feat(cms): migrate from Directus to Payload v3 and remove contentlayer

.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -210,15 +210,12 @@ jobs:
       DIRECTUS_URL: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.directus_url }}
       DIRECTUS_HOST: cms.${{ needs.prepare.outputs.traefik_host }}
 
-      # Secrets mapping (Directus)
+      # Database configuration
-      DIRECTUS_KEY: ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DIRECTUS_KEY) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DIRECTUS_KEY) || secrets.DIRECTUS_KEY || vars.DIRECTUS_KEY }}
+      postgres_DB_NAME: ${{ secrets.DIRECTUS_DB_NAME || vars.DIRECTUS_DB_NAME || 'directus' }}
-      DIRECTUS_SECRET: ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DIRECTUS_SECRET) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DIRECTUS_SECRET) || secrets.DIRECTUS_SECRET || vars.DIRECTUS_SECRET }}
+      postgres_DB_USER: ${{ secrets.DIRECTUS_DB_USER || vars.DIRECTUS_DB_USER || 'directus' }}
-      DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL: ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL) || secrets.DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL || vars.DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL || 'admin@mintel.me' }}
+      postgres_DB_PASSWORD: ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD) || secrets.DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD || vars.DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD || 'directus' }}
-      DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD: ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD) || secrets.DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD || vars.DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD }}
+      DATABASE_URI: postgres://${{ env.postgres_DB_USER }}:${{ env.postgres_DB_PASSWORD }}@postgres-db:5432/${{ env.postgres_DB_NAME }}
-      DIRECTUS_DB_NAME: ${{ secrets.DIRECTUS_DB_NAME || vars.DIRECTUS_DB_NAME || 'directus' }}
+      PAYLOAD_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PAYLOAD_SECRET || vars.PAYLOAD_SECRET || 'secret' }}
-      DIRECTUS_DB_USER: ${{ secrets.DIRECTUS_DB_USER || vars.DIRECTUS_DB_USER || 'directus' }}
-      DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD: ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD) || secrets.DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD || vars.DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD || 'directus' }}
-      DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN: ${{ (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'testing' && secrets.TESTING_DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN) || (needs.prepare.outputs.target == 'staging' && secrets.STAGING_DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN) || secrets.DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN || vars.DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN }}
 
       # Secrets mapping (Mail)
       MAIL_HOST: ${{ secrets.SMTP_HOST || vars.SMTP_HOST }}
@@ -275,18 +272,12 @@ jobs:
           PROJECT_COLOR=$PROJECT_COLOR
           LOG_LEVEL=$LOG_LEVEL
 
-          # Directus
+          # Payload DB
-          DIRECTUS_URL=$DIRECTUS_URL
+          postgres_DB_NAME=$postgres_DB_NAME
-          DIRECTUS_HOST=$DIRECTUS_HOST
+          postgres_DB_USER=$postgres_DB_USER
-          DIRECTUS_KEY=$DIRECTUS_KEY
+          postgres_DB_PASSWORD=$postgres_DB_PASSWORD
-          DIRECTUS_SECRET=$DIRECTUS_SECRET
+          DATABASE_URI=$DATABASE_URI
-          DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL=$DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL
+          PAYLOAD_SECRET=$PAYLOAD_SECRET
-          DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=$DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-          DIRECTUS_DB_NAME=$DIRECTUS_DB_NAME
-          DIRECTUS_DB_USER=$DIRECTUS_DB_USER
-          DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD=$DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD
-          DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN=$DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN
-          INTERNAL_DIRECTUS_URL=http://directus:8055
 
           # Mail
           MAIL_HOST=$MAIL_HOST
@@ -337,8 +328,7 @@ jobs:
           ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "cd $SITE_DIR && docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' pull"
           ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "cd $SITE_DIR && docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' up -d --remove-orphans"
 
-          # Apply Directus Schema Snapshot if available
+
-          ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "cd $SITE_DIR && if docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' exec -T directus ls /directus/schema/snapshot.yaml >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo '→ Applying Directus Schema Snapshot...' && docker compose -p '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.project_name }}' --env-file '$ENV_FILE' exec -T directus npx directus schema apply /directus/schema/snapshot.yaml --yes; fi"
 
           ssh root@alpha.mintel.me "docker system prune -f --filter 'until=24h'"
 

apps/web/app/(payload)/admin/[[...segments]]/page.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import type { Metadata } from "next";
+
+import configPromise from "@payload-config";
+import { RootPage, generatePageMetadata } from "@payloadcms/next/views";
+import { importMap } from "../importMap";
+
+type Args = {
+  params: Promise<{
+    segments: string[];
+  }>;
+  searchParams: Promise<{
+    [key: string]: string | string[];
+  }>;
+};
+
+export const generateMetadata = async ({
+  params,
+  searchParams,
+}: Args): Promise<Metadata> =>
+  generatePageMetadata({ config: configPromise, params, searchParams });
+
+const Page = async ({ params, searchParams }: Args) =>
+  RootPage({ config: configPromise, importMap, params, searchParams });
+
+export default Page;

apps/web/app/(payload)/admin/importMap.js

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { RscEntryLexicalCell as RscEntryLexicalCell_44fe37237e0ebf4470c9990d8cb7b07e } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/rsc";
+import { RscEntryLexicalField as RscEntryLexicalField_44fe37237e0ebf4470c9990d8cb7b07e } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/rsc";
+import { LexicalDiffComponent as LexicalDiffComponent_44fe37237e0ebf4470c9990d8cb7b07e } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/rsc";
+import { InlineToolbarFeatureClient as InlineToolbarFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { HorizontalRuleFeatureClient as HorizontalRuleFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { UploadFeatureClient as UploadFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { BlockquoteFeatureClient as BlockquoteFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { RelationshipFeatureClient as RelationshipFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { LinkFeatureClient as LinkFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { ChecklistFeatureClient as ChecklistFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { OrderedListFeatureClient as OrderedListFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { UnorderedListFeatureClient as UnorderedListFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { IndentFeatureClient as IndentFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { AlignFeatureClient as AlignFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { HeadingFeatureClient as HeadingFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { ParagraphFeatureClient as ParagraphFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { InlineCodeFeatureClient as InlineCodeFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { SuperscriptFeatureClient as SuperscriptFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { SubscriptFeatureClient as SubscriptFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { StrikethroughFeatureClient as StrikethroughFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { UnderlineFeatureClient as UnderlineFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { BoldFeatureClient as BoldFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { ItalicFeatureClient as ItalicFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864 } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client";
+import { CollectionCards as CollectionCards_f9c02e79a4aed9a3924487c0cd4cafb1 } from "@payloadcms/next/rsc";
+
+export const importMap = {
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/rsc#RscEntryLexicalCell":
+    RscEntryLexicalCell_44fe37237e0ebf4470c9990d8cb7b07e,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/rsc#RscEntryLexicalField":
+    RscEntryLexicalField_44fe37237e0ebf4470c9990d8cb7b07e,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/rsc#LexicalDiffComponent":
+    LexicalDiffComponent_44fe37237e0ebf4470c9990d8cb7b07e,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#InlineToolbarFeatureClient":
+    InlineToolbarFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#HorizontalRuleFeatureClient":
+    HorizontalRuleFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#UploadFeatureClient":
+    UploadFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#BlockquoteFeatureClient":
+    BlockquoteFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#RelationshipFeatureClient":
+    RelationshipFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#LinkFeatureClient":
+    LinkFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#ChecklistFeatureClient":
+    ChecklistFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#OrderedListFeatureClient":
+    OrderedListFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#UnorderedListFeatureClient":
+    UnorderedListFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#IndentFeatureClient":
+    IndentFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#AlignFeatureClient":
+    AlignFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#HeadingFeatureClient":
+    HeadingFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#ParagraphFeatureClient":
+    ParagraphFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#InlineCodeFeatureClient":
+    InlineCodeFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#SuperscriptFeatureClient":
+    SuperscriptFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#SubscriptFeatureClient":
+    SubscriptFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#StrikethroughFeatureClient":
+    StrikethroughFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#UnderlineFeatureClient":
+    UnderlineFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#BoldFeatureClient":
+    BoldFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/client#ItalicFeatureClient":
+    ItalicFeatureClient_e70f5e05f09f93e00b997edb1ef0c864,
+  "@payloadcms/next/rsc#CollectionCards":
+    CollectionCards_f9c02e79a4aed9a3924487c0cd4cafb1,
+};

