Add initial implementation of database connection, authentication, and API routes

next.config.mjs

@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
-const nextConfig = {};
+const nextConfig = {
+    images: {
+        localPatterns: [
+            {
+                pathname: '/assets/images/**',
+                search: '',
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    experimental: {
+        webpackMemoryOptimizations: true,
+    }
+};
 
 export default nextConfig;