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Thanks! Let me know what you think when you check it out. This is my first real project like this - don't be afraid to be brutal!
Went through the README and saw that you are using Express. Not sure if you've tried it but Hono ( https://hono.dev ) is a really terrific app server framework that is really fast and can run on every major JS environment there is. If Express is working well (and it should be, it's great) no need to change but something that may be interesting to look at.
I haven't used Hono, but if I have a good reason to switch from Express on this project or when I start something new, I will check it out, thanks!