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Discovery Questions — Round 2
Deeper questions building on your earlier answers. These target the remaining open items from 08-OpenQuestions and drill into implementation details.
🎯 Scope & MVP
1. Primary Equipment Sectors
Which sectors should the MVP support first? Pick the top 2-3 that you'd want to demo:
- Audio (PA systems, microphones, mixing desks)
- Lighting (moving heads, LED fixtures, dimmers)
- Video (projectors, LED walls, cameras)
- Staging (decks, legs, railings)
- Rigging (truss, motors, chains, shackles)
- Power distribution (distros, cables, generators)
- Furniture (tables, chairs, bars, décor)
- Other: ___
Answer:
2. MVP Build Order
The natural order seems to be: Inventory + Scanning → Planning → CRM → Federation. Do you agree, or would you re-order?
Answer: I agree with the order.
3. EventKit's Own Pricing Model
How will EventKit itself be offered to customers?
- Fully open source (self-hosted only, community support)
- Open core (free self-hosted, paid SaaS with premium features)
- Paid licence (self-hosted with per-seat or per-instance licence)
- SaaS only
- Other: ___
Answer:
⚙️ Technical Architecture
4. Search
For asset/product search across potentially large inventories — start with PostgreSQL full-text search and add a dedicated engine later, or use something like Meilisearch from the start?
Answer: Seems good to start with PostgreSQL full-text search and add a dedicated engine later.
5. File Storage
Where should uploaded files (photos, manuals, certificates) live?
- Local filesystem (simplest for self-hosted)
- S3-compatible object storage (MinIO for self-hosted, AWS S3 for SaaS)
- Support both, configurable per deployment
Answer:
6. Real-time Updates
Should the UI update in real-time (e.g. when another user scans an asset, dashboards update live)? If yes, gRPC server-streaming via ConnectRPC is the natural fit. Do you want this from the start?
Answer: Not from the start, but it would be nice to have in the future.
7. Background Jobs
For tasks like sending emails, generating reports, processing federation messages — use Go's built-in concurrency (goroutines + internal queue), or an external broker like NATS or Redis?
Answer: I want to deploy this on a Kubernetes cluster, so I would prefer to use an external broker like NATS or Redis.
📧 Communication & Integration
8. Email Integration
How should the CRM handle email?
- Just log emails manually (no integration)
- SMTP sending only (send from within EventKit, no inbox)
- Full IMAP/SMTP integration (send and receive within EventKit)
- Gmail/Outlook API integration
- Start simple, expand later
Answer: SMTP and IMAP integration would be nice to have utilizing features like sub-addressing to route emails to specific projects or clients.
9. Marketing Features
Should EventKit include any marketing tools (e.g. email campaigns, newsletters), or leave this to dedicated tools like Mailchimp?
Answer: Not for now.
10. Calendar Sync
Should crew schedules and events sync with external calendars?
- Google Calendar
- Outlook / Exchange
- CalDAV (generic)
- iCal export only (manual, no live sync)
- Not needed for now
Answer: CalDAV and iCal export only would be nice to have. And Google Calendar and Outlook / Exchange integration would be nice to have in the future.
📱 Scanning & Hardware
11. Primary Scanning Device
What should the primary scanning experience be?
- Phone camera only (lower cost of entry)
- Bluetooth barcode scanner paired to phone/tablet (faster for bulk ops)
- Support both — phone camera as default, Bluetooth scanner as optional power-user feature
- Dedicated rugged scanner devices
Answer:
12. Label Printing
How should QR labels be produced?
- Generate PDF sheets — users print on any label printer (Avery sheets, etc.)
- Direct integration with label printers (Brother QL, DYMO, Zebra)
- Both — PDF as default, direct printing as optional
- Not needed — users can print QR codes however they want
Answer: Both — PDF as default, direct printing as optional. But not needed — users can print QR codes however they want.
🔗 Federation Details
13. Federation Versioning
When the federation protocol evolves (new fields, new RPCs) — should there be a formal version negotiation during handshake, or rely on Protobuf's built-in backward compat and just document breaking changes?
Answer: Rely on Protobuf's built-in backward compat and just document breaking changes.
14. Dispute Resolution
When Company A returns equipment to Company B and they disagree about condition — what should EventKit provide?
- Photo evidence required at dispatch and return (comparison view)
- Timestamped condition logs with before/after
- A formal dispute workflow (raise dispute, evidence, resolution)
- Just logging — disputes handled out-of-band
- Some combination of above: ___
Answer: Timestamped condition logs with before/after and just logging — disputes handled out-of-band.
🚛 Planning Details
15. Transport Planning
How advanced should transport logistics be?
- Basic: assign vehicles to events, simple load lists
- Intermediate: weight/volume calculations, truck pack lists
- Advanced: route optimisation, multi-stop planning, fuel tracking
- Start basic, extend later
Answer: Intermediate: weight/volume calculations, truck pack lists and advanced: route optimisation, multi-stop planning, fuel tracking. But start basic, extend later.
16. Venue Database
Should venue data be:
- Local only — each instance manages its own venue records
- Federated — instances can share venue specs across the network
- Start local, federate later
Answer: Federated — instances can share venue specs across the network. But start local, federate later.
🌍 Localisation & Compliance
17. Language Support
Should the UI be localised from the start? If so, which languages for MVP?
- English only for MVP
- English + German
- Full i18n framework from the start, translations added incrementally
- Other: ___
Answer: Full i18n framework from the start, translations added incrementally. But other: English + German to start of.
18. Currency & Tax
Which currency and tax regime should be supported first?
- EUR only (Austrian VAT rules)
- EUR + GBP (UK VAT / Austrian VAT)
- Configurable from the start (currency, tax rates, tax ID formats)
Answer: Configurable from the start (currency, tax rates, tax ID formats).
💡 UX & Design
19. Design Language
Do you have any preferences for the overall look and feel?
- Clean and minimal (e.g. Linear, Notion)
- Dashboard-heavy with data density (e.g. Grafana, Datadog)
- Modern and colourful (e.g. Figma, Notion)
- Reference app/website for inspiration: ___
Answer: Designed using shadcn ui components.
20. Dark Mode
Should dark mode be supported?
- Yes, as default
- Yes, as toggle (light default)
- Not needed for MVP
Answer: Yes, as default. Eventually, I would like to have a toggle to switch between other color schemes as well (e.g. high contrast mode).
Related Documentation
- 08-OpenQuestions — Tracks which questions are still open
- 00-DiscoveryQuestions — Round 1 answers
- 07-TechnicalRequirements — Decisions already made