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Replace Strapi CMS with PocketBase

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Strapi + Postgres are gone in favor of PocketBase: a single Go binary
with embedded SQLite, built-in admin UI and per-collection API rules.
No content existed yet, so this is a clean swap with no data migration.

Collections and rules are defined as code in pocketbase/pb_migrations/
and applied automatically on first boot. Draft & Publish has no native
PocketBase equivalent, so it's reproduced with a nullable `publishedAt`
field enforced by listRule/viewRule, matching the old Strapi semantics.

Routing flips: PocketBase's admin UI and REST/file API are hardwired to
`/_/` and `/api/*` at the domain root (its own dashboard assets and API
calls reference those paths directly, so a stripped path prefix like
`/admin/*` would break them). `/api` is therefore reserved for
PocketBase now, and the frontend's Nitro endpoints move to `/content/*`
(frontend/server/routes/content/, not server/api/). A `/admin` vanity
route in Nitro (not Caddy) redirects to `/_/`, so it works the same in
dev, where Caddy isn't part of the stack, and in production.

frontend/server/utils/strapi.ts becomes pocketbase.ts; queries.ts is
rewritten for PocketBase's filter/sort/fields/expand query syntax.
StrapiImage becomes MediaImage (no width/height — PocketBase file
fields don't store dimensions, and the cover images already reserve
their aspect ratio via CSS, so this is not a regression).

docs/*.md, CLAUDE.md and README.md are updated in the same commit.
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ the root [README.md](../README.md); for coding conventions and constraints, see
depth than either of those.
- [architecture.md](./architecture.md) — services, routing, request flow, environment variables.
- [content-model.md](./content-model.md) — Strapi content types, admin panel, permissions, editorial workflow.
- [content-model.md](./content-model.md) — PocketBase collections, admin panel, permissions, editorial workflow.
- [frontend.md](./frontend.md) — Nuxt routes, server (Nitro) endpoints, data flow, SEO.
## What this repository is
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ A blog website with two faces:
- **Public site** — anonymous visitors read articles and browse categories. Fully server-rendered,
no login, no client-side calls to the CMS.
- **Admin panel** — the site owner logs into Strapi's admin UI (`/admin`) to write, edit and
publish articles and categories. This is the only way content changes; there is no other CMS
and no public user accounts.
- **Admin panel** — the site owner logs into PocketBase's admin UI (`/admin`, redirects to `/_/`)
to write, edit and publish articles and categories. This is the only way content changes; there
is no other CMS and no public user accounts.
One codebase, three runtime components (Nuxt frontend, Strapi CMS, PostgreSQL), fronted by a
single Caddy reverse proxy on one domain.
One codebase, two runtime components (Nuxt frontend, PocketBase — CMS and database in one
process), fronted by a single Caddy reverse proxy on one domain.