apps/web/app/(payload)/api/[...slug]/route.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import config from "@payload-config";
+import {
+  REST_DELETE,
+  REST_GET,
+  REST_OPTIONS,
+  REST_PATCH,
+  REST_POST,
+  REST_PUT,
+} from "@payloadcms/next/routes";
+
+export const GET = REST_GET(config);
+export const POST = REST_POST(config);
+export const DELETE = REST_DELETE(config);
+export const OPTIONS = REST_OPTIONS(config);
+export const PATCH = REST_PATCH(config);
+export const PUT = REST_PUT(config);

apps/web/app/(payload)/layout.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import configPromise from "@payload-config";
+import "@payloadcms/next/css";
+import { RootLayout } from "@payloadcms/next/layouts";
+import React from "react";
+
+// @ts-expect-error - Export exists in JS but TS types are missing in this version
+import { handleServerFunctions } from "@payloadcms/next/utilities";
+import { importMap } from "./admin/importMap";
+
+export default function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <RootLayout
+      config={configPromise}
+      importMap={importMap}
+      serverFunction={handleServerFunctions}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </RootLayout>
+  );
+}

apps/web/app/blog/[slug]/opengraph-image.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ImageResponse } from "next/og";
-import { allPosts } from "contentlayer/generated";
+import { getAllPosts } from "../../../src/lib/posts";
 import { blogThumbnails } from "../../../src/components/blog/blogThumbnails";
 import { BlogOGImageTemplate } from "../../../src/components/BlogOGImageTemplate";
 import { getOgFonts, OG_IMAGE_SIZE } from "../../../src/lib/og-helper";
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default async function Image({
   params: Promise<{ slug: string }>;
 }) {
   const { slug } = await params;
+  const allPosts = await getAllPosts();
   const post = allPosts.find((p) => p.slug === slug);
 
   let backgroundImageSrc: string | undefined = undefined;
@@ -27,11 +28,15 @@ export default async function Image({
       const fileBuffer = await fs.readFile(filePath);
 
       const ext = path.extname(post.thumbnail).substring(1).toLowerCase();
-      const mimeType = ext === "jpg" || ext === "jpeg" ? "image/jpeg" : "image/png";
+      const mimeType =
+        ext === "jpg" || ext === "jpeg" ? "image/jpeg" : "image/png";
 
       backgroundImageSrc = `data:${mimeType};base64,${fileBuffer.toString("base64")}`;
     } catch (err) {
-      console.warn(`[OG Image Generator] Could not read thumbnail file for ${slug} to use as background:`, err);
+      console.warn(
+        `[OG Image Generator] Could not read thumbnail file for ${slug} to use as background:`,
+        err,
+      );
       // Fall through to standard plain background
     }
   }

apps/web/app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
 import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
-import { allPosts } from "contentlayer/generated";
+import { getAllPosts } from "../../../src/lib/posts";
 import { BlogPostHeader } from "../../../src/components/blog/BlogPostHeader";
 import { Section } from "../../../src/components/Section";
 import { Reveal } from "../../../src/components/Reveal";
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { BlogPostStickyBar } from "../../../src/components/blog/BlogPostStickyBa
 import { MDXContent } from "../../../src/components/MDXContent";
 
 export async function generateStaticParams() {
+  const allPosts = await getAllPosts();
   return allPosts.map((post) => ({
     slug: post.slug,
   }));
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export async function generateMetadata({
   params: Promise<{ slug: string }>;
 }): Promise<Metadata> {
   const { slug } = await params;
+  const allPosts = await getAllPosts();
   const post = allPosts.find((p) => p.slug === slug);
 
   if (!post) return {};
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export default async function BlogPostPage({
   params: Promise<{ slug: string }>;
 }) {
   const { slug } = await params;
+  const allPosts = await getAllPosts();
   const post = allPosts.find((p) => p.slug === slug);
 
   if (!post) {

apps/web/app/blog/page.tsx

@@ -1,211 +1,14 @@
-"use client";
+import { getAllPosts } from "../../src/lib/posts";
+import { BlogClient } from "../../src/components/blog/BlogClient";
+import type { Metadata } from "next";
 
-import * as React from "react";
+export const metadata: Metadata = {
-import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+  title: "Blog | Mintel.me",
-import { MediumCard } from "../../src/components/MediumCard";
+  description:
-import { BlogCommandBar } from "../../src/components/blog/BlogCommandBar";
+    "Gedanken über Engineering, Design und die Architektur der Zukunft.",
-import { allPosts as contentPosts } from "contentlayer/generated";
+};
-import { SectionHeader } from "../../src/components/SectionHeader";
-import { Reveal } from "../../src/components/Reveal";
-import { Section } from "../../src/components/Section";
-import { AbstractCircuit, GradientMesh } from "../../src/components/Effects";
-import { useAnalytics } from "../../src/components/analytics/useAnalytics";
 
-import { motion, AnimatePresence } from "framer-motion";
+export default async function BlogPage() {
-
+  const posts = await getAllPosts();
-export default function BlogPage() {
+  return <BlogClient allPosts={posts as any} />;
-  const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState("");
-  const [activeTags, setActiveTags] = useState<string[]>([]);
-  const { trackEvent } = useAnalytics();
-
-  // Memoize allPosts
-  const allPosts = React.useMemo(
-    () =>
-      [...contentPosts].sort(
-        (a, b) => new Date(b.date).getTime() - new Date(a.date).getTime(),
-      ),
-    [],
-  );
-
-  const [filteredPosts, setFilteredPosts] = useState(allPosts);
-
-  // Memoize allTags
-  const allTags = React.useMemo(
-    () => Array.from(new Set(allPosts.flatMap((post) => post.tags || []))),
-    [allPosts],
-  );
-
-  const [visibleCount, setVisibleCount] = useState(8);
-
-  const handleTagToggle = (tag: string) => {
-    setActiveTags((prev) =>
-      prev.includes(tag) ? prev.filter((t) => t !== tag) : [...prev, tag],
-    );
-    setVisibleCount(8); // Reset pagination on filter change
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const query = searchQuery.toLowerCase().trim();
-
-    let filtered = allPosts;
-
-    if (query) {
-      filtered = filtered.filter((post) => {
-        const title = post.title.toLowerCase();
-        const description = post.description.toLowerCase();
-        const pTagString = (post.tags || []).join(" ").toLowerCase();
-        return (
-          title.includes(query) ||
-          description.includes(query) ||
-          pTagString.includes(query)
-        );
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (activeTags.length > 0) {
-      filtered = filtered.filter((post) =>
-        post.tags?.some((tag) => activeTags.includes(tag)),
-      );
-    }
-
-    setFilteredPosts(filtered);
-  }, [searchQuery, activeTags, allPosts]);
-
-  const loadMore = () => {
-    setVisibleCount((prev) => prev + 6);
-  };
-
-  const hasMore = visibleCount < filteredPosts.length;
-  const postsToShow = filteredPosts.slice(0, visibleCount);
-
-  return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col bg-slate-50/30 overflow-hidden relative min-h-screen">
-      <AbstractCircuit />
-
-      {/* Header Section */}
-      <header className="relative pt-32 pb-8 md:pt-44 md:pb-12 z-20 overflow-hidden">
-        <GradientMesh
-          variant="metallic"
-          className="opacity-20 absolute inset-0 -z-10"
-        />
-        <div className="narrow-container">
-          <div className="space-y-4 text-center">
-            <Reveal direction="down" delay={0.1}>
-              <div className="flex items-center justify-center gap-4 text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-slate-400">
-                <div className="w-6 h-px bg-slate-200" />
-                <span>Knowledge Base</span>
-                <div className="w-12 h-px bg-slate-100" />
-              </div>
-            </Reveal>
-            <Reveal delay={0.2}>
-              <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-6">
-                <h1 className="text-5xl md:text-7xl font-bold text-slate-900 tracking-tighter leading-none">
-                  Alle Artikel<span className="text-slate-300">.</span>
-                </h1>
-                <p className="font-serif italic text-slate-400 text-sm md:text-xl max-w-sm">
-                  Gedanken über Engineering, Design und die Architektur der
-                  Zukunft.
-                </p>
-              </div>
-            </Reveal>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </header>
-
-      {/* Sticky Filter Bar */}
-      <div className="sticky top-0 z-40 bg-slate-50/80 backdrop-blur-xl border-y border-slate-200/50 py-4 shadow-sm transition-all duration-300">
-        <div className="narrow-container">
-          <Reveal width="100%">
-            <BlogCommandBar
-              searchQuery={searchQuery}
-              onSearchChange={setSearchQuery}
-              tags={allTags}
-              activeTags={activeTags}
-              onTagToggle={handleTagToggle}
-            />
-          </Reveal>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <Section
-        className="pb-32 pt-12"
-        containerVariant="narrow"
-        variant="white"
-      >
-        <div className="space-y-12 relative z-10 p-4 md:p-0">
-          {/* Posts List (Vertical & Minimal) */}
-          <div id="posts-container" className="space-y-12">
-            <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
-              {postsToShow.length === 0 ? (
-                <motion.div
-                  key="no-results"
-                  initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 20 }}
-                  animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
-                  exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.95 }}
-                  className="py-24 text-center border border-dashed border-slate-200 rounded-3xl bg-white/50"
-                >
-                  <p className="text-slate-400 font-mono text-sm uppercase tracking-widest">
-                    Keine Beiträge gefunden.
-                  </p>
-                  <button
-                    onClick={() => {
-                      setSearchQuery("");
-                      setActiveTags([]);
-                    }}
-                    className="mt-4 text-xs font-bold text-slate-900 underline underline-offset-4 hover:text-slate-600"
-                  >
-                    Filter zurücksetzen
-                  </button>
-                </motion.div>
-              ) : (
-                <motion.div
-                  key="post-grid"
-                  layout
-                  className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-6 w-full"
-                >
-                  <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout">
-                    {postsToShow.map((post, i) => (
-                      <motion.div
-                        key={post.slug}
-                        layout
-                        initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.9 }}
-                        animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1 }}
-                        exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.9 }}
-                        transition={{
-                          duration: 0.4,
-                          delay: i < 8 ? i * 0.05 : 0,
-                          ease: [0.16, 1, 0.3, 1]
-                        }}
-                      >
-                        <MediumCard post={post} />
-                      </motion.div>
-                    ))}
-                  </AnimatePresence>
-                </motion.div>
-              )}
-            </AnimatePresence>
-
-            {/* Pagination */}
-            {hasMore && (
-              <div className="flex justify-center pt-8">
-                <Reveal delay={0.1} width="fit-content">
-                  <button
-                    onClick={loadMore}
-                    className="group relative px-8 py-4 bg-white border border-slate-200 text-slate-600 rounded-full overflow-hidden transition-all hover:border-slate-400 hover:text-slate-900 hover:shadow-lg"
-                  >
-                    <span className="relative z-10 font-mono text-xs uppercase tracking-widest flex items-center gap-3">
-                      Mehr laden
-                      <div className="w-1 h-1 bg-slate-300 rounded-full group-hover:bg-slate-900 transition-colors" />
-                      <div className="w-1 h-1 bg-slate-300 rounded-full group-hover:bg-slate-900 transition-colors delay-75" />
-                      <div className="w-1 h-1 bg-slate-300 rounded-full group-hover:bg-slate-900 transition-colors delay-150" />
-                    </span>
-                  </button>
-                </Reveal>
-              </div>
-            )}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </Section>
-    </div>
-  );
 }

