What Happened
Assessed the entire Choco platform (24 services, 31 repos, 171 requirements) against the existing architecture specification, then executed a 10-TASKSET production roadmap with human-gated confirmation between each phase.Key Insight
Assessment before outlining is non-negotiable. The initial service completeness estimates (from prior sessions) were wrong — the SDK was rated 40% but was actually 85% complete. The editor had “no backend integration” but had a fully-implemented HttpClient with 50+ methods. Without deep reads of every source file, the roadmap would have wasted effort reimplementing existing code.Pattern: Gated TASKSETs Beat Continuous Execution
The"GO TASKSET N" gate forced scope discipline. Each TASKSET had a single goal, listed affected files upfront, and stated success criteria. This prevented scope creep and gave the operator visibility into blast radius before each phase. The dependency graph allowed TASKSETs 3/4/5/7 to proceed in parallel after the foundation (1+2) was laid.
Metrics
- Foundation first: CI workflows + secrets hardening before any service changes (TASKSET 1-2)
- Schema drift caught early: golden_tickets table had 9 columns in migration, 18 in code — a runtime BLOCKER. Detected in TASKSET 3, fixed with alignment migration.
- 2 function name bugs found via deep source reads (output.VerificationResult vs output.PrintVerificationResult) — would have caused runtime crashes.
- Zero stub handlers remain after TASKSET 4 — all 7 consumer handlers now write to PostgreSQL.