📝 Ojo – Blogging Platform

Ojo is a modern blogging platform built with a Next.js frontend, a Go backend, and PostgreSQL for data storage.
The project is still in progress – the frontend is functional, while the backend and database integration are under development. The goal of Ojo is to provide a minimal, fast, and scalable platform for creating and sharing blogs.

🚀 Features

• ✨ Clean and responsive Next.js frontend
• ⚡ High-performance Go backend API
• 🗄️ PostgreSQL database for persistent storage
• 🛡️ RESTful architecture with scalability in mind
• 🔐 User authentication and role-based access (planned)
• 📝 Markdown support for blog posts (planned)

🏗️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• Next.js – React framework for SSR/SSG
• Tailwind CSS – Styling

Backend

• Go (Golang) – REST API
• Fiber / Gin (TBD) – Web framework

Database

• PostgreSQL – Relational database
• GORM / SQLC (TBD) – ORM or query builder

📂 Project Structure

ojo/
├── frontend/ # Next.js app
├── backend/ # Go backend
└── database/ # SQL migrations / schema

⚙️ Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ManInTheHam/ojo.git
cd ojo

2. Run the frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

App runs on: http://localhost:3000

3. Run the backend

cd backend
go run main.go

4. Setup PostgreSQL

• Install PostgreSQL and create a database ojo.
• Update your backend/config.yaml (or .env) with DB credentials: DB_HOST=localhost DB_USER=postgres DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword DB_NAME=ojo DB_PORT=5432

📌 Roadmap

• Blog post creation, editing, deletion
• Rich text & Markdown support
• Tags and categories
• Deployment with Docker & CI/CD

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request to suggest improvements

📜 License

MIT License © 2025 ManInTheHam