apps/web/app/sitemap.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { MetadataRoute } from 'next';
+import { MetadataRoute } from "next";
-import { allPosts } from 'contentlayer/generated';
+import { getAllPosts } from "../src/lib/posts";
-import { technologies } from './technologies/[slug]/data';
+import { technologies } from "./technologies/[slug]/data";
 
 /**
  * Sitemap Generator
@@ -8,49 +8,50 @@ import { technologies } from './technologies/[slug]/data';
  * Standard Next.js 15 App Router sitemap generation.
  * This file dynamically generates /sitemap.xml
  */
-export default function sitemap(): MetadataRoute.Sitemap {
+export default async function sitemap(): Promise<MetadataRoute.Sitemap> {
-    const baseUrl = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL || 'https://mintel.me';
+  const allPosts = await getAllPosts();
+  const baseUrl = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL || "https://mintel.me";
 
-    // 1. Core Pages
+  // 1. Core Pages
-    const routes = [
+  const routes = [
-        '',
+    "",
-        '/about',
+    "/about",
-        '/blog',
+    "/blog",
-        '/case-studies',
+    "/case-studies",
-        '/case-studies/klz-cables',
+    "/case-studies/klz-cables",
-        '/contact',
+    "/contact",
-        '/websites',
+    "/websites",
-    ].map((route) => ({
+  ].map((route) => ({
-        url: `${baseUrl}${route}`,
+    url: `${baseUrl}${route}`,
-        lastModified: new Date(),
+    lastModified: new Date(),
-        changeFrequency: 'monthly' as const,
+    changeFrequency: "monthly" as const,
-        priority: route === '' ? 1.0 : 0.8,
+    priority: route === "" ? 1.0 : 0.8,
-    }));
+  }));
 
-    // 2. Dynamic Blog Posts
+  // 2. Dynamic Blog Posts
-    const blogRoutes = allPosts.map((post) => ({
+  const blogRoutes = allPosts.map((post) => ({
-        url: `${baseUrl}/blog/${post.slug}`,
+    url: `${baseUrl}/blog/${post.slug}`,
-        lastModified: new Date(post.date),
+    lastModified: new Date(post.date),
-        changeFrequency: 'monthly' as const,
+    changeFrequency: "monthly" as const,
-        priority: 0.7,
+    priority: 0.7,
-    }));
+  }));
 
-    // 3. Technology Detail Pages
+  // 3. Technology Detail Pages
-    const techRoutes = Object.keys(technologies).map((slug) => ({
+  const techRoutes = Object.keys(technologies).map((slug) => ({
-        url: `${baseUrl}/technologies/${slug}`,
+    url: `${baseUrl}/technologies/${slug}`,
-        lastModified: new Date(),
+    lastModified: new Date(),
-        changeFrequency: 'monthly' as const,
+    changeFrequency: "monthly" as const,
-        priority: 0.6,
+    priority: 0.6,
-    }));
+  }));
 
-    // 4. Tag Pages
+  // 4. Tag Pages
-    const allTags = [...new Set(allPosts.flatMap((post) => post.tags))];
+  const allTags = [...new Set(allPosts.flatMap((post) => post.tags))];
-    const tagRoutes = allTags.map((tag) => ({
+  const tagRoutes = allTags.map((tag) => ({
-        url: `${baseUrl}/tags/${tag}`,
+    url: `${baseUrl}/tags/${tag}`,
-        lastModified: new Date(),
+    lastModified: new Date(),
-        changeFrequency: 'weekly' as const,
+    changeFrequency: "weekly" as const,
-        priority: 0.3,
+    priority: 0.3,
-    }));
+  }));
 
-    return [...routes, ...blogRoutes, ...techRoutes, ...tagRoutes];
+  return [...routes, ...blogRoutes, ...techRoutes, ...tagRoutes];
 }

apps/web/app/tags/[tag]/page.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { allPosts } from "contentlayer/generated";
+import { getAllPosts } from "../../../src/lib/posts";
 import { MediumCard } from "../../../src/components/MediumCard";
 import { Reveal } from "../../../src/components/Reveal";
 
 export async function generateStaticParams() {
+  const allPosts = await getAllPosts();
   const allTags = Array.from(
     new Set(allPosts.flatMap((post) => post.tags || [])),
   );
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export default async function TagPage({
   params: Promise<{ tag: string }>;
 }) {
   const { tag } = await params;
+  const allPosts = await getAllPosts();
   const posts = allPosts.filter((post) => post.tags?.includes(tag));
 
   return (

apps/web/contentlayer.config.ts

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { defineDocumentType, makeSource } from 'contentlayer2/source-files'
-
-export const Post = defineDocumentType(() => ({
-    name: 'Post',
-    filePathPattern: `blog/**/*.mdx`,
-    contentType: 'mdx',
-    fields: {
-        title: { type: 'string', required: true },
-        date: { type: 'string', required: true },
-        description: { type: 'string', required: true },
-        tags: { type: 'list', of: { type: 'string' }, required: true },
-        thumbnail: { type: 'string', required: false },
-    },
-    computedFields: {
-        slug: {
-            type: 'string',
-            resolve: (doc) => doc._raw.sourceFileName.replace(/\.mdx$/, ''),
-        },
-        url: {
-            type: 'string',
-            resolve: (post) => `/blog/${post._raw.sourceFileName.replace(/\.mdx$/, '')}`,
-        },
-    },
-}))
-
-export default makeSource({
-    contentDirPath: 'content',
-    documentTypes: [Post],
-})

apps/web/next.config.mjs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { withContentlayer } from 'next-contentlayer2';
 import withMintelConfig from "@mintel/next-config";
+import { withPayload } from '@payloadcms/next/withPayload';
 
 import createMDX from '@next/mdx';
 
