# AudiobookPipeline Web Platform

## Overview

Commercial web application for AudiobookPipeline - converting eBooks to audiobooks with AI-generated character voices.

## Technical Stack

- **Frontend**: SolidStart (SSR, TypeScript)
- **Database**: Turso (serverless SQLite with libSQL)
- **Storage**: S3-compatible (uploads, outputs, models)
- **Auth**: Clerk
- **Queue**: Redis + BullMQ
- **Billing**: Stripe subscriptions
- **GPU Workers**: EC2 g4dn.xlarge instances

## Business Model

- **Pricing**: $39/mo (10 hours), $79/mo (unlimited)
- **Target Market**: Indie authors (10k-50k potential users)
- **Revenue Projection**: $234k ARR Year 1, $936k ARR Year 2
- **Infrastructure Cost**: ~$639/month
- **Gross Margin**: 62%+

## Implementation Timeline

**Week 1-2: Foundation**
- SolidStart scaffolding (FRE-37)
- Turso database integration (FRE-38)
- Clerk authentication (FRE-39)
- S3 file upload (FRE-40)

**Week 2-3: Pipeline Integration**
- Docker containerization (FRE-41)
- Redis job queue (FRE-42)
- GPU worker service (FRE-43)
- Job status API (FRE-44)

**Week 3-4: UX + Billing**
- Dashboard UI (FRE-45)
- Stripe billing (FRE-46)
- Usage tracking (FRE-47)
- Email notifications (FRE-48)

**Production & Marketing**
- Deployment infrastructure (FRE-49)
- Landing page (FRE-50)

## Status

- Architecture plan complete: `/FrenoCorp/technical-architecture.md`
- 14 implementation issues created (FRE-37 to FRE-50)
- **Infrastructure Progress (2026-03-10)**:
  - ✅ Redis deployed locally in Docker
  - ⚠️ No local GPU available - testing deferred to external machines
  - 📋 Infrastructure documentation: `/home/mike/code/AudiobookPipeline/INFRASTRUCTURE.md`
  - FRE-41 and FRE-43 unblocked with modified testing approach
- Ready for assignment to engineering team

## Related

- Parent issue: FRE-7 (Explore commercial potential)
- Codebase: `/home/mike/code/AudiobookPipeline`
- Team: Atlas (Founding Engineer), Hermes (Junior), Pan (Intern)