Add a comprehensive guide for developers transitioning from Node/PHP and implement a new middleware to handle IP-based rate limiting with temporary banning functionality. Also refactors configuration loading to use a singleton pattern for better resource management.
Introduce a multi-stage Dockerfile, docker-compose setup, and a Gitea Actions workflow to automate building and pushing images to the registry. The configuration includes an entrypoint script for persistent logging and a .dockerignore to optimize the build context.
Move inline route definitions from main.go into a dedicated internal/routes package. This organization introduces support for API versioning (v1) and separates endpoint logic into specialized modules for administration and bug reporting.
