Product · Self-hosted/2024/Live
Bookshelf
A quiet home for everything you read.
Overview
A self-hosted reading tracker for people who take notes as they go: chapter-by-chapter notes, ratings, and a library you can sort any way you like. Fast, dependency-free, and yours.
Stack
- Node.js
- Express.js
- PostgreSQL
- HTML5
- CSS3
- SQL
How it works
- 01
Built a lightweight MVC server in Node and Express for local book tracking.
- 02
Designed a relational schema in Postgres for books, categories, tags, and reviews.
- 03
Wrote a fast, zero-dependency interface tuned for readability and sorting.
- 04
Used parameterized queries and input sanitization to close off XSS and SQL injection.