveness\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"./.graphics/screen-captures/interactive-comments.png\" width=\"750\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"./.graphics/screen-captures/interactive-myprofile.png\" width=\"750\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Technical Overview\n\n### Frontend\n\n- **Next.js 15**: App Router with React Server Components\n- **React 19**: Latest React with improved performance\n- **TypeScript**: Strict mode for type safety\n- **MDX**: Blog posts and content written in MDX\n- **styled-components**: CSS-in-JS styling with theming support\n\n### Backend\n\n- **Express 5**: Modern Express with async/await support\n- **Bun Runtime**: Fast JavaScript runtime for the server\n- **SQLite + Drizzle ORM**: Type-safe database with migrations\n- **Session Auth**: Secure cookie-based authentication\n\n### Infrastructure\n\n- **Docker**: Containerised deployment\n- **GitHub Actions**: CI/CD for testing and deployment\n- **Nginx**: Reverse proxy with SSL termination\n\n## Quick Start\n\n```bash\n# Install dependencies\nbun install\ncd client \u0026\u0026 bun install \u0026\u0026 cd ..\ncd server \u0026\u0026 bun install \u0026\u0026 cd ..\n\n# Start development (runs both client and server)\nbun run dev\n```\n\nThe server automatically initialises the database on startup.\n\nSee [docs/DEV.md](docs/DEV.md) for detailed development instructions.\n\n## Project Structure\n\n```\nderecksnotes.com/\n├── client/          # Next.js 15 frontend\n│   ├── src/\n│   │   ├── app/         # App Router pages\n│   │   ├── components/  # React components\n│   │   ├── context/     # React context providers\n│   │   └── styles/      # Theme and global styles\n│   └── package.json\n├── server/          # Express 5 backend\n│   ├── src/\n│   │   ├── db/          # SQLite + Drizzle ORM\n│   │   ├── routes/      # API routes\n│   │   └── middleware/  # Auth \u0026 permissions\n│   └── package.json\n├── docs/            # Documentation\n└── package.json     # Root scripts\n```\n\n## Features\n\n### User Accounts\nCreate accounts, log in, and manage your profile with session management and password changes.\n\n### Comments System\nLeave comments on blog posts with nested replies, likes/dislikes, and pagination.\n\n### Admin Dashboard\nManage users, moderate comments, view reports, and audit admin actions.\n\n### Interactive Blog Filter\nFilter posts by category, date, and search terms.\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"./.graphics/screen-captures/interactive-filter-full.png\" width=\"750\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Documentation\n\n- [Development Guide](docs/DEV.md) - Setup, commands, and troubleshooting\n- [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) - How to contribute\n- [Changelog](NEWS.md) - Version history\n\n## License\n\nThis project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License. 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