Noah Roe — Personal Site & CMS

A warm, modern personal website with a built-in content management system. Show off your projects, the websites you've built, write journal posts, share a photo gallery, and link to Buy Me a Coffee — all editable from a password-protected admin panel, no code required.

Built with Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and the built-in node:sqlite database (no native build step).

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Getting started

npm install
npm run dev

Then open:

• Site: http://localhost:3000
• Admin / CMS: http://localhost:3000/admin

First login

The dev password is changeme (set in .env.local). Change it before deploying.

# .env.local
ADMIN_PASSWORD=your-strong-password
SESSION_SECRET=<a long random string>

Generate a session secret:

node -e "console.log(require('crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('hex'))"

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Using the CMS

Sign in at /admin, then:

• Posts — write journal entries in Markdown, add a cover image, publish/unpublish.
• Projects — title, description, link, image, tags; mark favorites as Featured (shown on the home page).
• Websites — link out to live sites you've built, with an optional preview image.
• Photos — upload one or many images at once, add captions.
• Settings — edit your name, tagline, bio, location, coffee link, email, and social links.

All content and uploaded images live in the data/ folder (data/app.db and data/uploads/). Back this folder up to keep your content.

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Deploying

This app needs a server with persistent disk (for the SQLite DB and uploads), so use a host like Railway, Render, Fly.io, or your own VPS rather than a purely serverless platform.

npm run build
npm run start   # serves on PORT (default 3000)

Set these environment variables on your host:

Variable	Purpose
ADMIN_PASSWORD	Your admin login password
SESSION_SECRET	Long random string for sessions

Mount a persistent volume at data/ so your posts, settings, and images survive restarts and deploys.

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Project structure

src/
  app/
    (site)/        Public pages: home, about, projects, websites, blog, gallery
    admin/         CMS dashboard + server actions (auth-protected)
    login/         Admin sign-in
    uploads/       Serves uploaded images from data/uploads
  components/      Nav, Footer, cards, admin forms
  lib/             db, auth, settings, content queries, uploads
data/              SQLite database + uploaded images (gitignored)

Made with care. ☕