@@ -32,5 +32,4 @@ const nextConfig = {
 const withMDX = createMDX({
   // Add markdown plugins here, as desired
 });
-
+export default withPayload(withMintelConfig(withMDX(nextConfig)));
-export default withContentlayer(withMintelConfig(withMDX(nextConfig)));

apps/web/package.json

@@ -19,17 +19,9 @@
     "video:render:button": "remotion render video/index.ts ButtonShowcase out/button-showcase.mp4 --concurrency=1 --codec=h264 --crf=16 --pixel-format=yuv420p --overwrite",
     "video:render:all": "npm run video:render:contact && npm run video:render:button",
     "pagespeed:test": "npx tsx ./scripts/pagespeed-sitemap.ts",
-    "cms:bootstrap": "DIRECTUS_URL=http://localhost:8055 npx tsx --env-file=.env scripts/setup-directus.ts",
-    "cms:push:staging": "../../scripts/sync-directus.sh push staging",
-    "cms:pull:staging": "../../scripts/sync-directus.sh pull staging",
-    "cms:push:testing": "../../scripts/sync-directus.sh push testing",
-    "cms:pull:testing": "../../scripts/sync-directus.sh pull testing",
-    "cms:push:prod": "../../scripts/sync-directus.sh push production",
-    "cms:pull:prod": "../../scripts/sync-directus.sh pull production",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@directus/sdk": "21.0.0",
     "@emotion/is-prop-valid": "^1.4.0",
     "@mdx-js/loader": "^3.1.1",
     "@mdx-js/react": "^3.1.1",
@@ -44,6 +36,9 @@
     "@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks": "^2.1.0",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "^2.1.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "^2.1.0",
+    "@payloadcms/db-postgres": "^3.77.0",
+    "@payloadcms/next": "^3.77.0",
+    "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical": "^3.77.0",
     "@react-pdf/renderer": "^4.3.2",
     "@remotion/bundler": "^4.0.414",
     "@remotion/cli": "^4.0.414",
@@ -60,18 +55,18 @@
     "axios": "^1.13.4",
     "canvas-confetti": "^1.9.4",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
-    "contentlayer2": "^0.5.8",
     "crawlee": "^3.15.3",
     "esbuild": "^0.27.3",
     "framer-motion": "^12.29.2",
+    "graphql": "^16.12.0",
     "html-to-image": "^1.11.13",
     "ioredis": "^5.9.1",
     "lucide-react": "^0.468.0",
     "mermaid": "^11.12.2",
     "next": "^16.1.6",
-    "next-contentlayer2": "^0.5.8",
     "next-mdx-remote": "^6.0.0",
     "nodemailer": "^8.0.1",
+    "payload": "^3.77.0",
     "playwright": "^1.58.1",
     "prismjs": "^1.30.0",
     "puppeteer": "^24.36.1",
@@ -82,6 +77,7 @@
     "react-tweet": "^3.3.0",
     "recharts": "^3.7.0",
     "remotion": "^4.0.414",
+    "sharp": "^0.34.5",
     "shiki": "^1.24.2",
     "tailwind-merge": "^3.4.0",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.4.0",

apps/web/payload-types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,436 @@
+/* tslint:disable */
+/* eslint-disable */
+/**
+ * This file was automatically generated by Payload.
+ * DO NOT MODIFY IT BY HAND. Instead, modify your source Payload config,
+ * and re-run `payload generate:types` to regenerate this file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Supported timezones in IANA format.
+ *
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "supportedTimezones".
+ */
+export type SupportedTimezones =
+  | "Pacific/Midway"
+  | "Pacific/Niue"
+  | "Pacific/Honolulu"
+  | "Pacific/Rarotonga"
+  | "America/Anchorage"
+  | "Pacific/Gambier"
+  | "America/Los_Angeles"
+  | "America/Tijuana"
+  | "America/Denver"
+  | "America/Phoenix"
+  | "America/Chicago"
+  | "America/Guatemala"
+  | "America/New_York"
+  | "America/Bogota"
+  | "America/Caracas"
+  | "America/Santiago"
+  | "America/Buenos_Aires"
+  | "America/Sao_Paulo"
+  | "Atlantic/South_Georgia"
+  | "Atlantic/Azores"
+  | "Atlantic/Cape_Verde"
+  | "Europe/London"
+  | "Europe/Berlin"
+  | "Africa/Lagos"
+  | "Europe/Athens"
+  | "Africa/Cairo"
+  | "Europe/Moscow"
+  | "Asia/Riyadh"
+  | "Asia/Dubai"
+  | "Asia/Baku"
+  | "Asia/Karachi"
+  | "Asia/Tashkent"
+  | "Asia/Calcutta"
+  | "Asia/Dhaka"
+  | "Asia/Almaty"
+  | "Asia/Jakarta"
+  | "Asia/Bangkok"
+  | "Asia/Shanghai"
+  | "Asia/Singapore"
+  | "Asia/Tokyo"
+  | "Asia/Seoul"
+  | "Australia/Brisbane"
+  | "Australia/Sydney"
+  | "Pacific/Guam"
+  | "Pacific/Noumea"
+  | "Pacific/Auckland"
+  | "Pacific/Fiji";
+
+export interface Config {
+  auth: {
+    users: UserAuthOperations;
+  };
+  blocks: {};
+  collections: {
+    users: User;
+    media: Media;
+    posts: Post;
+    "payload-kv": PayloadKv;
+    "payload-locked-documents": PayloadLockedDocument;
+    "payload-preferences": PayloadPreference;
+    "payload-migrations": PayloadMigration;
+  };
+  collectionsJoins: {};
+  collectionsSelect: {
+    users: UsersSelect<false> | UsersSelect<true>;
+    media: MediaSelect<false> | MediaSelect<true>;
+    posts: PostsSelect<false> | PostsSelect<true>;
+    "payload-kv": PayloadKvSelect<false> | PayloadKvSelect<true>;
+    "payload-locked-documents":
+      | PayloadLockedDocumentsSelect<false>
+      | PayloadLockedDocumentsSelect<true>;
+    "payload-preferences":
+      | PayloadPreferencesSelect<false>
+      | PayloadPreferencesSelect<true>;
+    "payload-migrations":
+      | PayloadMigrationsSelect<false>
+      | PayloadMigrationsSelect<true>;
+  };
+  db: {
+    defaultIDType: number;
+  };
+  fallbackLocale: null;
+  globals: {};
+  globalsSelect: {};
+  locale: null;
+  user: User;
+  jobs: {
+    tasks: unknown;
+    workflows: unknown;
+  };
+}
+export interface UserAuthOperations {
+  forgotPassword: {
+    email: string;
+    password: string;
+  };
+  login: {
+    email: string;
+    password: string;
+  };
+  registerFirstUser: {
+    email: string;
+    password: string;
+  };
+  unlock: {
+    email: string;
+    password: string;
+  };
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "users".
+ */
+export interface User {
+  id: number;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+  email: string;
+  resetPasswordToken?: string | null;
+  resetPasswordExpiration?: string | null;
+  salt?: string | null;
+  hash?: string | null;
+  loginAttempts?: number | null;
+  lockUntil?: string | null;
+  sessions?:
+    | {
+        id: string;
+        createdAt?: string | null;
+        expiresAt: string;
+      }[]
+    | null;
+  password?: string | null;
+  collection: "users";
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "media".
+ */
+export interface Media {
+  id: number;
+  alt: string;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+  url?: string | null;
+  thumbnailURL?: string | null;
+  filename?: string | null;
+  mimeType?: string | null;
+  filesize?: number | null;
+  width?: number | null;
+  height?: number | null;
+  focalX?: number | null;
+  focalY?: number | null;
+  sizes?: {
+    thumbnail?: {
+      url?: string | null;
+      width?: number | null;
+      height?: number | null;
+      mimeType?: string | null;
+      filesize?: number | null;
+      filename?: string | null;
+    };
+    card?: {
+      url?: string | null;
+      width?: number | null;
+      height?: number | null;
+      mimeType?: string | null;
+      filesize?: number | null;
+      filename?: string | null;
+    };
+    tablet?: {
+      url?: string | null;
+      width?: number | null;
+      height?: number | null;
+      mimeType?: string | null;
+      filesize?: number | null;
+      filename?: string | null;
+    };
+  };
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "posts".
+ */
+export interface Post {
+  id: number;
+  title: string;
+  slug: string;
+  description: string;
+  date: string;
+  tags: {
+    tag?: string | null;
+    id?: string | null;
+  }[];
+  thumbnail?: string | null;
+  content: string;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-kv".
+ */
+export interface PayloadKv {
+  id: number;
+  key: string;
+  data:
+    | {
+        [k: string]: unknown;
+      }
+    | unknown[]
+    | string
+    | number
+    | boolean
+    | null;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-locked-documents".
+ */
+export interface PayloadLockedDocument {
+  id: number;
+  document?:
+    | ({
+        relationTo: "users";
+        value: number | User;
+      } | null)
+    | ({
+        relationTo: "media";
+        value: number | Media;
+      } | null)
+    | ({
+        relationTo: "posts";
+        value: number | Post;
+      } | null);
+  globalSlug?: string | null;
+  user: {
+    relationTo: "users";
+    value: number | User;
+  };
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-preferences".
+ */
+export interface PayloadPreference {
+  id: number;
+  user: {
+    relationTo: "users";
+    value: number | User;
+  };
+  key?: string | null;
+  value?:
+    | {
+        [k: string]: unknown;
+      }
+    | unknown[]
+    | string
+    | number
+    | boolean
+    | null;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-migrations".
+ */
+export interface PayloadMigration {
+  id: number;
+  name?: string | null;
+  batch?: number | null;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "users_select".
+ */
+export interface UsersSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+  email?: T;
+  resetPasswordToken?: T;
+  resetPasswordExpiration?: T;
+  salt?: T;
+  hash?: T;
+  loginAttempts?: T;
+  lockUntil?: T;
+  sessions?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        id?: T;
+        createdAt?: T;
+        expiresAt?: T;
+      };
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "media_select".
+ */
+export interface MediaSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  alt?: T;
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+  url?: T;
+  thumbnailURL?: T;
+  filename?: T;
+  mimeType?: T;
+  filesize?: T;
+  width?: T;
+  height?: T;
+  focalX?: T;
+  focalY?: T;
+  sizes?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        thumbnail?:
+          | T
+          | {
+              url?: T;
+              width?: T;
+              height?: T;
+              mimeType?: T;
+              filesize?: T;
+              filename?: T;
+            };
+        card?:
+          | T
+          | {
+              url?: T;
+              width?: T;
+              height?: T;
+              mimeType?: T;
+              filesize?: T;
+              filename?: T;
+            };
+        tablet?:
+          | T
+          | {
+              url?: T;
+              width?: T;
+              height?: T;
+              mimeType?: T;
+              filesize?: T;
+              filename?: T;
+            };
+      };
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "posts_select".
+ */
+export interface PostsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  title?: T;
+  slug?: T;
+  description?: T;
+  date?: T;
+  tags?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        tag?: T;
+        id?: T;
+      };
+  thumbnail?: T;
+  content?: T;
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-kv_select".
+ */
+export interface PayloadKvSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  key?: T;
+  data?: T;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-locked-documents_select".
+ */
+export interface PayloadLockedDocumentsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  document?: T;
+  globalSlug?: T;
+  user?: T;
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-preferences_select".
+ */
+export interface PayloadPreferencesSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  user?: T;
+  key?: T;
+  value?: T;
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "payload-migrations_select".
+ */
+export interface PayloadMigrationsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  name?: T;
+  batch?: T;
+  updatedAt?: T;
+  createdAt?: T;
+}
+/**
+ * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
+ * via the `definition` "auth".
+ */
+export interface Auth {
+  [k: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+declare module "payload" {
+  export interface GeneratedTypes extends Config {}
+}

