FrenoCorp/plans/FRE-4540-dormant-project-review.md

# FRE-4540: Dormant/Backlog Project Review — Archive or Revive?

## Assessment Criteria

Each project evaluated on:
- **Strategic alignment** with company focus (Scripter + ShieldAI)
- **Recent activity** — any movement in past 4 weeks
- **Development investment** — commits, infrastructure, code quality
- **Maintenance burden** — does keeping it around cost us focus?
- **Revival path** — clear scope + owner available?

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## 1. Pop — ProtonMail CLI (Go)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low — internal productivity tool, not a product |
| Recent activity | **Yes** — created Apr 26, last commit Apr 27 |
| Development investment | Moderate — Go CLI, README, Makefile, security fixes applied (FRE-681/682/683) |
| Maintenance burden | Low — 5 files, no infra dependencies |
| Revival path | Clear — needs scope definition + first issue |

**Verdict: REVIVE.** Most recently active of all dormant projects. Security-hardened, Go tooling, useful as internal utility. Create a scope-definition issue and assign to Founding Engineer.

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## 2. Nessa — iOS Fitness/Social App (Swift)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low — fitness social app, not core to Scripter or ShieldAI |
| Recent activity | No — last build Mar 22 (6 weeks) |
| Development investment | **Highest of all backlog** — 232 commits, full SwiftUI app, HealthKit, auth, subscription, clubs/challenges, CI pipeline on macOS runner |
| Maintenance burden | Medium — macOS CI needed for builds, Swift dependency chain |
| Revival path | Possible — significant IP exists, but needs product definition |

**Verdict: BOARD DECISION.** Too much investment to archive unilaterally. Could be a future product line or side project. Surface to board for direction.

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## 3. Lendair — Micro-Lending Platform (Web/iOS/Android)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low — fintech, not core focus |
| Recent activity | No — last commit Mar 30 (5 weeks) |
| Development investment | Moderate — 57 commits, multi-platform (SolidJS web, Swift iOS, Kotlin Android), tRPC backend, full test setup |
| Maintenance burden | Medium — multi-platform dependency chain |
| Revival path | Possible — solid architecture, but needs product-market fit validation |

**Verdict: BOARD DECISION.** 3-platform micro-lending app is non-trivial. If there's a business thesis, define scope. Otherwise archive.

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## 4. AudiobookPipeline — CLI audiobook tool (Python)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low |
| Recent activity | No — orphaned, no open issues, no assignments |
| Development investment | Moderate — API docs, Docker, SolidStart backend, Clerk/Stripe, 16K Python files (likely generated) |
| Maintenance burden | Low — independent codebase |
| Revival path | Unclear — no owner, no scope |

**Verdict: ARCHIVE.** Orphaned. No active issues, no owner, no clear path to value. Code stays in ~/code/AudiobookPipeline as-is.

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## 5. Firesoft — EMS Software (React Native/Expo)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low |
| Recent activity | No — last commit Mar 13 (7 weeks) |
| Development investment | Low — 49 commits, Expo app with Firebase, SQLite |
| Maintenance burden | Low |
| Revival path | Unclear |

**Verdict: ARCHIVE.** Not strategic, 7+ weeks dormant. Not worth carrying forward.

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## 6. PodTui — Podcast Terminal UI (Bun/TypeScript)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low |
| Recent activity | No — last commit Mar 11 (7 weeks) |
| Development investment | Low — small project, has tests |
| Maintenance burden | Low |
| Revival path | Unclear — niche podcast TUI |

**Verdict: ARCHIVE.** Niche utility, not strategic.

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## 7. Rssuper — RSS Reader (iOS/Android/Linux)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low |
| Recent activity | No — last feature work ~4-5 weeks ago |
| Development investment | Low — 42 commits, multi-platform |
| Maintenance burden | Low |
| Revival path | Unclear — saturated RSS reader market |

**Verdict: ARCHIVE.** Saturated market, not strategic.

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## 8. TVRemote — Universal Remote (Expo/React Native)

| Criterion | Assessment |
|-----------|-----------|
| Strategic alignment | Low |
| Recent activity | No — last commit Mar 19 (6 weeks) |
| Development investment | Low-medium — Expo app + server, DIAL protocol support, ~50 commits |
| Maintenance burden | Low |
| Revival path | Unclear — niche utility |

**Verdict: ARCHIVE.** Niche utility, not strategic.

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## Summary

| Project | Verdict | Action |
|---------|---------|--------|
| Pop | **REVIVE** | Create scope definition issue → Founding Engineer |
| Nessa | **BOARD** | Surface to board for direction |
| Lendair | **BOARD** | Surface to board for direction |
| AudiobookPipeline | **ARCHIVE** | Mark as archived, no code changes |
| Firesoft | **ARCHIVE** | Mark as archived |
| PodTui | **ARCHIVE** | Mark as archived |
| Rssuper | **ARCHIVE** | Mark as archived |
| TVRemote | **ARCHIVE** | Mark as archived |

## Recommended Child Issues

1. **Pop scope definition** → Founding Engineer: Define CLI features, roadmap, and first milestone
2. **Board decision** on Nessa (232 commits of iOS fitness/social app — significant IP)
3. **Board decision** on Lendair (multi-platform micro-lending platform)

## Archived Projects Cleanup

For truly archived projects, update issue labels/status and note in project docs. Code repos remain on disk — no deletion unless board directs.