It's a community driven platform where failure is not something to hide but something to celebrate . It’s designed to share honest stories of setbacks and rejections and lessons learned: all the stuff LinkedIn filters out .

features:

• 📢 Post your rejections, failures and real lessons learned
• 🔍 Browse stories by category:
  • Startup Crashes
  • Interview Wrecks
  • Project Chaos
  • and more coming soon
• 🖥️ Smart AI validation for respectful, safe and constructive content

🛠️ tech stack:

• Frontend: Next.js + TypeScript
• Backend: Next.js API routes
• Database & Auth: Firebase
• AI Validation: Gemini

⚙️ setup instructions:

📦 scripts

Command	Description
npm run dev	Run the development server
npm run build	Build project for production
npm start	Start production server
npm run lint	Run linter checks

NOTE: 📦 project manager

previously used pnpm but the project now runs entirely on npm !!

local development:

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/fail-u-forward.git

# 2. Move into the project directory
cd fail-u-forward

# 3. Install dependencies
npm install

# 4. Start the dev server
npm run dev

🛣️ what's next:

• anonymous posting support
• filters by topic (eg career, academics, personal)
• voice/video storytelling support

🤝 contributing:

welcome contributions from everyone !! please read contributing guidelines to get started

📩 contact:

• github: @mansiruhil
• linkedin: @mansiruhil
• discord: failuforward

📄 license:

this project is licensed under the MIT License