---
created: "2025-09-16"
lastUpdated: "2025-09-16T04:30:00-04:00"
contextDate: "2025-09-16"
status: "simmering"
priority: "medium"
type: "calvinware-product"
---

# 🏢 Product Glass

**Type:** Calvinware Product - Simmering Project  
**Status:** 🔥 **SIMMERING** - Comprehensive system designed and ready for development  
**Category:** Product Management & Roadmapping Platform  
**Target Market:** Organizations seeking transparent product management

## 📋 Project Overview

**Core Concept:** Transparent product management and roadmapping platform that enables organizations to collect user feedback, prioritize features, and maintain clear visibility into product decisions.

**Value Proposition:** Transparency throughout the entire product lifecycle, from feedback collection to roadmap delivery.

## 🏗️ Technical Architecture

### **Frontend Stack**
- **Framework:** React 18 with TypeScript
- **Build Tool:** Vite for fast development and optimized builds
- **UI Library:** shadcn/ui components with Radix UI primitives
- **Styling:** Tailwind CSS with custom design system
- **State Management:** TanStack Query (React Query) for server state
- **Routing:** React Router DOM v6
- **Authentication:** AWS Cognito with Google OAuth integration

### **Backend Infrastructure**
- **Serverless:** AWS Lambda functions with API Gateway
- **Database:** DynamoDB with single-table design for multi-tenancy
- **Authentication:** AWS Cognito User Pools
- **Infrastructure as Code:** Terraform for AWS resource management
- **AI Integration:** AWS Bedrock with Claude 3 Haiku for feature suggestions
- **File Storage:** AWS S3 with CloudFront CDN
- **Email:** AWS SES for transactional emails

### **Data Architecture**
- **Single-Table Design:** DynamoDB optimized for multi-tenant access patterns
- **Partition Keys:** Organization-based isolation (ORG#${orgId})
- **Sort Keys:** Entity-specific identifiers (PRODUCT#${productId}, ROADMAP#${itemId})
- **Encryption:** Customer-managed KMS keys for data security

## 🚀 Core Features & Capabilities

### **1. Multi-Organization Management**
- **Organization Isolation:** Secure multi-tenant architecture
- **Role-Based Access Control:** Granular permissions system
- **Organization Branding:** Customizable branding per organization
- **Member Management:** Invitation system with role assignment

### **2. Product Management**
- **Product Creation & Configuration:** Full product lifecycle management
- **Branding Customization:** Logo upload, color schemes, taglines
- **Public/Private Products:** Configurable visibility settings
- **Product Archiving:** Soft delete with restoration capabilities
- **Product Explorer:** Discovery interface for public products

### **3. Feedback Collection System**
- **Structured Feedback:** Title, description, category, priority
- **Voting Mechanism:** Three-tier voting system:
  - 🔥 "I need this" (High priority)
  - 👍 "This would be nice" (Medium priority)
  - 🚨 "Showstopper for me" (Critical priority)
- **Anonymous Feedback:** Optional anonymous submission
- **Feedback Categories:** Feature requests, bugs, improvements, other
- **Priority Levels:** Low, medium, high, critical

### **4. Roadmap Management**
- **Visual Roadmaps:** Kanban-style board with status columns
- **Status Workflow:** Submitted → Under Review → Planned → In Progress → Completed
- **AI-Powered Suggestions:** Claude 3 Haiku integration for feature generation
- **Vote Aggregation:** Real-time vote counting and priority calculation
- **Roadmap Item Management:** Full CRUD operations with permission checks

### **5. AI Integration**
- **Feature Generation:** AI-powered roadmap item creation from natural language
- **Structured Output:** Consistent JSON formatting for generated items
- **Fallback Handling:** Graceful degradation when AI services are unavailable
- **Context-Aware:** Product-specific suggestions based on organization context

### **6. User Experience Features**
- **Responsive Design:** Mobile-first approach with Tailwind CSS
- **Real-time Updates:** Optimistic UI updates with React Query
- **Toast Notifications:** User feedback for all actions
- **Loading States:** Skeleton loaders and progress indicators
- **Error Handling:** Graceful error boundaries and user-friendly messages

### **7. Security & Compliance**
- **JWT Authentication:** Secure token-based authentication
- **Permission Middleware:** Route-level and API-level access control
- **Data Encryption:** Customer-managed KMS encryption at rest
- **Audit Logging:** Comprehensive logging for security monitoring
- **CORS Configuration:** Proper cross-origin resource sharing

## 🎯 Key Differentiators

- **Transparency-First Design:** Every decision and prioritization is visible to stakeholders
- **Multi-Tenant Architecture:** Secure isolation between organizations
- **AI-Powered Insights:** Intelligent feature suggestions and prioritization
- **Modern Tech Stack:** Serverless, scalable, and maintainable architecture
- **Comprehensive Voting System:** Granular feedback collection with impact analysis
- **Branding Flexibility:** Customizable appearance per product/organization

## 💰 Business Model

- **Freemium Structure:** Free trial with premium features
- **Multi-Product Support:** Organizations can manage multiple products
- **Scalable Pricing:** Pay-per-use serverless infrastructure
- **Enterprise Features:** Advanced permissions, custom branding, integrations

## 🔧 Development Workflow

- **Local Development:** Concurrent frontend/backend development
- **Testing:** Jest for backend, Vitest for frontend
- **Deployment:** Automated deployment scripts for AWS infrastructure
- **Monitoring:** AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing
- **CI/CD:** GitHub Actions integration for automated testing and deployment

## 📊 Market Opportunity

**Target Customers:**
- Product teams seeking transparency
- Organizations with complex stakeholder management
- Companies needing data-driven product decisions
- Teams wanting AI-powered feature prioritization

**Competitive Advantage:**
- **Transparency-First:** Unlike closed roadmapping tools
- **AI Integration:** Intelligent feature suggestions
- **Multi-Tenant:** Enterprise-ready from day one
- **Modern Architecture:** Serverless, scalable, maintainable

## 🔗 Related Projects

- [[🏢 Strategy Glass]] - Related Calvinware product
- [[🏢 Smash OS]] - Platform for "Smashing the Plateau"
- [[🏢 Beeminder Development]] - Current active project
- [[🏢 Daybreak AI Development]] - Current active project

## 📝 Notes

**This platform represents a modern, scalable solution for product teams seeking transparency and data-driven decision making in their product development process, with particular emphasis on user feedback integration and AI-powered insights.**

**Perfect for LinkedIn content showcasing:**
- Enterprise-grade architecture design
- AI integration expertise
- Multi-tenant system development
- Modern tech stack implementation
- Product management domain knowledge











