🔧 refactor: improve makefile

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 logs
-build
+bin
 *.sql
 config.json

Makefile

@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
-MAIN_PKG=./cmd/server
-
+MAIN_PKG :=./cmd/server
 BIN_NAME ?= laterna
-BIN_DIR=build
+BIN_DIR := bin
+CONFIG_FILE := config.json
 
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := build
 
 build:
-	@mkdir -p ${BIN_DIR}
-	@echo "🔧 Building binary using the standard go compiler..."
-	cp config.json build
-	go build -o $(BIN_DIR)/$(BIN_NAME) $(MAIN_PKG)
+	@mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)
+	@echo "🔧 Building binary..."
+	@cp $(CONFIG_FILE) $(BIN_DIR)/
+	@go build -o $(BIN_DIR)/$(BIN_NAME) $(MAIN_PKG)
 	@echo "✅ Build complete: $(BIN_DIR)/$(BIN_NAME)"
 	
 run:
-	go run ./cmd/server/
+	@echo "🚀 Running server..."
+	@go run $(MAIN_PKG)
 clean:
-	rm -rf ${BIN_DIR}
-	rm -rf logs/
-	go mod tidy	
+	@echo "🧹 Cleaning up..."
+	@rm -rf $(BIN_DIR) logs/
+	@go mod tidy	
+help:
+	@echo "Makefile targets:"
+	@echo "  build     – Build the binary"
+	@echo "  run       – Run the development server"
+	@echo "  clean     – Remove build artifacts and tidy modules"
+	@echo "  help      – Show this help message"

README.md

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ You can leave the json as it is or configure it to your liking, although some co
 
 Make sure that go is installed. The server was tested with go 1.24.5 on linux.
 
-`$ go run ./cmd/server`
-
-or use the makefile:
-
+run using the makefile
 `$ make run`
 
+for further makefile usage, see
+`$ make help`
+
 ## 🛜 API Documentation
 
 <details><summary>Docs</summary>