Changes include:

- Roboto Flex loaded from Google Fonts for compact UI text
- Reduced decorative borders while retaining useful input and divider borders
- Fixed blank journal detail pages
- Password-protected journal publisher with four-hour signed sessions
- New articles saved directly to posts.json
- Prominent Spotify, Instagram, and Steam buttons on Contact
- Desktop and mobile layouts visually verified
- Production build and authorization tests passed

backend/.env.example

@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ SMTP_USE_SSL=false
 # Comma-separated origins allowed to call the API during development.
 FRONTEND_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173
 
+# Lightweight journal publisher authentication. Use long, unique values in production.
+JOURNAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=replace-with-a-strong-password
+JOURNAL_TOKEN_SECRET=replace-with-a-long-random-secret

backend/data/profile.json

@@ -28,6 +28,25 @@
       "kind": "github"
     }
   ],
+  "interests": [
+    {
+      "label": "Go to Spotify",
+      "note": "Often playing",
+      "href": "https://open.spotify.com/user/orbitrix",
+      "kind": "spotify"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Open Instagram",
+      "note": "Life outside code",
+      "href": "https://www.instagram.com/alexanderherlan2/",
+      "kind": "instagram"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Find me on Steam",
+      "note": "Occasionally gaming",
+      "href": "https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197961799136",
+      "kind": "steam"
+    }
+  ],
   "focus": ["Product engineering", "Applied AI", "Cloud systems"]
 }
-

backend/main.py

@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import hashlib
+import hmac
 import os
 import re
 import smtplib
 import ssl
+import threading
+import time
+from datetime import date
 from email.message import EmailMessage
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Literal
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Query
+from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, Header, HTTPException, Query, status
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel, EmailStr, Field
@@ -22,6 +27,9 @@ PROJECT_DIR = BASE_DIR.parent
 DATA_DIR = BASE_DIR / "data"
 FRONTEND_DIST = PROJECT_DIR / "frontend" / "dist"
 RESUME_PATH = PROJECT_DIR / "Alexander Herlan Resume 2024.pdf"
+POSTS_PATH = DATA_DIR / "posts.json"
+POSTS_LOCK = threading.Lock()
+ADMIN_TOKEN_TTL = 60 * 60 * 4
 
 
 app = FastAPI(
@@ -52,6 +60,25 @@ class ContactPayload(BaseModel):
     company: str = Field(default="", max_length=200)
 
 
+class LoginPayload(BaseModel):
+    password: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=200)
+
+
+class ArticleSection(BaseModel):
+    heading: str = Field(min_length=3, max_length=160)
+    paragraphs: list[str] = Field(min_length=1, max_length=12)
+
+
+class NewPostPayload(BaseModel):
+    title: str = Field(min_length=5, max_length=160)
+    excerpt: str = Field(min_length=20, max_length=360)
+    published_at: date
+    read_time: int = Field(ge=1, le=60)
+    tags: list[str] = Field(min_length=1, max_length=6)
+    accent: Literal["blue", "lavender", "peach", "yellow", "mint"] = "mint"
+    content: list[ArticleSection] = Field(min_length=1, max_length=8)
+
+
 @lru_cache(maxsize=8)
 def read_data(filename: str) -> Any:
     path = DATA_DIR / filename
@@ -60,6 +87,64 @@ def read_data(filename: str) -> Any:
     return json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
 
 
+def journal_credentials() -> tuple[str, str]:
+    password = os.getenv("JOURNAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD", "")
+    token_secret = os.getenv("JOURNAL_TOKEN_SECRET", "")
+    if not password or not token_secret:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+            detail="Journal publishing is not configured.",
+        )
+    return password, token_secret
+
+
+def issue_admin_token() -> tuple[str, int]:
+    _, token_secret = journal_credentials()
+    expires_at = int(time.time()) + ADMIN_TOKEN_TTL
+    payload = str(expires_at)
+    signature = hmac.new(
+        token_secret.encode("utf-8"), payload.encode("utf-8"), hashlib.sha256
+    ).hexdigest()
+    return f"{payload}.{signature}", expires_at
+
+
+def require_admin(authorization: str | None = Header(default=None)) -> None:
+    if not authorization or not authorization.startswith("Bearer "):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Admin sign-in required.",
+        )
+
+    token = authorization.removeprefix("Bearer ").strip()
+    try:
+        expires, supplied_signature = token.split(".", maxsplit=1)
+        expires_at = int(expires)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Invalid admin session.",
+        )
+
+    _, token_secret = journal_credentials()
+    expected_signature = hmac.new(
+        token_secret.encode("utf-8"), expires.encode("utf-8"), hashlib.sha256
+    ).hexdigest()
+    if expires_at <= int(time.time()) or not hmac.compare_digest(
+        supplied_signature, expected_signature
+    ):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Your admin session has expired. Please sign in again.",
+        )
+
+
+def post_slug(title: str) -> str:
+    slug = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", "-", title.casefold()).strip("-")
+    if not slug:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="The title needs letters or numbers.")
+    return slug
+
+
 @app.get("/api/health")
 def health() -> dict[str, str]:
     return {"status": "ok"}
@@ -80,6 +165,28 @@ def skills() -> dict[str, Any]:
     return read_data("skills.json")
 
 
+@app.post("/api/auth/login")
+def admin_login(payload: LoginPayload) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    password, _ = journal_credentials()
+    if not hmac.compare_digest(payload.password, password):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="That password is not correct.",
+        )
+    token, expires_at = issue_admin_token()
+    return {
+        "access_token": token,
+        "token_type": "bearer",
+        "expires_at": expires_at,
+        "expires_in": ADMIN_TOKEN_TTL,
+    }
+
+
+@app.get("/api/auth/session")
+def admin_session(_: None = Depends(require_admin)) -> dict[str, bool]:
+    return {"authenticated": True}
+
+
 @app.get("/api/posts")
 def posts(
     q: str | None = Query(default=None, max_length=100),
@@ -105,6 +212,40 @@ def posts(
     return sorted(filtered, key=lambda item: item["published_at"], reverse=True)
 
 
+@app.post("/api/posts", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+def create_post(
+    payload: NewPostPayload, _: None = Depends(require_admin)
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    slug = post_slug(payload.title)
+    clean_tags = list(dict.fromkeys(tag.strip() for tag in payload.tags if tag.strip()))
+    if not clean_tags:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="Add at least one topic tag.")
+    if any(len(tag) > 40 for tag in clean_tags):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="Topic tags must be 40 characters or fewer.")
+
+    article = payload.model_dump(mode="json")
+    article["slug"] = slug
+    article["tags"] = clean_tags
+
+    with POSTS_LOCK:
+        current_posts = json.loads(POSTS_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        if any(post["slug"] == slug for post in current_posts):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT,
+                detail="A journal post with this title already exists.",
+            )
+        current_posts.append(article)
+        temporary_path = POSTS_PATH.with_suffix(".json.tmp")
+        temporary_path.write_text(
+            json.dumps(current_posts, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        temporary_path.replace(POSTS_PATH)
+        read_data.cache_clear()
+
+    return article
+
+
 @app.get("/api/posts/{slug}")
 def post_by_slug(slug: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     if not re.fullmatch(r"[a-z0-9-]+", slug):
@@ -193,4 +334,3 @@ if FRONTEND_DIST.is_dir():
         if requested_file.is_file():
             return FileResponse(requested_file)
         return FileResponse(FRONTEND_DIST / "index.html")
-