Development Milestones & Contributions
A transparent record of project initiation, development phases, completed features, and future improvements.
Development Timeline
Foundation (Phase 1)
September 2026
- ✓Next.js 16 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS v4 setup
- ✓Vultr Managed PostgreSQL database and Better Auth authentication
- ✓Role-based access control (RBAC) with 6-tier permission matrix
- ✓Multi-tenant organisation structure with row-level security
- ✓Core gemstone registry data model
Gemstone Registry (Phase 2)
October 2026
- ✓Gemstone item creation with auto-generated record numbers (CGP/RGH/PCL/JWL prefixes)
- ✓Physical measurements and gemological observations
- ✓Material and variety classification
- ✓Image gallery with EXIF metadata stripping
- ✓Soft-archive functionality
- ✓Registry search and filtering
Claims & Evidence (Phase 3)
October 2026
- ✓Provenance claims with 11+ claim types
- ✓Evidence document upload with magic-byte validation
- ✓File format support: PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
- ✓Evidence review workflow with scope tracking
- ✓Claim-to-evidence linking relationships
- ✓Private storage with RLS enforcement
- ✓SHA-256 checksum deduplication
Lifecycle & Lineage (Phase 4)
October 2026
- ✓Lifecycle events with 16 event types (cutting, splitting, recutting, etc.)
- ✓Gemstone transformation tracking with weight reconciliation
- ✓Directed acyclic graph (DAG) lineage model
- ✓Cycle detection preventing invalid relationships
- ✓Custody transfer workflow (internal and external)
- ✓Transfer acceptance/rejection states
Reports & Passports (Phase 5)
November 2026
- ✓Laboratory report references and issuer verification
- ✓Immutable passport publication with high-entropy tokens
- ✓Public snapshot sanitization and privacy field exclusion
- ✓Passport versioning with SHA-256 integrity
- ✓Revocation with audit trail
- ✓Public passport lookup by token
- ✓QR code generation for public links
Hardening & Security (Phase 6)
November 2026
- ✓EXIF metadata stripping from uploaded images
- ✓Rate limiting on public endpoints (60/min per IP)
- ✓In-memory sliding-window rate limiter
- ✓Safe error sanitization (database errors masked)
- ✓Magic-byte file signature validation
- ✓Comprehensive security test suite (57 tests)
- ✓Full audit logging with append-only records
- ✓Cross-tenant isolation verification
Account Management (November 2026)
November 2026
- ✓Personal profile management (name, email, phone, country)
- ✓Organisation profile management (business name, address, website)
- ✓User account settings and preferences
- ✓Multi-organisation workspace switching
- ✓Member invitation with 7-day TTL
- ✓Role management with hierarchical permissions
- ✓Organisation member listing and status management
Completed Features
Gemstone Registry
Core
Claims & Evidence System
Core
Lifecycle Tracking
Core
Custody Transfers
Core
Passport Publication
Core
Public Lookup
Core
Audit Logging
Security
Role-Based Access Control
Security
EXIF Stripping
Security
Rate Limiting
Security
Cross-Tenant Isolation
Infrastructure
Vultr PostgreSQL Integration
Infrastructure
TypeScript Strict Mode
Quality
Comprehensive Unit Tests
Quality
Status: All core features for v1.0 production release are complete. System is in QA phase with 91.4% test pass rate. Ready for production deployment after P2 hardening tasks.
Planned Improvements
Malware Scanning for PDFs
Pre-Launch
Password Change & MFA Endpoints
Pre-Launch
Avatar & Logo Upload UI
v1.1
Platform Developer Console
v1.1
Publications & Research Section
v1.1
Advanced Lineage Visualisation
v1.2
Mobile App (iOS/Android)
v2.0
API for Third-Party Integration
v2.0
Project Metrics
18
Database Tables
Core entities
60+
API Endpoints
RESTful routes
40+
Frontend Routes
Pages & views
57
Unit Tests
100% pass rate
100%
TypeScript Code
Strict mode
91.4%
Test Coverage
QA matrix
~15k
Lines of Code
Core + services
6 weeks
Development Time
0→1 launch
Technology Stack
Frontend
- • Next.js 16 (App Router, React 19)
- • TypeScript (strict mode)
- • Tailwind CSS v4
- • Lucide React (icons)
- • Zod (validation)
Backend
- • Vultr Managed PostgreSQL + Better Auth
- • Drizzle ORM Schema
- • Vultr Object Storage (S3-compatible)
- • Edge Functions ready
Security & Quality
- • RBAC (6-tier permission matrix)
- • Cryptographic tokens
- • Sharp (image processing)
- • Rate limiting
Testing & Deployment
- • Node test runner (unit tests)
- • Playwright ready (E2E)
- • ESLint + TypeScript checks
- • Vercel deployment
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