# fullstack-starter

Opinionated single-binary fullstack starter. Bun + TanStack Start (React 19 SSR) + ORPC (contract-first) + Drizzle + PostgreSQL, deployed as one compiled executable.

> Agent notes and non-obvious invariants live in [AGENTS.md](./AGENTS.md). Read it before making structural changes.

## Quick start

```bash
cp .env.example .env
bun install
bun run db:push     # dev: sync schema without migration files
bun run dev         # http://localhost:3000
```

RPC endpoint: `/api/rpc` · OpenAPI docs: `/api/docs` · Spec: `/api/spec.json` · Liveness: `/health`.

## Scripts

| Command | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `bun run dev` | Vite dev server on port 3000 (strict) |
| `bun run build` | Build to `.output/` |
| `bun run compile` | Single-binary `out/server-<target>` via `bun build --compile` |
| `bun run cli <cmd>` | Run a CLI subcommand in source (`serve`, `migrate`) |
| `bun run typecheck` | `tsc --noEmit` |
| `bun run fix` | Biome lint + format + organize imports |
| `bun run db:push` | Dev-only schema sync (no migration files) |
| `bun run db:generate` | Write SQL migrations to `./drizzle` |
| `bun run db:migrate` | Apply migrations locally via drizzle-kit |
| `bun run db:studio` | Drizzle Studio |

Cross-compile: `bun run compile:{linux,darwin,windows}[:arch]`.

## Add a feature (e.g. `post`)

Contract-first, additive. Create or touch files in this order:

1. `src/server/db/schema/post.ts` — define `postTable`, spread `...generatedFields`.
2. `src/server/db/schema/index.ts` — `export * from './post'`.
3. `src/server/api/contracts/post.contract.ts` — derive Zod from the table via `drizzle-zod`.
4. `src/server/api/contracts/index.ts` — add `post` to the `contract` object.
5. `src/server/api/routers/post.router.ts` — implement `os.post.*.handler(...)`.
6. `src/server/api/routers/index.ts` — add `post` to the `router` object.
7. `src/routes/<page>.tsx` — UI with `useSuspenseQuery` + loader `ensureQueryData`; invalidate affected list queries in mutation `onSuccess` handlers.
8. `bun run db:generate` — emit SQL migrations to `./drizzle`.

## Deploy

Always **migrate-then-serve**. Migrations are an explicit deploy step, never a server startup hook.

```bash
./server migrate   # applies ./drizzle against $DATABASE_URL
./server           # starts HTTP server (default subcommand)
```

`Dockerfile` copies `./drizzle/` next to the binary. `compose.yaml` models the pattern with a one-shot `migrate` service that `app` depends on (`service_completed_successfully`). On Kubernetes: run `./server migrate` as an initContainer or Helm `pre-upgrade` Job.

```bash
docker compose up --build
```