apps/web/payload.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { buildConfig } from "payload";
+import { postgresAdapter } from "@payloadcms/db-postgres";
+import { lexicalEditor } from "@payloadcms/richtext-lexical";
+import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import sharp from "sharp";
+
+import { Users } from "./src/payload/collections/Users";
+import { Media } from "./src/payload/collections/Media";
+import { Posts } from "./src/payload/collections/Posts";
+
+const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const dirname = path.dirname(filename);
+
+export default buildConfig({
+  admin: {
+    user: Users.slug,
+    importMap: {
+      baseDir: path.resolve(dirname),
+    },
+  },
+  collections: [Users, Media, Posts],
+  editor: lexicalEditor(),
+  secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET || "fallback-secret-for-dev",
+  typescript: {
+    outputFile: path.resolve(dirname, "payload-types.ts"),
+  },
+  db: postgresAdapter({
+    pool: {
+      connectionString:
+        process.env.DATABASE_URI || process.env.POSTGRES_URI || "",
+    },
+  }),
+  sharp,
+  plugins: [],
+});

apps/web/scripts/migrate-posts.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { getPayload } from "payload";
+import configPromise from "../payload.config";
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+function parseMatter(content: string) {
+  const match = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---\n([\s\S]*)$/);
+  if (!match) return { data: {}, content };
+  const data: Record<string, any> = {};
+  match[1].split("\n").forEach((line) => {
+    const [key, ...rest] = line.split(":");
+    if (key && rest.length) {
+      const field = key.trim();
+      let val = rest.join(":").trim();
+      if (val.startsWith("[")) {
+        // basic array parsing
+        data[field] = val
+          .slice(1, -1)
+          .split(",")
+          .map((s) => s.trim().replace(/^["']|["']$/g, ""));
+      } else {
+        data[field] = val.replace(/^["']|["']$/g, "");
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  return { data, content: match[2].trim() };
+}
+
+async function run() {
+  const payload = await getPayload({ config: configPromise });
+  const contentDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "content", "blog");
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(contentDir).filter((f) => f.endsWith(".mdx"));
+
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const filePath = path.join(contentDir, file);
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
+    const { data, content: body } = parseMatter(content);
+
+    const slug = file.replace(/\.mdx$/, "");
+    console.log(`Migrating ${slug}...`);
+
+    const existing = await payload.find({
+      collection: "posts",
+      where: { slug: { equals: slug } },
+    });
+
+    if (existing.docs.length === 0) {
+      await payload.create({
+        collection: "posts",
+        data: {
+          title: data.title || slug,
+          slug,
+          description: data.description || "",
+          date: data.date
+            ? new Date(data.date).toISOString()
+            : new Date().toISOString(),
+          tags: (data.tags || []).map((t: string) => ({ tag: t })),
+          thumbnail: data.thumbnail || "",
+          content: body,
+        },
+      });
+      console.log(`✔ Inserted ${slug}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log(`⚠ Skipped ${slug} (already exists)`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log("Migration complete.");
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+run().catch(console.error);

apps/web/scripts/setup-directus.ts

@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  createMintelDirectusClient,
-  ensureDirectusAuthenticated,
-} from "@mintel/next-utils";
-import { updateSettings } from "@directus/sdk";
-
-const client = createMintelDirectusClient();
-
-async function setupBranding() {
-  const prjName = process.env.PROJECT_NAME || "Mintel.me";
-  const prjColor = process.env.PROJECT_COLOR || "#ff00ff";
-
-  console.log(`🎨 Refining Directus Branding for ${prjName}...`);
-  await ensureDirectusAuthenticated(client);
-
-  const cssInjection = `
-  <style>
-      @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Outfit:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');
-      
-      body, .v-app { font-family: 'Outfit', sans-serif !important; }
-      
-      .public-view .v-card { 
-          backdrop-filter: blur(20px);
-          background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9) !important;
-          border-radius: 32px !important; 
-          box-shadow: 0 50px 100px -20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) !important;
-          border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3) !important;
-      }
-
-      .v-navigation-drawer { background: #000c24 !important; }
-      
-      .v-list-item--active {
-          color: ${prjColor} !important;
-          background: rgba(255, 0, 255, 0.1) !important;
-      }
-  </style>
-  <div style="font-family: 'Outfit', sans-serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 24px;">
-      <p style="color: rgba(255,255,255,0.6); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 4px; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;">Mintel Infrastructure Engine</p>
-      <h1 style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0; letter-spacing: -0.5px;">${prjName.toUpperCase()} <span style="color: ${prjColor};">SYNC.</span></h1>
-  </div>
-  `;
-
-  try {
-    await client.request(
-      updateSettings({
-        project_name: prjName,
-        project_color: prjColor,
-        public_note: cssInjection,
-        module_bar_background: "#00081a",
-        theme_light_overrides: {
-          primary: prjColor,
-          borderRadius: "12px",
-          navigationBackground: "#000c24",
-          navigationForeground: "#ffffff",
-          moduleBarBackground: "#00081a",
-        },
-      } as any),
-    );
-    console.log("✨ Branding applied!");
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error("❌ Error during bootstrap:", error);
-  }
-}
-
-setupBranding()
-  .then(() => {
-    process.exit(0);
-  })
-  .catch((err) => {
-    console.error("🚨 Fatal bootstrap error:", err);
-    process.exit(1);
-  });

apps/web/src/components/MDXContent.tsx

@@ -1,22 +1,10 @@
-"use client";
+import { MDXRemote } from "next-mdx-remote/rsc";
-
-import { useMDXComponent } from "next-contentlayer2/hooks";
 import { mdxComponents } from "../content-engine/registry";
 
