W12 - Q1 Phase Plan

Q1 is almost over. At this point, two technical priorities for the year have basically been decided. The first is optimizing the QuickDonkey experience. Beyond building SDKs for both platforms, and drawing on Neo’s foundational capabilities and work on enterprise financial containers, there is still much that can be done. While meeting the core goals for QuickDonkey, we should try to find higher-leverage opportunities. This week I gained a more detailed understanding of Neo’s core capabilities, and we should be able to implement a large portion of those in upcoming releases. On the enterprise container side, I don’t yet have a clear approach for evolving from a payment integration SDK into a general-purpose container prototype; I need to consult with senior colleagues and produce a roadmap quickly. The second priority is governance of the merchant frontend service architecture. The core goal is to decompose services: the wallet is becoming an increasingly monolithic burden, and at the current pace of requirements iteration we don’t have much time. We should learn from other frontend teams, such as Ecosystem Finance, and aim to find a relatively low-cost solution that addresses around 70–80% of the problems.