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PressWire
livePremium news & publishing platform
tech_stack
Next.jsTypeScriptNode.jsExpress.jsPostgreSQLPrisma ORMTailwind CSSshadcn/uiRadix UIlucide-reactnext-themesjsonwebtoken
overview
A full-featured press platform where readers browse and search published stories by tag, authors publish and manage their own content, and admins moderate the publication. Premium subscriber-only articles behind a payment flow, and three role-based dashboards — USER, AUTHOR, and ADMIN — secured with httpOnly-cookie JWT sessions and server-side route protection.
key_features
- Stripe-powered premium subscription flow with secure webhook-based access control.
- Role-based dashboards — Admin, Author, and Reader — for content management, moderation, and analytics.
- Nested comment system, full-text search, and a scalable multi-file Prisma schema architecture.
challenges
Designing a clean role-based dashboard architecture with httpOnly cookie sessions and consistent server-side route guarding across public, auth, and dashboard route groups.
future_improvements
Add a dedicated search index, an editorial workflow with drafts and review, and RSS/email digests for subscribers.