refactor: remove hotel-name fallback, fail fast when unconfigured

Drop the hardcoded FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME ("Atom") preset and the brand.ts
module. HOTEL_NAME is now a required env var: if it (and the CMS hotel_name
setting) is missing the site fails validation at startup/build with a clear
message instead of silently rendering a placeholder hotel name.

resolveHotelName() resolves CMS hotel_name -> required HOTEL_NAME only.
Callers that used the preset (api/home route catch branch, CMS settings form
default, mobile-nav/logo-generator prop defaults) now use the configured name
or an empty default; the real name is already passed in by server parents.

src/app/admin/settings/cms-settings-config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME } from "@/lib/brand";
 import { HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTELS } from "@/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
 
 export type FieldType =
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_GROUPS: SettingsGroup[] = [
 				label: "Hotel name",
 				type: "text",
 				placeholder: "Epicnabbo",
-				defaultValue: FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME,
+				defaultValue: "",
 			},
 			{
 				key: "cms_logo",

src/app/api/home/route.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { count, desc, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { env } from "@/env";
 import { apiJson } from "@/lib/api";
-import { FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME } from "@/lib/brand";
 import { db, User, WebsiteArticles } from "@/lib/db";
 import { resolveHotelName } from "@/lib/hotel-name";
 import { apiCacheKey, cacheSafe, redisCache } from "@/lib/redis-cache";
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export async function GET(_req: Request) {
 		return apiJson(data);
 	} catch {
 		return apiJson(
-			{ articles: [], online: 0, hotelName: FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME },
+			{ articles: [], online: 0, hotelName: env.HOTEL_NAME },
 			{ status: 200 },
 		);
 	}

src/components/mobile-nav.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import { AnimatePresence, motion } from "motion/react";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import { type ReactNode, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME } from "@/lib/brand";
 import { mobileMenuVariants } from "@/lib/motion";
 
 interface MobileNavProps {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ export function MobileNav({
 	children,
 	menuLabel = "Open menu",
 	closeLabel = "Close menu",
-	brandLabel = FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME,
+	brandLabel = "",
 }: MobileNavProps) {
 	const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
 	const detailsRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);

src/components/public/logo-generator.tsx

@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ import {
 	renderToCanvas,
 } from "@/components/public/sprite-font";
 import { ContentCard } from "@/components/public/ui";
-import { FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME } from "@/lib/brand";
 
 export default function LogoGenerator({
-	initialText = FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME,
+	initialText = "",
 }: {
 	initialText?: string;
 }) {

src/env.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME } from "@/lib/brand";
 
 // Minimal validated env for the foundation. When the Next.js app is added this
 // will move to @t3-oss/env-nextjs (the habbo-next pattern), but the data layer
@@ -25,7 +24,12 @@ const schema = z
 			.int()
 			.positive()
 			.default(10_000),
-		HOTEL_NAME: z.string().default(FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME),
+		HOTEL_NAME: z
+			.string()
+			.min(
+				1,
+				"HOTEL_NAME is not set — the site has not been configured/built yet.",
+			),
 		APP_URL: z.string().url().default("http://localhost:3000"),
 		NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL: z.string().url().default("http://localhost:3000"),
 		// Public imager URL — overrides the default /imaging relative path.

src/lib/brand.ts

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Single hardcoded fallback hotel brand.
- * Override order at runtime:
- *   1. website_settings.hotel_name
- *   2. HOTEL_NAME env
- *   3. this constant
- *
- * Safe for client components (no env / DB imports).
- */
-export const FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME = "Atom";

src/lib/hotel-name.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 import "server-only";
 
 import { env } from "@/env";
-import { FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME } from "@/lib/brand";
 import { siteSettings } from "@/lib/services/site-settings";
 
 /**
- * Resolve the public hotel name: CMS setting → HOTEL_NAME env → FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME.
+ * Resolve the public hotel name: CMS `hotel_name` setting, falling back to the
+ * required HOTEL_NAME env var. There is no hardcoded preset — the site must be
+ * configured, otherwise HOTEL_NAME fails validation at startup.
  */
 export async function resolveHotelName(): Promise<string> {
-	const fromSettings = await siteSettings.get("hotel_name", env.HOTEL_NAME);
+	const fromSettings = (
-	const trimmed = fromSettings?.trim();
+		await siteSettings.get("hotel_name", env.HOTEL_NAME)
-	if (trimmed) return trimmed;
+	)?.trim();
-	const fromEnv = env.HOTEL_NAME?.trim();
+	return fromSettings || env.HOTEL_NAME;
-	if (fromEnv) return fromEnv;
-	return FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME;
 }

src/lib/services/site-settings.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import "server-only";
 
-import { FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME } from "@/lib/brand";
 import { db, WebsiteSetting } from "@/lib/db";
 import { logger } from "@/lib/logger";
 import { redis } from "@/lib/redis";
 
 const DEFAULTS: Record<string, string> = {
-	hotel_name: FALLBACK_HOTEL_NAME,
+	hotel_name: "",
 	habbo_imaging_url: "/imaging",
 	logo_url: "",
 	nitro_client_url: "",