feature/job fixes

[sfreeman422]

This pull request introduces several improvements and new features to the backend job infrastructure, particularly for the "fun-fact" job, along with enhancements to environment configuration, logging, and developer experience. The main changes include adding a dedicated script and launch configuration for running the fun-fact job, improving TypeORM entity resolution, updating environment variable handling, enhancing logging robustness, and updating the quote-fetching logic to support a new API.

Key changes:

Fun-fact Job Infrastructure & Developer Experience:

• Added a new script (run-fun-fact-job.ts) to run the fun-fact job independently, including database connection and environment validation, and integrated it into package.json scripts and VSCode launch configurations for easier local debugging and execution. [1] [2] [3] [4]
• Updated documentation to instruct developers to use .env.example files as templates for backend and frontend configuration. [1] [2]
• Added a comprehensive .env.example for the backend, documenting all required and optional environment variables.

TypeORM Entity Resolution Improvements:

• Added a utility (resolveTypeOrmEntities) to dynamically resolve TypeORM entity paths, reducing manual configuration and improving compatibility with both source and built files. Updated backend initialization and job runner to use this utility. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Fun-fact Job API & Logic Updates:

• Updated quote-fetching logic to support the new ZenQuotes API response format, while maintaining backward compatibility with the legacy format. Adjusted tests accordingly. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Logging Enhancements:

• Improved logger serialization to safely handle circular references, include additional error metadata (such as code and status), and exclude large Axios request/response objects from logs. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Other Minor Improvements:

• Added a custom User-Agent header to Wikipedia API requests for better identification and compliance.

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Pull request overview

This PR focuses on fixing and hardening the backend “fun-fact” job execution and related operational tooling, including safer structured logging and easier environment setup for local/dev runs.

Changes:

• Added a standalone CLI runner + npm scripts/VS Code launch config for executing the fun-fact job on demand.
• Improved job robustness by updating external API integrations (ZenQuotes payload handling + Wikipedia User-Agent header) and adjusting constants/tests accordingly.
• Introduced safer JSON logging serialization and centralized TypeORM entity path resolution.

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File	Description
README.md	Documents copying checked-in .env.example files for backend/frontend setup.
packages/backend/src/shared/logger/logger.ts	Adds safeStringify + filters noisy meta keys and uses safer serialization in log output.
packages/backend/src/shared/db/typeorm-options.ts	Adds helper to resolve TypeORM entity globs (env + defaults).
packages/backend/src/jobs/run-fun-fact-job.ts	New one-off runner to connect DB and execute FunFactJob via ts-node.
packages/backend/src/jobs/fun-fact.job.ts	Updates quote API parsing (ZenQuotes + legacy) and adds Wikipedia request header.
packages/backend/src/jobs/fun-fact.job.spec.ts	Updates/extends tests for new quote payload handling.
packages/backend/src/jobs/fun-fact.const.ts	Updates Quote URL and adjusts API Ninjas URL.
packages/backend/src/index.ts	Uses new entity resolver and stops requiring TYPEORM_ENTITIES in env checks.
packages/backend/package.json	Adds job:fun-fact script.
packages/backend/.env.example	Adds a checked-in backend env example file.
package.json	Adds workspace-level job:fun-fact script proxy.
.vscode/launch.json	Adds a debug configuration for the fun-fact job runner.

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