TaxStorks 🦆

A minimalist community platform for sharing and receiving tax advice.

✨ Features

• 🔐 Ask tax questions anonymously
• 💡 Share your tax knowledge with the community
• 📂 Browse questions by category
• 🎨 Clean, intuitive interface
• ⚡ Fast and lightweight

🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	Vanilla JS + HTML/CSS
Backend	Python Flask
Database	SQLite (upgradeable to PostgreSQL)
Hosting	GitHub Pages + Render.com

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• pip
• Git

Backend Setup

cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

The backend will start on http://localhost:5000

Frontend Setup

cd frontend
python -m http.server 8000

Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser to view the application.

📁 Project Structure

taxstorks/
├── backend/          # Flask API server
│   ├── app.py
│   ├── requirements.txt
│   └── ...
├── frontend/         # Vanilla JS + HTML/CSS
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── style.css
│   ├── script.js
│   └── ...
└── README.md

🔮 Future Enhancements

• User authentication & profiles
• Voting/rating system for answers
• Email notifications
• Advanced search & filtering
• Admin panel
• Categories & tags
• Markdown support

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.