code migration to react

.gitignore

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 .DS_Store
 _dl/
 docs/_site/
-
+node_modules
+docs/.vite
+dist
+.env

README.md

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-# things-nyc-www
+# The Things — NYC (React + Vite + Tailwind)
 
-Website for The Things Network New York.
+A modern, static website for **The Things Network New York** built with **React (Vite)** and **Tailwind CSS**.
 
-Changes made here will be reflected on [`thethings.nyc`](https://thethings.nyc) upon being reviewed & pulled by the webmaster.
+## Tech Stack
 
-## Development
+- **React 18** (via Vite) — fast dev server and HMR
+- **TypeScript** — safer, self-documenting code
+- **Tailwind CSS** — utility-first styling, tiny final CSS
 
-The site is static HTML generated from markdown with
-[jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/), using the [Bootstrap
-5](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/getting-started/introduction/) framework.
+## Getting Started
 
-Website pages live in the `docs` directory.
+### Prerequisites
 
-### Updating the web pages
+- Node.js 18+ (`node -v`)
+- npm (`npm -v`)
 
-XXX - Add some notes about the layout of the directory and what to
-modify.
-
-XXX - Add notes on how to add a blog entry.
-
-### Running under docker
-
-#### TL;DR
+### 1) Install & Run
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/things-nyc/things-nyc.github.io.git
-cd things-nyc.github.io
-make
-# Open http://localhost:4000 in your browser
-# Edit files in docs/
-# Commit your changes and push to a branch
-# Create a Pull Request on Github
+npm install
+npm run dev
+# open http://localhost:5173
 ```
-
-#### Notes
-
-The `_dl` and `_site` directories are temporary, created by the fetch
-and build process, any changes there will be overwritten.
-Use
-```bash
-make clean
-```
-to delete them.
-They will not saved to github.
-
-To update a JavaScript package, update the version info in the
-`Makefile` and
-```bash
-make clean fetch
-```
-
-#### Details
-
-If you don't want to install Ruby and Jekyll (hint: you don't) you can use the Docker container.
-Install [Docker](https://www.docker.com/community-edition#/download) and [Docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/#install-compose).
-Clone the repo.
-Run `docker-compose up` from any project directory to start the container.
-The project directory is mounted as a volume in the container so you can edit the files with your normal editor.
-Jekyll will automatically generate new HTML when you make changes.
-The container runs a web server [http://0.0.0.0:4000](http://0.0.0.0:4000) so you can preview your work.
-
-### Docker Troubleshooting
-
-During the build, you may get DNS failures similar to:
-
-```console
-Err:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease
-  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'
-```
-
-In that case, follow the suggestions from [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61567404/docker-temporary-failure-resolving-deb-debian-org):
-
-* Try `sudo service docker restart`, then retry `docker-compose build`.
-* If appropriate, try `sudo /etc/init.d/docker restart`, then retry `docker-compose build`
-* Try rebooting the Linux system, then retry `docker-compose build`.
-
-In our limited experience, the first step was enough.
-
-