start

Done so far

Basic backend skeleton

- technology choices
- database migration outline
- basic self hosting facade
- basic REST outline
- proof of concept for auth and privileges

Basic frontend skeleton

- technology choices
- pretty robust frontend compilation
- top navigation
- proof of concept for registration form

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+This is rewrite of `szurubooru` 0.9.x that intends to
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+- Improve user experience within frontend. No more vertical user list. Better
+  upload form, larger thumbnails, make top navigation stay out of user way.
+  Maybe other goodies!
+- Finally define sane REST API (with no bullshit such as SQL queries, request
+  timings or exception stack traces this time)
+- Simplify registration - user registers, and they're able to post. No
+  activation e-mails, no nothing (email's going to be used **ONLY** for
+  password reminders, yes, *not even* for confirmation). Note that you will
+  have control over permissions, user ranks and the default user rank, so you
+  might be able to setup a system where user needs to be approved by mod to
+  join the community.
+- Maybe simplify permission system
+- Ditch PHP in favor of something more serious (python 3.5)
+- Ditch in-house JS monstrosities in favor of something more serious (I've got
+  EmberJS on my radar)
+- Replace dependencies such as composer, npm, grunt, and all that crap with
+  just python, and a few pip packages
+- Simplify hosting: offer simple self hosted app combinable with reverse proxies
+- Replace MySQL (/ MariaDB) with Postgres
+- Less god damn code! 24KSLOC? For a thing this simple? The goal is to fit
+  within 15KSLOC. Let's see if I can accomplish this.