 interface MDXContentProps {
-    code: string;
+  code: string;
 }
 
 export function MDXContent({ code }: MDXContentProps) {
-    // FIX: Contentlayer/MDX often appends hoisted functions *after* the `return MDXContent` statement,
+  return <MDXRemote source={code} components={mdxComponents} />;
-    // which causes Firefox to vomit hundreds of "unreachable code after return statement" warnings.
-    // We rewrite the generated IIFE string to move the return to the very end.
-    let patchedCode = code;
-    if (patchedCode.includes("return function MDXContent(")) {
-        patchedCode = patchedCode.replace("return function MDXContent(", "const MDXContent = function MDXContent(");
-        patchedCode += "\nreturn MDXContent;";
-    }
-
-    const Component = useMDXComponent(patchedCode);
-    return <Component components={mdxComponents} />;
 }

apps/web/src/components/blog/BlogClient.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+"use client";
+
+import * as React from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { MediumCard } from "../MediumCard";
+import { BlogCommandBar } from "./BlogCommandBar";
+import { Reveal } from "../Reveal";
+import { Section } from "../Section";
+import { AbstractCircuit, GradientMesh } from "../Effects";
+import { useAnalytics } from "../analytics/useAnalytics";
+
+import { motion, AnimatePresence } from "framer-motion";
+
+interface PostType {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  date: string;
+  tags: string[];
+  slug: string;
+  thumbnail: string;
+  body: { code: string };
+}
+
+export function BlogClient({ allPosts }: { allPosts: PostType[] }) {
+  const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState("");
+  const [activeTags, setActiveTags] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const { trackEvent } = useAnalytics();
+
+  const [filteredPosts, setFilteredPosts] = useState(allPosts);
+
+  // Memoize allTags
+  const allTags = React.useMemo(
+    () => Array.from(new Set(allPosts.flatMap((post) => post.tags || []))),
+    [allPosts],
+  );
+
+  const [visibleCount, setVisibleCount] = useState(8);
+
+  const handleTagToggle = (tag: string) => {
+    setActiveTags((prev) =>
+      prev.includes(tag) ? prev.filter((t) => t !== tag) : [...prev, tag],
+    );
+    setVisibleCount(8); // Reset pagination on filter change
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const query = searchQuery.toLowerCase().trim();
+
+    let filtered = allPosts;
+
+    if (query) {
+      filtered = filtered.filter((post) => {
+        const title = post.title.toLowerCase();
+        const description = post.description.toLowerCase();
+        const pTagString = (post.tags || []).join(" ").toLowerCase();
+        return (
+          title.includes(query) ||
+          description.includes(query) ||
+          pTagString.includes(query)
+        );
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (activeTags.length > 0) {
+      filtered = filtered.filter((post) =>
+        post.tags?.some((tag) => activeTags.includes(tag)),
+      );
+    }
+
+    setFilteredPosts(filtered);
+  }, [searchQuery, activeTags, allPosts]);
+
+  const loadMore = () => {
+    setVisibleCount((prev) => prev + 6);
+  };
+
+  const hasMore = visibleCount < filteredPosts.length;
+  const postsToShow = filteredPosts.slice(0, visibleCount);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col bg-slate-50/30 overflow-hidden relative min-h-screen">
+      <AbstractCircuit />
+
+      {/* Header Section */}
+      <header className="relative pt-32 pb-8 md:pt-44 md:pb-12 z-20 overflow-hidden">
+        <GradientMesh
+          variant="metallic"
+          className="opacity-20 absolute inset-0 -z-10"
+        />
+        <div className="narrow-container">
+          <div className="space-y-4 text-center">
+            <Reveal direction="down" delay={0.1}>
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-center gap-4 text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-slate-400">
+                <div className="w-6 h-px bg-slate-200" />
+                <span>Knowledge Base</span>
+                <div className="w-12 h-px bg-slate-100" />
+              </div>
+            </Reveal>
+            <Reveal delay={0.2}>
+              <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-6">
+                <h1 className="text-5xl md:text-7xl font-bold text-slate-900 tracking-tighter leading-none">
+                  Alle Artikel<span className="text-slate-300">.</span>
+                </h1>
+                <p className="font-serif italic text-slate-400 text-sm md:text-xl max-w-sm">
+                  Gedanken über Engineering, Design und die Architektur der
+                  Zukunft.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            </Reveal>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </header>
+
+      {/* Sticky Filter Bar */}
+      <div className="sticky top-0 z-40 bg-slate-50/80 backdrop-blur-xl border-y border-slate-200/50 py-4 shadow-sm transition-all duration-300">
+        <div className="narrow-container">
+          <Reveal width="100%">
+            <BlogCommandBar
+              searchQuery={searchQuery}
+              onSearchChange={setSearchQuery}
+              tags={allTags}
+              activeTags={activeTags}
+              onTagToggle={handleTagToggle}
+            />
+          </Reveal>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <Section
+        className="pb-32 pt-12"
+        containerVariant="narrow"
+        variant="white"
+      >
+        <div className="space-y-12 relative z-10 p-4 md:p-0">
+          {/* Posts List (Vertical & Minimal) */}
+          <div id="posts-container" className="space-y-12">
+            <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
+              {postsToShow.length === 0 ? (
+                <motion.div
+                  key="no-results"
+                  initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 20 }}
+                  animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
+                  exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.95 }}
+                  className="py-24 text-center border border-dashed border-slate-200 rounded-3xl bg-white/50"
+                >
+                  <p className="text-slate-400 font-mono text-sm uppercase tracking-widest">
+                    Keine Beiträge gefunden.
+                  </p>
+                  <button
+                    onClick={() => {
+                      setSearchQuery("");
+                      setActiveTags([]);
+                    }}
+                    className="mt-4 text-xs font-bold text-slate-900 underline underline-offset-4 hover:text-slate-600"
+                  >
+                    Filter zurücksetzen
+                  </button>
+                </motion.div>
+              ) : (
+                <motion.div
+                  key="post-grid"
+                  layout
+                  className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-6 w-full"
+                >
+                  <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout">
+                    {postsToShow.map((post, i) => (
+                      <motion.div
+                        key={post.slug}
+                        layout
+                        initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.9 }}
+                        animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1 }}
+                        exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.9 }}
+                        transition={{
+                          duration: 0.4,
+                          delay: i < 8 ? i * 0.05 : 0,
+                          ease: [0.16, 1, 0.3, 1],
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        <MediumCard post={post as any} />
+                      </motion.div>
+                    ))}
+                  </AnimatePresence>
+                </motion.div>
+              )}
+            </AnimatePresence>
+
+            {/* Pagination */}
+            {hasMore && (
+              <div className="flex justify-center pt-8">
+                <Reveal delay={0.1} width="fit-content">
+                  <button
+                    onClick={loadMore}
+                    className="group relative px-8 py-4 bg-white border border-slate-200 text-slate-600 rounded-full overflow-hidden transition-all hover:border-slate-400 hover:text-slate-900 hover:shadow-lg"
+                  >
+                    <span className="relative z-10 font-mono text-xs uppercase tracking-widest flex items-center gap-3">
+                      Mehr laden
+                      <div className="w-1 h-1 bg-slate-300 rounded-full group-hover:bg-slate-900 transition-colors" />
+                      <div className="w-1 h-1 bg-slate-300 rounded-full group-hover:bg-slate-900 transition-colors delay-75" />
+                      <div className="w-1 h-1 bg-slate-300 rounded-full group-hover:bg-slate-900 transition-colors delay-150" />
+                    </span>
+                  </button>
+                </Reveal>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Section>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

apps/web/src/lib/posts.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { getPayload } from "payload";
+import configPromise from "@payload-config";
+
+export async function getAllPosts() {
+  if (!process.env.DATABASE_URI && !process.env.POSTGRES_URI) {
+    console.warn(
+      "⚠️ Bypassing Payload fetch during Next.js build: DATABASE_URI is missing.",
+    );
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const payload = await getPayload({ config: configPromise });
+  const { docs } = await payload.find({
+    collection: "posts",
+    limit: 1000,
+    sort: "-date",
+  });
+
+  return docs.map((doc) => ({
+    title: doc.title as string,
+    description: doc.description as string,
+    date: doc.date as string,
+    tags: (doc.tags || []).map((t) =>
+      typeof t === "object" && t !== null ? t.tag : t,
+    ) as string[],
+    slug: doc.slug as string,
+    thumbnail: doc.thumbnail as string,
+    body: { code: doc.content as string },
+  }));
+}

