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Roadmap
Upcoming additions planned for Dogeared.
Now
#1
Reader Onboarding v2
Guide new readers through importing, setting favorites, following people, and rating a few read books.
Now
#2
Ratings + Taste Signals
Use ratings, follows, favorite books, and shelf behavior to improve recommendations and reader discovery.
Now
#3
Accessibility Pass
Tighten keyboard flows, focus states, screen-reader labels, reduced motion, and contrast across core workflows.
Next
#4
SEO Foundation Pass
Improve crawlability and discoverability with tighter metadata, structured data, internal linking, and index/sitemap hygiene.
Next
#5
Google Search Console Discoverability
Set up and monitor Search Console coverage, sitemaps, indexing, and query performance so Dogeared ranks cleanly in Google search.
Next
#6
Recommendations v1
Ship lightweight “because you shelved X” recommendations from genre and author overlap.
Next
#7
Richer Metrics Views
Expand drill-downs from authors to genres, tags, and location snapshots with cleaner exportable views.
Next
#8
Related Page UX Refresh
Rethink the Related detail page layout and hierarchy so drill-down context is clearer and the page feels intentional even with sparse result sets.
Next
#9
Mobile Reading Workflow Pass
Tune add-to-shelf, progress updates, ratings, and search specifically for small screens.
Next
#10
Library Export Improvements
Export filtered shelves, ratings, progress, and profile data in friendlier CSV and JSON formats.
Next
#11
Completion Reviews (UI + Feed + Storage)
Let readers add a short review when marking a book as Read, then show that review in Following activity and Profile views with a clean DB model for create/edit timestamps and queryable feed rendering.
Later
#12
Reading Trends Over Time
Add month-over-month trend lines for genres, completion rates, and reading velocity.
Later
#13
Review Notes / Private Notes
Let readers add private notes or short public blurbs to rated and read books.
Later
#14
Public Sharing Cards
Create polished preview cards for profiles, books, shelves, and reading goals when shared.
Later
#15
Notification Preferences + Email Digests
Add per-user digest preferences for follows, ratings, and reading activity before browser notifications.
Later
#16
Browser Notifications
Add opt-in browser notifications for key events like follows, reading reminders, and activity digests with per-user controls.
Later
#17
Audiobooks Support
Add audiobook-specific search, edition handling, and shelf views once core book workflows are fully stable.
Finished
Finished
#1
Security + Dependency Maintenance
Added weekly Dependabot updates, automated dependency/security checks, and release-process guidance for recurring maintenance.
Finished
#2
Custom Shelves
Let readers create and manage their own shelves beyond the defaults, including naming, ordering, and assigning books.
Finished
#3
Import Pipeline Reliability
Made Goodreads/CSV imports idempotent with dry-run planning, duplicate protection, retrying sync, and clearer progress.
Finished
#4
Data Quality & Metadata Backfills
Added recurring metadata backfill orchestration, scheduled automation, and quality coverage reporting for authors/books.
Finished
#5
Performance & Caching Pass
Added cache headers/runtime memoization for read APIs and capped heavy metrics payload generation for faster repeat loads.
Finished
#6
Production QA + Monitoring
Added CI smoke coverage for critical endpoints plus scheduled production health/API checks with automatic issue alerts.
Finished
#7
Admin/Data Health Dashboard
Shipped an admin-only dashboard with metadata gap coverage, import reliability signals, duplicate clusters, and backfill movement.
Finished
#8
Rating UX Polish
Cleaned up editable rating controls, rating feedback, clear actions, and community-versus-personal rating presentation.
Finished
#9
Release Workflow + Main Protection
Added semantic versioning, changelog tracking, GitHub Releases, CI checks, and branch protection rules for main.
Finished
#10
Following Activity Feed
Shipped Following as a logged-in activity page with reader discovery, follow management, and followed-reader shelf activity.
Finished
#11
Book Ratings
Let readers rate books from key surfaces and feed those ratings into profile, activity, and book pages.
Finished
#12
Profile & Library Polish
Refined profile pages, responsive book cards, mobile navigation, section highlighting, and book metadata presentation.
Finished
#13
New Account Creation
Added a clear sign-up flow so new readers can create an account, set a username, and land in profile setup.
Finished
#14
Genre Cleanup & Normalization
Deduplicate genres, split combo genres, and standardize genre names/slugs so shelves and discovery stay clean.
Finished
#15
Shelf & Search Reliability
Improve add-to-shelf flows, deduplication, and search result quality so the core reading workflow is dependable.
Finished
#16
Public Profiles + Follow Graph Foundations
Shipped public profile privacy gates, follow relationships, and profile activity views for multi-user groundwork.
Finished
#17
Auth & Account Hardening
Tighten sign-in/session behavior, account recovery, and auth error handling so onboarding is stable.
Finished
#18
Centralized Auth State + Local Auth Preview
Unified auth handling across the site with localhost-only auth state preview switching for fast UX checks.
Finished
#19
Reusable Book Card System
Standardized book display UI across index, profile, search, and book pages with shared components.
Finished
#20
Core Site Setup & Stabilization
Finish baseline setup, tighten navigation and mobile UX, and make key pages feel consistent and reliable.