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    Future opportunity research

    IDMX_FAR_FUTURE_IDEAS-DFT_CORE-01
    Statusnot_started
    Priorityp3
    Milestonemx-far-future-ideas
    Ownerhead-of-engineering

    Problem

    There is no structured inventory of long-horizon opportunities for the YAML contract and normalizer — features like cross-dashboard references, computed fields in the schema, or pluggable normalization passes that could significantly expand Dataface's expressiveness. Without a curated backlog of future opportunities assessed for user impact and strategic fit, roadmap planning beyond the current milestone is reactive rather than intentional, and high-value ideas risk being forgotten or rediscovered too late.

    Context

    • There are plausible future bets for the YAML contract, compiler/normalizer, execution adapters, and release/versioning, but they should be captured as concrete opportunities with user value and strategic fit rather than as loose brainstorming.
    • This task should separate genuinely promising directions from attractive-but-vague ideas and tie each candidate to the product or platform outcomes it could improve.
    • Expected touchpoints include dataface/core/, schema/compiled types, docs, and core test suites, roadmap notes, adjacent workstream dependencies, and any evidence from users that points toward a longer-horizon opportunity.

    Possible Solutions

    • A - Keep future ideas as an unstructured backlog list: easy to collect, but hard to prioritize or revisit intelligently.
    • B - Recommended: turn future ideas into structured opportunity notes: describe user value, strategic rationale, dependencies, and why each idea is worth considering later.
    • C - Skip future opportunity work until all near-term milestones are complete: lowers distraction, but loses useful strategic context.

    Plan

    1. Gather the strongest future ideas for the YAML contract, compiler/normalizer, execution adapters, and release/versioning from roadmap discussions, usage feedback, and adjacent workstream needs.
    2. Write a structured note for each opportunity covering user value, likely scope, dependencies, and the signals that would justify investment.
    3. Rank the opportunities relative to each other and explicitly note which ones are interesting but not yet credible.
    4. Link the top opportunities to prerequisite or experiment tasks so they can mature without being mistaken for near-term commitments.

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