Adding the lab project

README.md

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+# CA Lab Studio
+
+This folder contains the CA Lab Studio application: an Express API, Postgres-backed preset/deck data model, React admin interface, and viewer/recorder routes.
+
+The original embeddable GlitchComponent has been moved to the sibling folder:
+
+```txt
+/Users/jenstandstad/Projects/glitch-components/glitch_voxel_automata
+```
+
+## Run Locally
+
+Start the database:
+
+```bash
+cd backend
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+Run migrations:
+
+```bash
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://ca_studio:ca_studio@localhost:54329/ca_studio_test npm run migrate
+```
+
+Start the API:
+
+```bash
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://ca_studio:ca_studio@localhost:54329/ca_studio_test npm run dev
+```
+
+In another terminal, start the admin UI:
+
+```bash
+npm run admin:dev
+```
+
+Open:
+
+```txt
+http://localhost:5174/admin/
+```
+
+## Deployment Note
+
+Deploy this app, not the sibling GlitchComponent package. See [DEPLOY.md](/Users/jenstandstad/Projects/glitch-components/glitch_voxel_automata_lab/DEPLOY.md).
+
+The production build compiles the Express API to `backend/dist` and emits the admin/viewer app to `backend/public/admin`.