Roadmap

Now (September 2026)

Delivery has started. Plans stay public on this hub; the app itself is not public.

• [x] Indian outsourcing firm engaged — two days of work a week
• [x] Initial two-hour practice project completed
• [ ] Michael reviews that practice code
• [ ] Private deployed sandbox — running Lauren app, for the team to work against, not on tyneside.software and not the future public host until we say so
• [ ] First live product tickets once the sandbox exists

The outsource team is waiting for work until the review and sandbox are done. They must not ship onto this public docs site.

Phase 0 — Foundation (done / in progress)

• [x] Private GitHub repo
• [x] Django project scaffold + apps
• [x] Public product plans at tyneside.software/lauren/
• [ ] Confirm GitHub team lauren-outsource membership (write on lauren only)
• [ ] Private deployed sandbox (see above) — disconnected from tyneside.software
• [ ] Local Postgres optional docker-compose

Phase 1a — Auth & membership

• Custom user roles
• Signup / login / account pages
• Stripe products + webhooks + Customer Portal
• Membership.is_entitled gates content

Phase 1b — Practitioners & timetable

• Practitioner profiles + approval
• Verification badges
• Session CRUD + admin approval
• Member timetable + enrol
• Join URL only if entitled

Phase 1c — Recordings & legal

• Recording model + storage (R2)
• Consent flags enforced
• Privacy / terms / disclaimer polish
• Contact form

Phase 1d — Soft launch prep

• Promote the private sandbox to a proper staging environment (Railway / Render / Fly — same family of hosts as the sandbox)
• Accessibility pass
• Legal review
• DNS for lauren.tyneside.software only when we are ready for a public product — not as the outsource workbench

Phase 2+ (ideas)

• Embedded video (Daily.co / LiveKit)
• Organisation and NHS tiers
• CIC funding track
• Richer search / recommendations