🎉 Backend Setup Complete!
✓ Phase 1: Infrastructure Ready
Your PulseFeed backend infrastructure has been initialized. The foundation is ready for production deployment.
📦 What's Been Created
- Database Schema: 8 tables with complete RLS policies (organizations, users, posts, reactions, tags, analytics)
- Edge Functions: 5 serverless API endpoints (create-post, react-to-post, admin-update-post, get-analytics, invite-employee)
- Authentication System: Anonymous tokens + admin JWT auth flows ready
- AI Integration: Hugging Face sentiment analysis module (distilbert model)
- Real-time Ready: Supabase Realtime enabled for live updates
- Audit Logging: Admin action tracking for compliance
🚀 Next Steps to Launch
⚠️ Required Before Running:
You must set up your Supabase project and configure environment variables.
# 1. Install Supabase CLI
npm install -g supabase
# 2. Start local Supabase (requires Docker)
supabase start
# 3. Apply database migrations
supabase db reset
# 4. Serve Edge Functions
supabase functions serve
🎯 Phase 2: Frontend Integration
- Configure Supabase Client: Update
js/supabase-client.js with your project URL and anon key
- Migrate localStorage: Replace all localStorage calls in
js/main.js with Supabase API calls
- Add Real-time: Implement WebSocket subscriptions for live post updates
- Build Auth UI: Create login/signup forms for admin dashboard
- Test Anonymous Flow: Verify anonymous posting with token-based auth
📚 Documentation
💰 Cost Estimate (MVP)
- Supabase Pro: $25/month
- Hugging Face API: FREE (30K requests/month)
- Domain + SSL: $2/month
- Total: ~$27/month (scales to $60-100/month with AI upgrades)
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