The Nabe

Founder HQ

Single front door — see everything at a glance.
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Branch: pitch
Build green · 42/42 tests
8
Active build queue
4
UAT items waiting
7
Open questions
48
Current phase · complete
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Today's focus
Phase 48 is done. Two paths from here:
①Run the Phase 48 iPad UAT — 4 items in UAT to run (cross-city content quality, builder claim flow, non-NYC heatmaps, saved developments).
②Pick a Phase 49 candidate from Active Build Queue — 8 features waiting. Highest-fit-with-brand: Stories on the map (~1-2 days), "What they don't tell you" listing surface (~3-5 days).

Work

Everything currently committed to build. From TODOS.md.
see full TODOs →
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Active build queue

— features queued to ship next
Mock video thumbnails through demo
🚧 Brand concern

Scatter "video" thumbnails through feed / listings / business storefronts — photos with play-icon overlay + duration badge. ~1 day. Founder torn — paired w/ NabeEye on brand-fit revisit.

"What they don't tell you" listing surface
~3-5 days

Named first-class block on ListingDetail aggregating honest signal: tenant reviews, noise, permits, landlord rating, walk-up reality, package theft. The "we tell you what it's actually like" pitch needs a visible surface.

Richer Families experience
Own phase

Family profiles (kids' ages, school, schedule), family-tailored surfaces (events, playgrounds, sitter network, school zone), family-to-family connection. Plan via /gsd-discuss-phase.

Stories on the map
~1-2 days

Map filter chip "Stories" + per-block / per-establishment story-dot indicators. Tap dot → NabeStoriesDrawer filtered to location. Surfaces exist already.

Block Chat + spatial conversation
Own phase

(a) async chat per block / building, verified-resident-only. (b) posts / Qs / threads filtered to the establishment they're about — tap a restaurant pin → see all conversations about it. Replaces WhatsApp groups + Discord-for-buildings + GroupMe.

Expand AI capabilities
Own phase

Audit every AI touchpoint + brainstorm new ones: richer Ask, listing comparison, thread summarization, AI-assisted post composition, vibe read, moderation, accessibility narration, onboarding, service-provider matching.

Trust & verification — progressive trust model
Own phase

Residents NEVER forced — opt-in tiers from email→self-claim→Verified Resident. Pros / businesses / landlords always required. Facebook-style trust model. Foundational — touches onboarding, pro tier, Block Chat, moderation.

⁂ NabeEye — B2B intelligence layer
Asterisked

Placer.ai-style data layer. Founder not sold — brand-fit unresolved. Don't promote without explicit founder revisit. Full mechanic captured in Down-the-line section below.

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Developments / Heatmap — parked from Phase 47

— 7 items (4 mock-feasible, 1 needs backend)
Push notifications for development milestones

In-app banner + push-style toast on groundbreaking / topping out / opening. Mock-only.

Comment / review system on developments

Residents discuss with threaded comments + sentiment. Adds Comments tab on DevelopmentDrawer.

"Time machine" historical view

Slider timeline filing → groundbreaking → topping → opening, with photos + milestones. Pure timeline UI.

Email digest "new this week in your nabe"

Render the weekly digest as an in-app preview screen. No real email sending.

Standalone permit-only feed

Separate tab showing just permits filed (news/reporter format). Filter on existing mock permits.

Community-contributed developments

Residents submit a development; "pending review" mock-state. Submit form + moderation UI.

Real-API integration (DOB Job Filings, LADBS, Paris opendata)

Needs real backend — defer post-pitch. Replaces mock developments with live city open-data feeds.

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Pitch / deck container — parked, months out

— 19 items across monetization decisions, deck variants, talk tracks, IP letter
Phase 46 monetization card decisions
Round-1 cards · 19 decisions

Residents-free constraint auto-kills S01–S04. Open review page
Round-2 cards · 14 decisions

Biggest single decision: add Block at acquirer target #2. Open review page
Phase 46 downstream
  • • Apply target-list changes to PITCH_STRATEGY + pitch_strategy memory
  • • Build 3 deck variants (Compass / Block / Zillow) — ~6 hrs
  • • Counters for the 4 RED Compass corp-dev objections — ~4 hrs
  • • Stack E (Data Layer) defensive-moat slide on Compass deck
  • • Nabe Capital appendix — Toast 81% fintech revenue chart
  • • Fact-fix Q1 2026 Compass-Zillow lawsuit reference (now settled)
  • • Lock residents-free-forever in pitch_strategy memory
  • • Y1 ops items if monetization pulled: money-transmitter licensing, MCA legal structure for Nabe Capital
Wave 5 — Deck content drafts
  • • W5.17 Valuation recalibration ($40-60M → $25-40M with creative structure)
  • • W5.18 Corcoran broker Monday-morning workflow story slide
  • • W5.19 Williamsburg-at-maturity density projection
  • • W5.32 Meta-variant: Neighborhoods-failure slide
  • • W5.HIGH "Nabe absorbs" spoke-diagram infographic (15 apps)
🚨 IP letter from outside counsel

Highest-leverage pre-pitch blocker (Compass corp-dev Objection 9 alone discounts 30-50% if absent). Lawyer engagement in progress. Convert call to WRITTEN letter on file BEFORE any acquirer outreach.

