Kent C. Dodds' site

This repository contains the source code for kentcdodds.com, built with Remix, React, TypeScript, Vite, and an Express server.

Tech stack

• React Router + React + TypeScript
• Vite build pipeline
• Express runtime server
• Prisma + SQLite
• Tailwind CSS
• Vitest and Playwright for testing

Prerequisites

• Node.js 24
• npm >=10
• git

Setup

1. Clone the repository.
2. Copy environment variables:
   • cp .env.example .env
3. Run the full setup script:
   • npm run setup -s

The setup script installs dependencies, resets the local database, validates the project, primes local cache data, installs Playwright browsers, and runs end-to-end tests.

Local development

Start the development server:

• npm run dev

Then open http://localhost:3000.

Useful scripts

• npm run dev - start local development server
• npm run test - run unit/component tests
• npm run test:e2e:dev - run Playwright tests against dev server
• npm run lint - run ESLint
• npm run typecheck - run TypeScript checks
• npm run build - build the app

Contributing

For contribution guidelines and manual setup details, read CONTRIBUTING.md.