Technical Reports

Technical reports provide comprehensive analysis, design specifications, and implementation plans for major system features and initiatives.

Overview

Reports differ from ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) in scope and purpose:

• ADRs: Document specific architectural decisions with context, alternatives, and rationale
• Reports: Comprehensive analysis and planning documents for major features or initiatives

Reports typically include:

• Executive summaries and business context
• Detailed technical specifications
• Implementation plans with phases
• Analytics capabilities and success metrics
• Future considerations and evolution paths

Available Reports

Analytics & Data

• Farcaster Shares Analytics (2025-11-13)
  • Comprehensive design for tracking and analyzing workflow shares on Farcaster
  • Two-layer architecture: Operational + Analytics (star schema)
  • Viral coefficient, share velocity, and cohort analysis capabilities
  • Implementation plan with ETL strategy and success metrics

Features & Infrastructure

• LoRA User Storage Support (2025-11-13)
  • Investigation of user-owned LoRA storage and management
  • Azure Blob Storage integration with intelligent caching
  • Machine cache management with LRU and time-based eviction
  • Quota management and just-in-time download strategy
  • 5-6 week implementation plan with phased rollout

Report Template

When creating new reports, follow this structure:

# Report Title

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Status:** Planning | In Progress | Completed
**Report Type:** Technical Design | Analysis | Implementation Plan
**Stakeholders:** Team names
**Related Systems:** System names

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## Executive Summary

Brief overview of the initiative, business impact, and technical approach.

## Table of Contents

1. [Context](#context)
2. [Problem Statement](#problem-statement)
3. [Architecture Design](#architecture-design)
4. [Implementation Plan](#implementation-plan)
5. [Success Metrics](#success-metrics)
6. [Future Considerations](#future-considerations)

## Context

Current state, background, and why this work is needed.

## Problem Statement

Specific problems being solved, gaps in current system.

## Architecture Design

Technical architecture, data flows, schemas, etc.

## Implementation Plan

Phases, tasks, deliverables, timelines.

## Success Metrics

How to measure success, KPIs, monitoring.

## Future Considerations

Phase 2+ enhancements, evolution path.

Contributing

Reports should be placed in apps/docs/src/reports/ with the naming convention:

• YYYY-MM-DD-descriptive-name.md

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