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Product Roadmap

This roadmap connects our market positioning to a phased delivery plan.
Each phase builds on our unique differentiators: weekend-first focus, live context blending, grounded AI, dynamic adaptability, privacy-first design, and campervan/off-grid readiness.

Phase 0 — Foundation & Infrastructure (Month 0–1)

Goal: Establish secure, cost-effective Azure environment and baseline services.

Key Deliverables:

  • Azure Resource Manager + Bicep modules for all core services
  • EV2 deployment pipeline with environment separation (dev/test/prod)
  • OIDC integration with Microsoft Entra ID for secure, secretless CI/CD
  • .NET Aspire solution scaffold (frontend, backend, ingestion services)
  • Azure SQL, Blob Storage, Cognitive Search (Basic), Azure Maps, Azure OpenAI provisioned
  • Application Insights + budget alerts configured

Market Tie-In:
Sets the stage for privacy-first, scalable delivery — a trust differentiator.

Phase 1 — MVP Retrieval & RAG (Month 2–3)

Goal: Deliver the first usable version for internal testing.

Key Deliverables:

  • User profile creation (home base, radius, interests, constraints)
  • Ingestion for:
    • Romanian public holidays
    • Weather forecasts
    • One events API
    • One Reddit source
  • Content normalization, tagging, geocoding
  • Embedding + indexing in Azure Cognitive Search
  • Basic retrieval (filters + vector search)
  • RAG trip card generation with citations
  • React frontend: profile wizard + ideas feed

Market Tie-In:
Launches the weekend-first, context-aware core that competitors lack.

Phase 2 — Personalization & Feedback Loop (Month 4–5)

Goal: Make recommendations adaptive and user-specific.

Key Deliverables:

  • Feedback actions: Save / Boost / Mute / Skip
  • User embedding updates from feedback
  • ML ranker (LightGBM or LightFM) trained locally, deployed to Azure ML endpoint
  • Prompt-to-adjust flow in frontend
  • Expanded ingestion: YouTube playlists + transcripts
  • Weather-aware suggestion filtering

Market Tie-In:
Delivers dynamic adaptability and feedback-driven evolution — a rare combo in the market.

Phase 3 — Multi-Modal & Social Buzz (Month 6–7)

Goal: Enrich content and broaden discovery sources.

Key Deliverables:

  • Additional event APIs (local tourism boards, Eventbrite)
  • More Reddit communities
  • YouTube thumbnail + media embedding in trip cards
  • Social buzz scoring (Reddit upvotes, YouTube views)
  • Indoor/outdoor classification for weather adaptation
  • Campervan/off-grid spot integration

Market Tie-In:
Strengthens multi-modal content and off-grid readiness — unique differentiators.

Phase 4 — Long-Weekend Expansion & Advanced Ranking (Month 8–9)

Goal: Handle extended trips and refine ranking.

Key Deliverables:

  • Calendar-aware radius expansion for long weekends
  • Diversification algorithm (MMR) to avoid near-duplicates
  • Popularity + novelty balancing in ranker
  • Seasonal priors in cold-start recommendations
  • Itinerary builder (multi-day plan from saved trips)

Market Tie-In:
Owns the long-weekend niche and improves suggestion quality.

Phase 5 — Public Beta & Growth (Month 10–12)

Goal: Open to public testers, gather feedback, and prepare for scale.

Key Deliverables:

  • Public beta launch
  • Usage analytics dashboard
  • Performance tuning for <2.5s median response
  • Marketing site with positioning & messaging
  • Early partnerships with tourism boards or campervan communities

Market Tie-In:
Positions the product as the go-to weekend trip planner in Romania, ready to expand.

Future Opportunities (Post-Year 1)

  • Multi-language support (EN/RO/DE)
  • Mobile app (React Native or MAUI)
  • Booking platform integrations
  • Loyalty program tie-ins
  • AI itinerary co-pilot chat mode

Roadmap Principles

  • Market-driven: Every feature ties to a differentiator.
  • Privacy-first: No features that compromise user trust.
  • Cost-conscious: Stay within $150/month Azure budget until scale demands more.
  • Iterative: Ship small, learn fast, adapt.

Last updated: 2025-09-05