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Product Backlog

Active backlog of features, improvements, and technical debt for Vows Social AI.

Last Updated: 2025-10-11

Current Sprint (Week 1)

Sprint Goal: Set up free tier infrastructure and foundational services

In Progress

  • Qdrant Cloud Setup (P0)
  • Create 1GB free tier cluster
  • Configure collections for content/user embeddings
  • Test vector search performance

  • Owner: TBD | Est: 4 hours

  • Supabase Database (P0)

  • Deploy PostgreSQL on free tier
  • Run initial schema migrations
  • Set up connection pooling

  • Owner: TBD | Est: 4 hours

  • Cloudflare Workers Config (P0)

  • Configure Workers environment
  • Set up Durable Objects
  • Configure KV store
  • Set up secrets management

  • Owner: TBD | Est: 6 hours

  • Fly.io ML Service (P0)

  • Deploy Python inference service
  • Configure 3 free VMs
  • Test embedding generation
  • Owner: TBD | Est: 6 hours

Upcoming (Week 2-4)

Phase 1: Foundation Model

  • Sentence-BERT Integration (P0)
  • Load all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model
  • Implement content embedding
  • Deploy to Fly.io

  • Owner: TBD | Est: 8 hours

  • User Embedding Logic (P0)

  • Weighted aggregation implementation
  • Recency weighting
  • Cold start handling

  • Owner: TBD | Est: 12 hours

  • Thompson Sampling (P0)

  • Beta-Bernoulli implementation
  • Durable Object integration
  • Reward update logic

  • Owner: TBD | Est: 16 hours

  • Feed Generation API (P0)

  • /api/feed/:userId endpoint
  • Vector similarity ranking
  • Caching strategy
  • Owner: TBD | Est: 12 hours

Backlog (Phase 2+)

High Priority

Multi-Agent System

  • Discovery Agent (P1)
  • Instagram API integration
  • Curator account management
  • Quality filtering with Gemini

  • Est: 2 weeks

  • Quality Guardian (P1)

  • Multi-modal quality scoring
  • GPT-4V integration
  • Tiered evaluation pipeline

  • Est: 1 week

  • Personal Archivist (P1)

  • Planning phase inference
  • Style evolution tracking
  • Timing intelligence

  • Est: 1 week

  • MAGRPO Framework (P1)

  • Group sampling implementation
  • Advantage computation
  • Simultaneous policy updates
  • Est: 2 weeks

Infrastructure

  • Custom Foundation Model (P1)
  • Transformer architecture design
  • Training pipeline (Colab)
  • A/B testing framework

  • Est: 3 weeks

  • Monitoring & Observability (P1)

  • Metrics dashboards (Grafana)
  • Error tracking (Sentry)
  • Performance monitoring
  • Est: 1 week

Medium Priority

Features

  • Serendipity Engine (P2)
  • Diversity measurement
  • Cross-regional discovery
  • Style exploration

  • Est: 1 week

  • Engagement Forecaster (P2)

  • 200+ context signals
  • Welcome probability prediction
  • Send-time optimization

  • Est: 2 weeks

  • Search Functionality (P2)

  • Semantic search API
  • Filter by vendor type, region, style

  • Est: 1 week

  • Collections (P2)

  • Save content to collections
  • Share collections
  • Collection management UI
  • Est: 1 week

Optimization

  • Edge Caching (P2)
  • Multi-tier cache strategy
  • Cache invalidation logic
  • Performance benchmarking

  • Est: 3 days

  • Database Optimization (P2)

  • Query optimization
  • Index tuning
  • Connection pooling

  • Est: 3 days

  • Batch Processing (P2)

  • Batch LLM calls
  • Batch vector searches
  • Cost optimization
  • Est: 3 days

Low Priority

Nice to Have

  • Mobile App (P3)
  • Flutter implementation
  • Push notifications
  • Offline mode

  • Est: 6 weeks

  • Vendor Analytics Dashboard (P3)

  • Profile views tracking
  • Inquiry analytics
  • Engagement metrics

  • Est: 2 weeks

  • Admin Dashboard (P3)

  • User management
  • Content moderation
  • System metrics

  • Est: 2 weeks

  • Social Features (P3)

  • Follow vendors
  • Share with partner
  • Comment on posts
  • Est: 2 weeks

Technical Debt

High Priority Debt

  • Error Handling (P1)
  • Comprehensive error handling across all services
  • Graceful degradation
  • Circuit breakers

  • Est: 1 week

  • Security Audit (P1)

  • API authentication/authorization
  • Input validation
  • Rate limiting
  • Secrets management review

  • Est: 3 days

  • Testing Coverage (P1)

  • Unit tests for all agents
  • Integration tests
  • E2E tests
  • Target: 80% coverage
  • Est: 2 weeks

Medium Priority Debt

  • Documentation (P2)
  • API documentation (OpenAPI)
  • Deployment runbooks
  • Architecture diagrams

  • Est: 1 week

  • Code Quality (P2)

  • TypeScript strict mode
  • ESLint configuration
  • Python type hints

  • Est: 3 days

  • Performance Testing (P2)

  • Load testing (10K QPS)
  • Latency benchmarks
  • Memory profiling
  • Est: 3 days

Completed ✅

Week 0 (Documentation)

  • Architecture Documentation
  • PRD finalized
  • System architecture designed
  • ADRs documented

  • RFC-0001 created

  • Documentation Site

  • MkDocs setup
  • Getting started guides
  • Component documentation
  • Implementation plans

Feature Requests

Track user-requested features here

From Beta Users

  • None yet (pre-launch)

From Team

  • Vendor verification - Allow vendors to claim profiles
  • Budget filtering - Filter content by price range
  • Timeline integration - Sync with Google Calendar
  • Email digests - Weekly vendor recommendations via email

Prioritization Framework

P0 (Critical): Blocks launch, must do now P1 (High): Important for Phase 1/2 success P2 (Medium): Valuable but can wait P3 (Low): Nice to have, future consideration

Effort Estimation: - 1-4 hours: Tiny - 4-8 hours: Small - 1-2 days: Medium - 3-5 days: Large - 1-2 weeks: Very Large - 2+ weeks: Epic (break down)

How to Add Items

  1. Create new item with clear description
  2. Assign priority (P0-P3)
  3. Estimate effort
  4. Tag with relevant labels
  5. Assign owner if known
  6. Link to related issues/PRs

Example: 

- [ ] **Feature Name** (P1)
  - Clear description of what needs to be done
  - Acceptance criteria
  - Owner: @username | Est: X hours
  - Related: #123, #456

Sprint Planning

Velocity: TBD (will track after first sprint)

Sprint Cadence: 1 week sprints

Planning Schedule: - Monday: Sprint planning - Daily: Standups - Friday: Sprint review & retro

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