prosolis 8c6bc1604b Code-review follow-ups: httputil, validation caps, a11y
Backend:
- Extract shared internal/httputil (WriteJSON/ErrorJSON/BadRequest/
  ServerError); drop the triple-duplicated helpers in docs, suggestions,
  vocab. ServerError now logs the real error and returns a generic 500 so
  raw DB/internal errors never reach the client.
- vocab capture: validate doc_id ownership (blank -> none, unknown -> 400
  instead of a leaked FK 500); rune-safe clamp word/gloss/definition/
  phonetic/example.
- vocab review(): wrap the read-modify-write in a transaction (TOCTOU).
- /api request-size cap via MaxBytesReader middleware (2 MiB), exempting
  /api/images (own 10 MiB limit).

Frontend:
- StatusBar: drive the checking/voicing/collocating indicators from one
  array; llmDown uses !anyBusy.
- Slide-overs: new useFocusTrap hook (focus-in, Tab trap, focus-restore)
  on GardenPanel + HistoryPanel, both role=dialog/aria-modal/aria-label.
- speech.ts: export stopSpeech(); GardenPanel cancels audio on unmount.

Tests: add doc_id-validation and field-clamp coverage; full suite green.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_016Yr6jELuRc7hyzYLccQKZd
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🌸 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.

Status

Early build, multi-session. Auth (Authentik), Copyleaks plagiarism, and Docker/Traefik deployment are deferred — see BUILD_PLAN.md.

Description
Petal is a self-hosted, privacy-first writing editor for an ESL user. It replaces Grammarly with a warm, bubbly web app that combines Tiptap rich text editing, auto-save cloud storage, and periodic AI-powered grammar/ESL suggestions backed by a local vLLM inference endpoint.
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