STELLA!
A diary for every play and musical you've seen. Log and rate shows, browse what's playing in New York, make lists, and follow friends.
Built with plain JavaScript and Vite, with Supabase for accounts, data, and photos. Hosted on Vercel.
Going live
1. Set up Supabase (about 10 minutes)
- Sign in at supabase.com and click New project. Name it
stella, set a database password (save it somewhere), and pick the East US region.
- When the project is ready, open SQL Editor > New query. Paste the contents of
supabase/schema.sql and click Run.
- Open another new query, paste
supabase/seed.sql, and click Run. This loads the Now Playing guide.
- Go to Authentication > URL Configuration. Set Site URL to your live address once you have it (for example
https://stella.vercel.app). Add the same address under Redirect URLs.
- Go to Project Settings > API and copy the Project URL and the anon public key. You'll need both in step 2.
Supabase's built-in email sender only allows a few sign-in emails an hour. Before inviting lots of people, connect a real email service under Authentication > Emails > SMTP Settings (Resend has a free tier that works well).
2. Deploy on Vercel (about 5 minutes)
- Sign in at vercel.com with your GitHub account and click Add New > Project.
- Import the
stella repository. Vercel detects Vite automatically.
- Under Environment Variables, add:
VITE_SUPABASE_URL: your Project URLVITE_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY: your anon public key
- Click Deploy. When it finishes, copy the live address back into Supabase (step 1.4).
Every push to the main branch redeploys automatically.
3. Optional: Google sign-in
Follow Supabase's guide under Authentication > Providers > Google, then add VITE_ENABLE_GOOGLE=true in Vercel and redeploy.
Before you announce it
- Fill in your contact email in
public/privacy.html and public/terms.html, and have a lawyer review both. They're starting drafts.
- Reports people submit land in the
reports table. Check it in Supabase's Table Editor.
- Search the USPTO trademark database for the name before buying a domain.
Updating Now Playing
Show listings live in the catalog table. Edit rows in Supabase's Table Editor, or update supabase/seed.sql and run it again (it updates existing shows instead of duplicating them).
Running it on your computer
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local # then fill in your keys
npm run dev
