🧑‍💻 Code Roast Club

Roast your code in seconds. Local-first, fast, and a little too honest.

Code Roast Club is a playful, developer-first web app where programmers paste code and instantly receive witty, context-aware roast lines. It transforms debugging into an entertaining experience — the more your code hurts, the more it learns (and laughs).

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🚀 Highlights

• ⚡ Local-first roast engine — works without API keys or cloud dependencies
• 🤖 Multiple humor modes: Mild, Brutal, and Dad Joke
• 🎭 Custom personas: Linus Mode, Gen Z Intern, Boomer Coder, HR-Safe
• 🧱 Public Roast Wall — discover and share the funniest burns
• 📸 Extra Features: GitHub repo roast & Image OCR roast for screenshots
• 🔗 Share options: Copy roast text, export as image, or generate QR link
• 👤 Session-based auth: Register, log in, or roast anonymously as a guest
• 🏆 Gamified badges (upcoming): Roast Rookie, Bug Slayer, Syntax Surgeon

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🧠 Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React 18 + Vite
• Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
• Wouter (router) + TanStack Query (data fetching)

Backend:

• Express (TypeScript)
• Lightweight local roast engine
• Session-based Passport authentication

Extras:

• Tesseract.js — OCR for code screenshots
• html2canvas — Export roast results as images
• qrcode — Generate shareable roast QR links

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🌐 Live Demo

Deployed Project Link https://code-roast-club.netlify.app/

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📁 Project Structure

client/   → React app (UI, routes, roast logic)
server/   → Express backend (sessions, roast generation)
shared/   → Shared Zod/Drizzle schemas for validation

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🧩 Troubleshooting

• Old UI after rebuild? Clear site data or unregister the service worker (DevTools → Application → Service Workers).

• POST endpoints returning HTML? SPA fallback is intercepting requests — this server uses GET-only fallbacks to avoid that issue.

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💡 Hackathon Tagline

“Where bad code meets brutal honesty — one roast at a time.”

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