# 2026-04-20 Daily Notes

## Blog Module Phase 1 — COMPLETE ✅

Implemented the full blog backend in `hoffdesk-api/blog/`:

### Files created:
- `blog/__init__.py` — Module init
- `blog/models.py` — Pydantic models matching the API spec (PostSummary, PostDetail, PostListResponse, CreatePostRequest, UpdatePostRequest, etc.)
- `blog/storage.py` — SQLite schema + Markdown I/O (frontmatter parsing, CRUD, FTS5, tag management, rebuild from Markdown files)
- `blog/service.py` — Business logic (CRUD, publish/unpublish, related posts, categories, tags, rebuild)
- `blog/router.py` — FastAPI routes for all public + admin endpoints
- `tests/test_blog_api.py` — 36 integration tests, all passing

### Key design decisions:
- SQLite is a derived index — fully rebuildable from Markdown source files
- FTS5 virtual table for future server-side search (client-side Lunr.js/Fuse.js for Sprint 1)
- Categories table pre-seeded with 8 categories (general, engineering, family, projects, behind-scenes, homelab, openclaw, ai-news)
- Markdown files in `data/blog/posts/{slug}/index.md` are source of truth
- Static generation is Phase 3 — `/admin/posts/{slug}/regenerate` returns placeholder response
- Admin auth is CF Access at the edge — FastAPI trusts headers, no auth middleware needed

### Wired into main.py:
- Blog router mounted at `/api/blog` with CORS updated for POST/PATCH/DELETE
- Draft blog post seeded: `the-night-i-broke-dns`

### Test results: 36/36 passing
- Public read: list, get, related, categories, tags
- Admin write: create, update, delete (soft), publish, unpublish
- Full workflow: create→publish→read→update→archive

### Next: Phase 2 (Admin API + auth) and Phase 3 (static generation with Daedalus' templates)