# biometal: Post v1.0.0 Next Steps

**Current Status**: v1.0.0 Released and Published ✅
**Date**: November 5, 2025
**Distribution**: PyPI (biometal-rs) ✅ | crates.io (biometal) ✅

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## v1.0.0 Achievements (COMPLETE)

### ✅ All Original Goals Met
- ✅ FASTQ/FASTA streaming parsers (constant ~5 MB memory)
- ✅ ARM NEON operations (16-25× speedup)
- ✅ Network streaming (HTTP, SRA integration)
- ✅ Python bindings (PyO3 0.27, Python 3.9-3.14)
- ✅ Cross-platform testing (Mac ARM, AWS Graviton, x86_64)
- ✅ Published to PyPI as `biometal-rs`
- ✅ Published to crates.io as `biometal`
- ✅ 121 tests passing
- ✅ Grade A+ (rust-code-quality-reviewer)

### 📊 Evidence Base
- 1,357 experiments
- 40,710 measurements (N=30)
- 6 optimization rules validated
- Full methodology in apple-silicon-bio-bench

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## Current Priority: Community Feedback

### Week 1 Post-Launch (Nov 5-12)

**Focus**: Monitor, respond, fix

1. **Issue Tracking**
   - Watch GitHub Issues for bug reports
   - Monitor installation problems
   - Track platform-specific issues
   - Respond to questions quickly

2. **Usage Monitoring**
   - PyPI download stats: https://pypistats.org/packages/biometal-rs
   - crates.io stats: https://crates.io/crates/biometal/stats
   - docs.rs build status
   - Community discussion activity

3. **Quick Fixes**
   - Address critical bugs immediately
   - Update documentation as needed
   - Add examples based on user requests

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## Potential v1.0.1 (Week 2-3)

### Priority: Linux ARM Wheels

**Issue**: Cross-compilation complexity blocked Linux ARM in v1.0.0

**Options**:
1. **Use GitHub ARM runners** (if available)
   - Native ARM build (no cross-compilation)
   - Clean solution, higher cost

2. **Docker-based cross-compilation**
   - Set up proper cross-compile environment
   - More complex but works on x86_64 runners

3. **Community contribution**
   - Document the issue
   - Accept PRs from ARM Linux users

**Target**: Linux ARM wheels for v1.0.1 (if demand exists)

### Other v1.0.1 Candidates

- Bug fixes from community feedback
- Performance improvements from profiling
- Documentation improvements
- Additional examples (Jupyter notebooks?)

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## Future Considerations (v1.1+)

### Extended Operations

Potential additions based on user demand:
- Additional k-mer operations
- More quality metrics
- Sequence complexity calculations
- Format conversions

### Extended Format Support

**If users request**:
- BAM/SAM parsing (via noodles wrapper)
- VCF support
- BED/GTF parsing
- GFF3 support

### Platform Extensions

- **Windows support** (untested, needs validation)
- **Metal GPU acceleration** (Mac-specific, research required)
- **AWS Batch integration** (cloud-native workflows)

### Python Enhancements

- Type stubs (`.pyi` files) for better IDE support
- Async support for network operations
- NumPy integration for array operations
- Pandas DataFrame conversions

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## Research Experiments

Active experiment tracking in `experiments/`:

### Completed
- ✅ **sra-decoder** (Nov 5, 2025) - NO-GO
  - Native ARM SRA decoder not cost-effective
  - SRA Toolkit wrapper recommended
  - Time-boxed termination saved 12 days

### Potential Future Experiments

**Ideas to validate** (if needed):
1. Metal GPU for k-mer counting
2. Neural Engine for sequence similarity
3. Custom compression for genomics data
4. Distributed processing framework

**Process**: Use `experiments/TEMPLATE/` for new research

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## Documentation Priorities

### Immediate
- [ ] Add community CONTRIBUTING.md
- [ ] Create Jupyter notebook examples
- [ ] Add benchmarking guide for users
- [ ] Video tutorials (installation, basic usage)

### Nice to Have
- [ ] Migration guides (from other tools)
- [ ] Performance tuning guide
- [ ] Architecture deep-dive blog posts
- [ ] Conference talk proposals (BOSC, ISMB)

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## Community Building

### Initial Outreach

**Week 1** (Nov 5-12):
- Reddit r/rust announcement
- Reddit r/bioinformatics announcement
- Twitter/X with #rustlang #bioinformatics
- Biostars forum post

**Week 2-3**:
- This Week in Rust submission
- Hacker News (Show HN)
- Python Weekly newsletter
- BioRxiv preprint consideration

### Long-Term

- Conference presentations (BOSC 2026, ISMB 2026)
- Journal publications:
  1. DAG Framework: BMC Bioinformatics
  2. biometal Library: Bioinformatics or JOSS
  3. Democratization: GigaScience
- Workshops/tutorials
- Collaboration with labs/research groups

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## Maintenance Strategy

### Regular Tasks

**Daily** (Week 1):
- Check GitHub Issues/Discussions
- Monitor download stats
- Respond to questions

**Weekly**:
- Review PRs
- Update documentation
- Triage issues
- Plan next release

**Monthly**:
- Dependency updates
- Security audits
- Performance review
- Roadmap adjustment

### Quality Standards

Maintain production quality:
- All tests passing
- Zero clippy warnings
- Documentation complete
- Examples working
- Cross-platform validated

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## Recommended Immediate Actions

1. **Monitor** (This Week)
   - Watch for first bug reports
   - Track download patterns
   - Engage with early users

2. **Announce** (This Week)
   - Reddit posts
   - Social media
   - Community forums

3. **Plan v1.0.1** (Week 2)
   - Assess Linux ARM demand
   - Prioritize bug fixes
   - Schedule release

4. **Future Planning** (Week 3-4)
   - Review feature requests
   - Plan v1.1 scope
   - Consider BAM/SAM support

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## Success Metrics

### Short-Term (1 month)
- Download count > 100 (PyPI + crates.io)
- At least 1 community contribution (issue, PR, or question)
- Zero critical bugs
- Positive feedback from users

### Medium-Term (3 months)
- Regular users (downloads growing)
- Community adoption (stars, forks)
- Citation in papers/projects
- Feature requests aligning with roadmap

### Long-Term (6+ months)
- Established tool in bioinformatics ecosystem
- Conference presentations
- Academic publications
- Industry adoption

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## Decision Points

### Now (Nov 5, 2025)
- **Action**: Monitor and respond
- **Timeline**: 1 week
- **Next decision**: Nov 12 (assess v1.0.1 need)

### Nov 12, 2025
- **Decision**: Release v1.0.1?
  - If yes: Linux ARM wheels + bug fixes
  - If no: Continue monitoring

### Dec 2025
- **Decision**: Plan v1.1 features
  - Based on community feedback
  - Align with evidence-based approach
  - Consider BAM/SAM support

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## Claude Session Restart Context

When restarting Claude for next session:

1. **Check**: CLAUDE.md "Session Restart Checklist"
2. **Review**: Recent GitHub Issues/PRs
3. **Note**: Any user feedback or bug reports
4. **Context**: v1.0.0 is complete and published
5. **Focus**: Post-launch support and community engagement

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**Last Updated**: November 5, 2025 (Post v1.0.0 Publication)
**Next Review**: November 12, 2025 (1 week post-launch)
