Every `中文 · English` string moves out of ~29 components into web/src/i18n: one Pack type, a verbatim zh pack, and two ways to read it — usePack() for components, pack() for the modules that build a line when something happens rather than when something renders. Anything with a value in it is a function on the pack rather than a template at the call site, English pluralisation included: word order isn't universal, and a pack author has to be able to move the number. The roster constants (tones, rewrite styles, export formats, companions) keep only value + emoji, so a label can't drift from its key. On the server, internal/llm/lang.go replaces "Simplified Chinese" in the three prompts that actually name her language. pt-PT is spelled "European Portuguese (pt-PT, never Brazilian Portuguese)" in the prompt itself, and each Lang carries her word for "why" so the tutor prompt still recognises the question when she asks it her way. pair_lang reaches the model through the row-scoped query each handler already ran — the one that proves she owns the document — rather than a second lookup that could disagree with it. Also records Phase 18's deploy: migration 0011 rehearsed against a copy of the live VPS database, then applied for real.
🌸 Petal
A self-hosted, privacy-first writing editor with warm bubbly design, auto-save, and
local-LLM grammar/ESL suggestions. See petal-spec.md for the full
design spec and BUILD_PLAN.md for build progress.
Stack
Go + chi backend · SQLite (modernc, pure Go) · React + Vite + Tiptap + Tailwind v4 frontend ·
local vLLM/Ollama for AI suggestions. Single-binary deployment (frontend embedded via go:embed).
Local development
Two processes during development:
# 1. Backend (serves /api on :8080)
go run ./cmd/server
# 2. Frontend dev server (HMR on :5173, proxies /api → :8080)
cd web && npm install && npm run dev
Open http://localhost:5173 while developing.
Production build (single binary)
cd web && npm run build # emits web/dist (embedded by the Go binary)
cd .. && go build -o petal ./cmd/server
./petal # serves UI + API on :8080
Configuration is via environment variables — copy .env.example to .env.
Deployment
docker compose up -d --build # petal + the two Piper read-aloud sidecars
Behind Traefik on the parodia.dev VPS; vLLM stays on millenia over headscale.
Full runbook — first deploy, the LLM link, backups and restore — in
deploy/README.md.
Status
Early build, multi-session. Auth (Authentik OIDC) is next; Copyleaks plagiarism is
still parked — see BUILD_PLAN.md.