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