apps/web/src/payload/collections/Media.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import type { CollectionConfig } from "payload";
+import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const dirname = path.dirname(filename);
+
+export const Media: CollectionConfig = {
+  slug: "media",
+  admin: {
+    useAsTitle: "alt",
+  },
+  access: {
+    read: () => true, // Publicly readable
+  },
+  upload: {
+    staticDir: path.resolve(dirname, "../../../../public/media"),
+    adminThumbnail: "thumbnail",
+    imageSizes: [
+      {
+        name: "thumbnail",
+        width: 400,
+        height: 300,
+        position: "centre",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "card",
+        width: 768,
+        height: 1024,
+        position: "centre",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "tablet",
+        width: 1024,
+        height: undefined,
+        position: "centre",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  fields: [
+    {
+      name: "alt",
+      type: "text",
+      required: true,
+    },
+  ],
+};

apps/web/src/payload/collections/Posts.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import type { CollectionConfig } from "payload";
+
+export const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
+  slug: "posts",
+  admin: {
+    useAsTitle: "title",
+  },
+  access: {
+    read: () => true, // Publicly readable API
+  },
+  fields: [
+    {
+      name: "title",
+      type: "text",
+      required: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "slug",
+      type: "text",
+      required: true,
+      unique: true,
+      admin: {
+        position: "sidebar",
+      },
+      hooks: {
+        beforeValidate: [
+          ({ value, data }) => {
+            if (value) return value;
+            if (data?.title) {
+              return data.title
+                .toLowerCase()
+                .replace(/ /g, "-")
+                .replace(/[^\w-]+/g, "");
+            }
+            return value;
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "description",
+      type: "text",
+      required: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "date",
+      type: "date",
+      required: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "tags",
+      type: "array",
+      required: true,
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: "tag",
+          type: "text",
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: "thumbnail",
+      type: "text", // Keeping as text for now to match current MDX strings like "/blog/green-it.png"
+    },
+    {
+      name: "content",
+      type: "code",
+      admin: {
+        language: "markdown",
+      },
+      required: true,
+    },
+  ],
+};

apps/web/src/payload/collections/Users.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { CollectionConfig } from "payload";
+
+export const Users: CollectionConfig = {
+  slug: "users",
+  admin: {
+    useAsTitle: "email",
+  },
+  auth: true,
+  fields: [
+    // Email added by default due to auth
+    // Add more fields as needed
+  ],
+};

apps/web/src/utils/imgproxy.ts

@@ -69,29 +69,23 @@ export function getImgproxyUrl(
         "http://directus:8055",
       );
     }
-
   }
 
-  const {
+  const { width = 0, height = 0, enlarge = false, extension = "" } = options;
-    width = 0,
-    height = 0,
-    resizing_type = "fit",
-    gravity = "sm", // Default to smart gravity
-    enlarge = false,
-    extension = "",
-  } = options;
 
-  // Processing options
+  let quality = 80;
-  // Format: /rs:<type>:<width>:<height>:<enlarge>/g:<gravity>
+  if (extension) quality = 90;
-  const processingOptions = [
-    `rs:${resizing_type}:${width}:${height}:${enlarge ? 1 : 0}`,
-    `g:${gravity}`,
-  ].join("/");
 
-  // Using /unsafe/ for now as we don't handle signatures yet
+  // Re-map imgproxy URL to our new parameter structure
-  // Format: <base_url>/unsafe/<options>/<base64_url>
+  // e.g. /process?url=...&w=...&h=...&q=...&format=...
-  const suffix = extension ? `@${extension}` : "";
+  const queryParams = new URLSearchParams({
-  const encodedSrc = encodeBase64(absoluteSrc + suffix);
+    url: absoluteSrc,
+  });
 
-  return `${baseUrl}/unsafe/${processingOptions}/${encodedSrc}`;
+  if (width > 0) queryParams.set("w", width.toString());
+  if (height > 0) queryParams.set("h", height.toString());
+  if (extension) queryParams.set("format", extension.replace(".", ""));
+  if (quality) queryParams.set("q", quality.toString());
+
+  return `${baseUrl}/process?${queryParams.toString()}`;
 }

apps/web/tsconfig.json

@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
-      "@/*": [
+      "@/*": ["./*"],
-        "./*"
+      "@payload-config": ["./payload.config.ts"]
-      ],
-      "contentlayer/generated": [
-        "./.contentlayer/generated"
-      ]
     }
   },
   "include": [
@@ -18,7 +14,5 @@
     ".next/types/**/*.ts",
     ".contentlayer/generated"
   ],
-  "exclude": [
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
-    "node_modules"
-  ]
 }

docker-compose.dev.yml

@@ -34,35 +34,7 @@ services:
       - "caddy=http://gatekeeper.${TRAEFIK_HOST:-mintel.localhost}"
       - "caddy.reverse_proxy={{upstreams 3000}}"
 
-  directus:
+  postgres-db:
-    image: registry.infra.mintel.me/mintel/directus:latest
-    restart: always
-    networks:
-      - default
-      - infra
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    environment:
-      KEY: ${DIRECTUS_KEY}
-      SECRET: ${DIRECTUS_SECRET}
-      DB_CLIENT: "pg"
-      DB_HOST: "directus-db"
-      DB_PORT: "5432"
-      DB_DATABASE: ${DIRECTUS_DB_NAME:-directus}
-      DB_USER: ${DIRECTUS_DB_USER:-directus}
-      DB_PASSWORD: ${DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD:-directus}
-      PUBLIC_URL: ${DIRECTUS_URL:-https://cms.mintel.me}
-    volumes:
-      - ./directus/uploads:/directus/uploads
-      - ./directus/extensions:/directus/extensions
-      - ./directus/migrations:/directus/migrations
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.http.services.${PROJECT_NAME:-mintel-me}-directus.loadbalancer.server.port=8055"
-      - "traefik.docker.network=infra"
-      - "caddy=http://${DIRECTUS_HOST:-cms.mintel.localhost}"
-      - "caddy.reverse_proxy={{upstreams 8055}}"
-
-  directus-db:
     image: postgres:15-alpine
     restart: always
     networks:
@@ -70,9 +42,11 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - .env
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_DB: ${DIRECTUS_DB_NAME:-directus}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${postgres_DB_NAME:-directus}
-      POSTGRES_USER: ${DIRECTUS_DB_USER:-directus}
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${postgres_DB_USER:-directus}
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD:-directus}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${postgres_DB_PASSWORD:-directus}
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
     volumes:
       - directus-db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
 
@@ -84,10 +58,9 @@ services:
       - infra
     extra_hosts:
       - "mintel.localhost:host-gateway"
-      - "cms.mintel.localhost:host-gateway"
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     environment:
-      IMGPROXY_URL_MAPPING: "http://mintel.localhost/:http://app:3000/,http://cms.mintel.localhost/:http://directus:8055/"
+      IMGPROXY_URL_MAPPING: "http://mintel.localhost/:http://app:3000/"
       IMGPROXY_USE_ETAG: "true"
       IMGPROXY_MAX_SRC_RESOLUTION: 20
       IMGPROXY_ALLOWED_NETWORKS: "10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16"

docker-compose.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.http.middlewares.mintel-me-forward.headers.customrequestheaders.X-Forwarded-Ssl=on"
 
   mintel-me-gatekeeper:
-    profiles: [ "gatekeeper" ]
+    profiles: ["gatekeeper"]
     image: registry.infra.mintel.me/mintel/gatekeeper:v1.7.12
     container_name: ${PROJECT_NAME:-mintel-me}-gatekeeper
     restart: always
@@ -79,52 +79,7 @@ services:
       - "caddy=gatekeeper.${TRAEFIK_HOST:-mintel.localhost}"
       - "caddy.reverse_proxy={{upstreams 3000}}"
 
