🧠 Feynman Helper

Feynman Helper is a minimalist web app designed to help users deeply understand any topic using the Feynman Technique — a method of learning by teaching. It guides users through a structured series of steps to solidify their understanding of any concept.

✨ Features

• 🔐 Google Authentication — simple, fast login via Google
• 🗂️ Personal Dashboard — create, view, edit, and delete learning topics
• 🧾 Feynman Flow — guided process including:
  1. Outline
  2. Refine
  3. Explain
  4. Scrutinize
  5. Save
  6. Recall
• ☁️ Firebase Integration — user data is saved and retrieved in real-time
• 🌌 Starfield UI — modern, responsive design with subtle visual delight

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/feynman-helper.git
cd feynman-helper

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Set up Firebase

Create a project in Firebase Console:

• Enable Google Authentication
• Enable Cloud Firestore
• Copy your Firebase config and replace the placeholder in firebase.js

// firebase.js
const firebaseConfig = {
  apiKey: "...",
  authDomain: "...",
  projectId: "...",
  storageBucket: "...",
  messagingSenderId: "...",
  appId: "...",
};

🔒 Your Firebase config can safely be public — just make sure Firestore rules are correctly set up to protect user data.

4. Run the app

npm start

Go to http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

🔐 Security & Deployment Notes

• Your Firebase config is public by design.
• Set Firestore rules to secure user data:

  rules_version = '2';
  service cloud.firestore {
    match /databases/{database}/documents {
      match /users/{userId}/topics/{topicId} {
        allow read, write: if request.auth != null && request.auth.uid == userId;
      }
    }
  }
  

• Deploy to Vercel or Firebase Hosting for easy production hosting.

🧱 Built With

• React
• Firebase (Auth + Firestore)
• Tailwind CSS
• OpenAI API (simulated)
• Google OAuth

🙋 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!
Just fork the project and submit a pull request with a clear description.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Richard Feynman

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