techmemory (frontend)

React + Vite frontend for TechMemory, the team's docs library. The API server used to live in server/ in this same repo — it's been split out to its own repo (techmemory-server, sibling folder) so it can run on a real Node host instead of GitHub Pages. See that repo's DEPLOY.md for backend deploy steps.

Local dev

npm install
npm run dev

Requests to /api/* are proxied to http://localhost:3001 (see vite.config.js) — run the server separately alongside this.

Deploying to GitHub Pages

1. Set the deployed backend's URL as a repo variable: Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → Variables → New repository variable, VITE_API_BASE_URL = https://<your-server>.onrender.com (see .env.example).
2. Settings → Pages → Build and deployment → Source: GitHub Actions.
3. Push to main — .github/workflows/deploy.yml builds and deploys automatically.
4. Served on the custom domain techmemory.overture7421.org (DNS CNAME record → overture-7421.github.io, custom domain set under Settings → Pages). Because it's served from the domain root and not a /<repo>/ subpath, vite.config.js sets base: "/" and public/CNAME holds the domain — Vite copies it into dist/ on build so GitHub Pages re-applies the custom domain each deploy. If the site ever moves back to the <user>.github.io/<repo>/ project-pages URL, revert base to /TechMemoryFE-2026/ and delete public/CNAME.
5. On the server side, set ALLOWED_ORIGINS to this domain (https://techmemory.overture7421.org) so CORS allows it.