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Nice-to-have

— low priority, do not block
  • • 30 components > 250 lines refactor sprint (#59)
  • • Expand EntityNavigationContext to carry activeNeighborhood (#60)
  • • Delete deprecated PropertyDetail.tsx (#61)
  • • Design token consolidation nits (#62)
  • • Selector dropdown visually privilege demo-4 cities (#64)

Ideas

Raw thoughts captured this week — not committed work yet. Separate stream from TODOs.
see ideas backlog →
⚠️ Mockup note: ideas don't exist as a separated stream yet. If you approve this HQ direction, the first build step is extracting "idea-shaped" items from TODOS.md into a dedicated .planning/IDEAS.md file so they can flow here naturally. Below are real examples drawn from recent sessions that fit the "idea" mold.
NYC heatmap + saved nabes
2026-05-27

Mid-Phase 44: high-priority post-pitch. NYC map view colored by per-neighborhood liveness, tap to set active. Dropdown becomes saved/favorite nabes. Now partially shipped in Phase 47.

Developments & permits as own feature
2026-05-27

"Killer feature" — new buildings / developments / permits in your area, own map + announcements feed + per-dev detail with builder. Shipped in Phase 47.

Pro-category UI scaffolding pattern
2026-05-26

When building Service Providers / Singles / etc, design for reusability without formalizing a framework upfront. "Keep that scaffolding in mind."

Founder HQ (this page)
2026-05-28 · now

Single iPad-readable home page consolidating TODOs, ideas, questions, UAT, decisions, phases. In mockup review.

— add an idea —

Tap to capture (would route to /gsd-capture in real version).

Questions waiting on you

Decisions Claude needs from you before continuing. Currently scattered across per-phase open-questions pages.
see full knowledge page →
⚠️ Mockup note: currently the only live open-questions page is for Phase 36. Most phases ship without lingering questions, so this section will usually be short — that's a good thing.
Phase 36 open questions
tap-to-lock checklist

Interactive checkbox version. Founder can answer on iPad without typing into an editor. Open page
NabeEye — brand-fit revisit
Big call

Can NabeEye be built / positioned so residents experience "neighborhood gets smarter" not "neighborhood gets sold"? If yes — strongest single strategic addition. If no — kill cleanly. Don't keep asterisked-limbo forever.

Video thumbnails — proceed?
Brand concern

"Constant surveillance" feel risk vs "photos and video" claim in pitch script. Paired with NabeEye on revisit. Lean toward NOT building unless intentionally revisited.

Phase 49 — which build queue item?
Next phase

8 candidates in active build queue. Decide which one routes through /gsd-discuss-phase first.

UAT to run

Features built but not verified yet. Batch-test whenever you have time.
see all UAT →
Phase 48 iPad UAT — 4 items
Most recent · awaiting
  • ① Cross-city content quality — open city pill dropdown, switch through LA / Tokyo / Paris / Austin / BA / Cape Town. Do they feel lived-in, not formulaic?
  • ② Builder claim flow end-to-end — open Williamsburg construction pin → "Claim this profile" → fake-login → BuilderDashboard appears.
  • ③ Non-NYC heatmaps — switch to LA / Tokyo / Paris → "Browse all" CTA → polygon shading renders.
  • ④ Saved developments — bookmark icon on DevelopmentDrawer hero → saved list appears in Profile Me tab.
Live app: http://192.168.1.171:5173/
Phase 47 iPad UAT — 13-step walk
Carried over

Validates Developments + Heatmap. Full step list in .planning/HANDOFF.md.

Phase 45 carried-over UAT
Older backlog
  • • 12-step Phase 44 iPad UAT walk
  • • Heatmap v2 mockup decision — open
  • • W5.17 valuation tone confirmation — pitch/PITCH_OBJECTIONS.md + PITCH_STRATEGY.md
  • • W5.18 / W5.19 / W5.32 deck-content drafts — approve/edit/defer on founder-review.html

Decisions recently locked

Settled, no re-litigation. Latest from across phases + sessions.
all decisions →
🔵 Build mode, not pitch mode

Pitch is NOT imminent — weeks/months out. Default to product roadmap. 2026-05-27.

Skip mockup-before-build gates

Build TSX straight through; don't pause phase execution for HTML mockup approval. 2026-05-27.

Residents NEVER forced to verify

Pros + businesses + landlords always verified. Opt-in Verified Resident badge only. 2026-05-28.

Residents free forever

Across all monetization tiers. Brokers $19-49/mo, providers $9-29/mo, landlords FREE. 2026-05-27.

Route phase work through GSD

Multi-item phase work goes through gsd-execute-phase / gsd-quick. 2026-05-27.

HTML pages are tools, not dumps

One card = one decision = one tap. Stop dense capture boards. 2026-05-27.

Phases

Roadmap + per-phase capture boards.
full phases page →
Phase 48 — Deep Audit + Data Sweep
complete

18 plans · 10 waves · 4 UAT items pending. 2026-05-28.
Phase 47 — Spatial Intelligence
complete

Developments + heatmap + 26 decisions. 6 plans · 4 waves. 2026-05-27.
Phase 44
complete

Last shipped phase before 47.
All capture boards →
8 boards

Phase 35-39, 44, 47, 48. Full index.

Recent activity

Last few sessions in plain English.
full session log →
2026-05-28 · Phase 48 shipped
complete

All 18 plans across 10 waves. NYC gap-fills, 6 cities seeded (LA / Tokyo / Paris / Austin / BA / Cape Town), builder claim flow, saved developments, non-NYC heatmaps, hygiene sweeps. Build clean, pushed to pitch. 4 UAT items pending iPad verification.

2026-05-27 · Phase 47 shipped + Phase 48 planned
complete

Spatial Intelligence end-to-end (Developments map / drawers / heatmap / right-now banner triggers). Mid-session direction flip: BUILD MODE replaces PITCH MODE. 22 atomic commits + 5 closeout.

2026-05-27 evening · Monetization round-2
complete

5 new advisor agents (Compass corp-dev, Nextdoor postmortem, Zillow attack PM, M&A veteran, Nabe Capital VP). Residents-free reframe. 14 round-2 decision cards mocked.