-  mintel-me-cms:
+  postgres-db:
-    image: registry.infra.mintel.me/mintel/directus:latest
-    restart: always
-    networks:
-      - default
-      - infra
-    env_file:
-      - ${ENV_FILE:-.env}
-    environment:
-      KEY: ${DIRECTUS_KEY}
-      SECRET: ${DIRECTUS_SECRET}
-      DB_CLIENT: "pg"
-      DB_HOST: "mintel-me-db"
-      DB_PORT: "5432"
-      DB_DATABASE: ${DIRECTUS_DB_NAME:-directus}
-      DB_USER: ${DIRECTUS_DB_USER:-directus}
-      DB_PASSWORD: ${DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD:-directus}
-      PUBLIC_URL: ${DIRECTUS_URL:-https://cms.mintel.me}
-      SENTRY_DSN: ${SENTRY_DSN}
-      SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT: ${TARGET:-development}
-      LOGGER_LEVEL: ${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
-    volumes:
-      - ./directus/uploads:/directus/uploads
-      - ./directus/extensions:/directus/extensions
-      - ./directus/schema:/directus/schema
-      - ./directus/migrations:/directus/migrations
-    healthcheck:
-      test: [ "CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://127.0.0.1:8055/server/ping" ]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 30s
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - 'traefik.http.routers.mintel-me-cms.rule=${TRAEFIK_DIRECTUS_RULE:-Host("${DIRECTUS_HOST:-cms.mintel.localhost}")}'
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mintel-me-cms.entrypoints=${TRAEFIK_ENTRYPOINT:-web}"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mintel-me-cms.tls.certresolver=${TRAEFIK_CERT_RESOLVER:-}"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mintel-me-cms.tls=${TRAEFIK_TLS:-false}"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mintel-me-cms.service=mintel-me-cms-svc"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mintel-me-cms.middlewares=mintel-me-forward"
-      - "traefik.http.services.mintel-me-cms-svc.loadbalancer.server.port=8055"
-      - "traefik.docker.network=infra"
-      - "caddy=${DIRECTUS_HOST:-cms.mintel.localhost}"
-      - "caddy.reverse_proxy={{upstreams 8055}}"
-
-  mintel-me-db:
     image: postgres:15-alpine
     restart: always
     networks:
@@ -132,9 +87,9 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - ${ENV_FILE:-.env}
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_DB: ${DIRECTUS_DB_NAME:-directus}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${postgres_DB_NAME:-directus}
-      POSTGRES_USER: ${DIRECTUS_DB_USER:-directus}
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${postgres_DB_USER:-directus}
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DIRECTUS_DB_PASSWORD:-directus}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${postgres_DB_PASSWORD:-directus}
     volumes:
       - directus-db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
 

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.18.3",
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "docker network create infra 2>/dev/null || true && echo \"\n🚀 Development Environment Starting...\n\n📱 App:      http://mintel.localhost\n🗄️  CMS:      http://cms.mintel.localhost/admin\n🖼️  Imgproxy: http://img.mintel.localhost\n🚦 Caddy Proxy: http://localhost:80\n\" && lsof -ti:3000 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true && rm -rf apps/web/.next apps/web/.contentlayer/.cache 2>/dev/null || true && docker rm -f mintel-me-gatekeeper 2>/dev/null || true && COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=mintel-me docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml down --remove-orphans && COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=mintel-me docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d app directus directus-db gatekeeper imgproxy && pnpm -r dev",
+    "dev": "docker network create infra 2>/dev/null || true && echo \"\\n🚀 Development Environment Starting...\\n\\n📱 App:      http://mintel.localhost\\n🖼️  Imgproxy: http://img.mintel.localhost\\n🚦 Caddy Proxy: http://localhost:80\\n\" && lsof -ti:3000 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true && rm -rf apps/web/.next apps/web/.contentlayer/.cache 2>/dev/null || true && docker rm -f mintel-me-gatekeeper 2>/dev/null || true && COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=mintel-me docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml down --remove-orphans && COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=mintel-me docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d app postgres-db gatekeeper imgproxy && DATABASE_URI=\"postgres://directus:directus@localhost:5432/directus\" PAYLOAD_SECRET=\"dev-secret\" pnpm -r dev",
     "dev:clean": "pnpm dev:stop && rm -rf apps/web/.next apps/web/.contentlayer apps/web/node_modules && pnpm install && pnpm dev",
     "dev:stop": "lsof -ti:3000,3001,3002 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true && COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=mintel-me docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml down",
     "dev:local": "pnpm -r dev",
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@directus/sdk": "21.0.0",
     "@eslint/compat": "^2.0.2",
     "@mintel/acquisition": "link:../at-mintel/packages/acquisition-library",
     "tsx": "^4.21.0"

scripts/sync-directus.sh

@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Configuration
-REMOTE_HOST="${SSH_HOST:-root@alpha.mintel.me}"
-ACTION=$1
-ENV=$2
-
-# Help
-if [ -z "$ACTION" ] || [ -z "$ENV" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: ./scripts/sync-directus.sh [push|pull] [testing|staging|production]"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Commands:"
-    echo "  push   Sync LOCAL data -> REMOTE"
-    echo "  pull   Sync REMOTE data -> LOCAL"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Environments:"
-    echo "  testing, staging, production"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Project Configuration
-PRJ_ID="mintel-me"
-REMOTE_DIR="/home/deploy/sites/mintel.me"
-
-case $ENV in
-  testing)    PROJECT_NAME="${PRJ_ID}-testing"; ENV_FILE=".env.testing" ;;
-  staging)    PROJECT_NAME="${PRJ_ID}-staging"; ENV_FILE=".env.staging" ;;
-  production) PROJECT_NAME="${PRJ_ID}-prod";    ENV_FILE=".env.prod"    ;;
-  *) echo "❌ Invalid environment: $ENV"; exit 1 ;;
-esac
-
-# DB Details
-DB_USER="directus"
-DB_NAME="directus"
-
-echo "🔍 Detecting local database..."
-# Check root or apps/web for docker-compose context
-if [ -f "docker-compose.yml" ]; then
-    COMPOSE_CMD="docker compose"
-elif [ -f "../../docker-compose.yml" ]; then
-    COMPOSE_CMD="docker compose -f ../../docker-compose.yml"
-else
-    echo "❌ docker-compose.yml not found."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-LOCAL_DB_CONTAINER=$($COMPOSE_CMD ps -q directus-db)
-if [ -z "$LOCAL_DB_CONTAINER" ]; then
-    echo "❌ Local directus-db container not found. Is it running?"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ "$ACTION" == "push" ]; then
-    echo "🚀 Pushing LOCAL -> $ENV ($PROJECT_NAME)..."
-    
-    echo "📦 Dumping local database..."
-    docker exec "$LOCAL_DB_CONTAINER" pg_dump -U "$DB_USER" --clean --if-exists --no-owner --no-privileges "$DB_NAME" > dump.sql
-    
-    echo "📤 Uploading dump to remote server..."
-    scp dump.sql "$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_DIR/dump.sql"
-    
-    echo "🔄 Restoring dump on $ENV..."
-    REMOTE_DB_CONTAINER=$(ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "cd $REMOTE_DIR && docker compose -p $PROJECT_NAME ps -q directus-db")
-    
-    if [ -z "$REMOTE_DB_CONTAINER" ]; then
-        echo "❌ Remote $ENV-db container not found!"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo "🧹 Wiping remote database schema..."
-    ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "docker exec $REMOTE_DB_CONTAINER psql -U $DB_USER $DB_NAME -c 'DROP SCHEMA public CASCADE; CREATE SCHEMA public;'"
-    
-    echo "⚡ Restoring database..."
-    ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "docker exec -i $REMOTE_DB_CONTAINER psql -U $DB_USER $DB_NAME < $REMOTE_DIR/dump.sql"
-    
-    echo "📁 Syncing uploads (Local -> $ENV)..."
-    rsync -avz --progress ./directus/uploads/ "$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_DIR/directus/uploads/"
-    
-    rm dump.sql
-    ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "rm $REMOTE_DIR/dump.sql"
-    
-    echo "🔄 Restarting remote Directus..."
-    ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "cd $REMOTE_DIR && docker compose -p $PROJECT_NAME restart directus"
-    
-    echo "✨ Push to $ENV complete!"
-
-elif [ "$ACTION" == "pull" ]; then
-    echo "📥 Pulling $ENV Data -> LOCAL..."
-    
-    echo "📦 Dumping remote database ($ENV)..."
-    REMOTE_DB_CONTAINER=$(ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "cd $REMOTE_DIR && docker compose -p $PROJECT_NAME ps -q directus-db")
-    
-    if [ -z "$REMOTE_DB_CONTAINER" ]; then
-        echo "❌ Remote $ENV-db container not found!"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    
-    ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "docker exec $REMOTE_DB_CONTAINER pg_dump -U $DB_USER --clean --if-exists --no-owner --no-privileges $DB_NAME > $REMOTE_DIR/dump.sql"
-    
-    echo "📥 Downloading dump..."
-    scp "$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_DIR/dump.sql" dump.sql
-    
-    echo "🧹 Wiping local database schema..."
-    docker exec "$LOCAL_DB_CONTAINER" psql -U "$DB_USER" "$DB_NAME" -c 'DROP SCHEMA public CASCADE; CREATE SCHEMA public;'
-    
-    echo "⚡ Restoring database locally..."
-    docker exec -i "$LOCAL_DB_CONTAINER" psql -U "$DB_USER" "$DB_NAME" < dump.sql
-    
-    echo "📁 Syncing uploads ($ENV -> Local)..."
-    rsync -avz --progress "$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_DIR/directus/uploads/" ./directus/uploads/
-    
-    rm dump.sql
-    ssh "$REMOTE_HOST" "rm $REMOTE_DIR/dump.sql"
-    
-    echo "✨ Pull to Local complete!"
-fi