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Since the latest releaase, the suggestion feature is broken. This should be resolved immeadiatly

In order to continue developing this app, it should be modernized to have:

• modern nuxtjs/vue
• linting/formatting -> moved to #14
• rework docker-compose if applicable

vue-goodshare:

• requires node-sass and sass-loaders
• doesn't work anymore on the latest release for some of the buttons

We should try to replace it as soon as possible.

Goal
The webpage Isthisanmlm is using an old version nuxt and needs to be updated with Sidebase scaffold. With this issue, we'll rewrite the existing code base using Sidebase.

Tasks

• Rewrite the existing frontend code base using Sidebase
• Rewrite the existing backend code base using Sidebase

Currently, some urls contain spaces, due to the name of the MLM they link to. We should instead replace these with dashes (-). The current situation leads to weird looking encodings (%20s inside url)

As indicated bit githubs automagic PRs, some of the used packages are vulnerable. This should be fixed.

Goal

This website should become a long-term project with growth in information and usability for users. For this, we need a backchannel for users.

Context

isthisanmlm.com already has a sizable audience. I want to keep growing the usability of this website with new offers of help, up to date MLM lists, "story sections", ... However, it is currently unclear whether this is even desired. Personally, it is also a drain of monthly money and time to run the website and filter throug mlm suggestions. Proofing this is the low number of MLM list updates in the previous year.

Tasks

In order to gauge interest, find the most desired features, pay for hosting, add the following:

• a feedback channel: a typeform for now
• a donation channel: paypal for now

Note that this is very experimental. If it turns out that these will decrease usefulness in any way, result in uncertainty from users regarding neutrality, ... it will immediately be taken down again - in that scenario different ways have to be found, or development will further pause with infrequent bursts.

Currently suggested mlms are saved in written in a local file.
These suggested MLMs can be held in Database.
By doing this we can easily filter out the same suggestions that would help the next mlms update.

Suggestions up until re-deploy:
suggestions.log.zip

Goal

This project used the newest version of the sidebase scaffold.

Task

• update version of scaffold

The server side suggestions are currently vulnerable to somebody spamming them with hundreds - thousands of suggestions.

Adding rate-limiting to the API endpoints should hinder this.

For instance, typing 'le' in 'legal shield' will cause the text input to go out of focus as 'le' returns a match. User has to click in the field again to type

In order to facilitate automatic frontend/backend testing and linting, we should setup github actions CI/CD for:

• backend
• frontend

Depends on #14

Goal
To present that this project is developed with Sidebase, add a bottom line in the project.
Change should concern SEO.

Tasks

• create bottom line "Made with Sidebase" with a link to https://github.com/sidestream-tech/sidebase

Goal
To have a more friendly UI, we can change the query result text to something like
"The company that you are searching for has not been reported yet!"

Also, we could add an MLM submit button or Give Feedback link here later.

Configure a good eslint + prettier setup for the frontend

Following improvements should be made:

• fix company typo
• add rate limiting to suggestions

Visiting the page https://isthisanmlm.com/ returns an error from Cloudflare saying the server is down.