dropthejase rips out the frontend's foundation and starts over

Louis swaps its entire web framework for a leaner setup - same product, simpler machinery underneath.

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In one sweeping change, dropthejase moved Louis off Next.js - a heavyweight React framework - and rebuilt the web app on Vite, a faster, lighter build tool, paired with React Router for navigation. The result is a pure browser-side app that ships as static files to Amazon's storage and content-delivery network. The way it deploys doesn't change; what changes is how much framework sits between the code and the browser.

Bundled into the work is a small but real fix: deleting the chat you're currently reading no longer dumps you on a broken page. The team also wired up how the app builds its backend connection at runtime rather than hard-coding it.

So what Mostly plumbing - but worth a look if you're a founder building a legal product on Mike and weighing how heavy your frontend stack needs to be.

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SHA	Subject	Author	Date
`5802aa6f`	Migrate frontend from Next.js to Vite + React Router	Jason Lee	2026-05-11	↗ GitHub
commit body - Replace Next.js App Router with react-router-dom v7 SPA routing - Remove all 'use client' directives, next/navigation, next/link imports - Replace useRouter/usePathname with useNavigate/useLocation - Replace useSearchParams() call with [searchParams] destructuring - Add Amplify <Authenticator> as root auth gate, remove custom login/signup pages - Add AuthProvider inside Authenticator render in App.tsx - Consolidate Amplify config (including Identity Pool) in lib/aws/config.ts - Build AgentCore invocation URLs from ARNs at runtime - Replace NEXT_PUBLIC_* env vars with VITE_* throughout - Replace uploadData key param with path to avoid public/ prefix - Add key={id} wrapper on AssistantChatPage for unmount/remount on route change - Replace process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL with API_URL from config - Account page uses React Router nested routes for /account/models - WorkflowPage migrated from next/dynamic to direct import - TypeScript compiles clean, Vite build succeeds
`7845ed46`	Add delete-active-chat navigation and env example file	Jason Lee	2026-05-11	↗ GitHub
- SidebarChatItem navigates to /assistant when deleting the active chat - Add .env.local.example with VITE_* variable names for Vite migration

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