A web app for browsing BattleTech mechs, filtering by era/faction/tonnage, and building lance lists.

• Backend: Go 1.22+ with stdlib router and pgx for Postgres
• Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript + Vite
• Database: PostgreSQL 16

docker compose up -d

cd backend
go run ./cmd/server

Server starts on http://localhost:8080

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend starts on http://localhost:3000 (proxies API to :8080)

• name — search by mech or chassis name
• tonnage_min, tonnage_max — filter by weight class
• era — filter by era name
• faction — filter by faction name or abbreviation
• role — filter by role

slic/
├── backend/          # Go API server
│   ├── cmd/server/   # Entry point
│   └── internal/     # DB, handlers, models, ingestion
├── frontend/         # React + Vite app
├── data/             # Data source documentation
└── docker-compose.yml

See data/README.md for details on MegaMek, MUL, Sarna, and miniature sources.