feat: Extract hardcoded configs to environment variables

- Add environment variable configuration for backend and frontend
- Backend: DB_POOL_SIZE, JWT_EXPIRE_HOURS, timeout configs, directory paths
- Frontend: VITE_API_BASE_URL, VITE_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT, Whisper configs
- Create deployment script (scripts/deploy-backend.sh)
- Create 1Panel deployment guide (docs/1panel-deployment.md)
- Update DEPLOYMENT.md with env var documentation
- Create README.md with project overview
- Remove obsolete PRD.md, SDD.md, TDD.md (replaced by OpenSpec)
- Keep CORS allow_origins=["*"] for Electron EXE distribution

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

client/.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# Meeting Assistant Frontend Configuration
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in your values
+# =============================================================================
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# API Configuration (Vite build-time variables)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Backend API base URL
+# For development: http://localhost:8000/api
+# For production: http://<server-ip>:<port>/api or https://api.example.com/api
+VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000/api
+
+# Upload timeout in milliseconds (default: 600000 = 10 minutes)
+VITE_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT=600000
+
+# Application title (shown in window title)
+VITE_APP_TITLE=Meeting Assistant
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Sidecar/Whisper Configuration (Electron runtime variables)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# These environment variables are read by Electron main process at runtime
+# and passed to the Sidecar (Whisper transcription service)
+
+# Whisper model size
+# Options: tiny, base, small, medium, large
+# Larger models are more accurate but require more memory and are slower
+WHISPER_MODEL=medium
+
+# Execution device
+# Options: cpu, cuda
+# Use "cuda" if you have an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support
+WHISPER_DEVICE=cpu
+
+# Compute precision
+# Options: int8, float16, float32
+# int8 is fastest but less accurate, float32 is most accurate but slowest
+WHISPER_COMPUTE=int8

client/src/main.js

@@ -44,10 +44,25 @@ function startSidecar() {
   const pythonPath = fs.existsSync(venvPython) ? venvPython : "python3";
 
   try {
+    // Get Whisper configuration from environment variables
+    const whisperEnv = {
+      ...process.env,
+      WHISPER_MODEL: process.env.WHISPER_MODEL || "medium",
+      WHISPER_DEVICE: process.env.WHISPER_DEVICE || "cpu",
+      WHISPER_COMPUTE: process.env.WHISPER_COMPUTE || "int8",
+    };
+
     console.log("Starting sidecar with:", pythonPath, sidecarScript);
+    console.log("Whisper config:", {
+      model: whisperEnv.WHISPER_MODEL,
+      device: whisperEnv.WHISPER_DEVICE,
+      compute: whisperEnv.WHISPER_COMPUTE,
+    });
+
     sidecarProcess = spawn(pythonPath, [sidecarScript], {
       cwd: sidecarDir,
       stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      env: whisperEnv,
     });
 
     // Handle stdout (JSON responses)

client/src/services/api.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const API_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:8000/api";
+const API_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:8000/api";
+const UPLOAD_TIMEOUT = parseInt(import.meta.env.VITE_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT || "600000", 10);
 
 let authToken = null;
 let tokenRefreshTimer = null;
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ export async function transcribeAudioLegacy(file, onProgress = null) {
     });
 
     xhr.open("POST", url, true);
-    xhr.timeout = 600000; // 10 minutes for large files
+    xhr.timeout = UPLOAD_TIMEOUT;
     if (token) {
       xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", `Bearer ${token}`);
     }