- Removed debug-packages and test-sync API endpoints no longer needed
- Extracted sync status management into shared lib/sync/status module
- Updated Next.js config to remove deprecated experimental appDir flag
- Added port specification to production start script for consistency
- Implemented SyncAuth to control sync access with server-only mode and secret key authorization
- Consolidated environment variables into single .env.example with improved sync configuration
- Protected all sync API endpoints (ubuntu, fedora, arch, homebrew, winget) with authentication checks
- Added pg and @types/pg dependencies for PostgreSQL integration
- Created database testing and backend initialization scripts
- Changed dev server port to 3002 to avoid conflicts