What we are building, and why

Automated Browse API filter + light human approve pass for used-gear listings, replacing raw search links.

Managed SRT/SRTLA relay with auto-BRB and a live link-health dashboard (see RELAY_CONCEPT.md), currently waitlist-only.

Flag incompatible picks across slots (e.g. phone-only builds cannot use HDMI capture).

Move past URL-encoded builds toward accounts so a build persists without a share link.

Let visitors upvote or comment on submitted builds instead of a flat list.

Curated, pre-assembled backpack kits sold direct or via partnership (LiveU / UnlimitedIRL / Peplink).

Referral programs for IRLToolkit, Speedify, Streamlabs, Peplink, LiveU beyond the current hardware-first catalog.

Localize the mobile-uplink planning budget in the quality engine instead of one conservative global number.

Measure which outreach targets (OBS/Streamlabs wikis, subreddit megathreads) actually send visitors through the embed badge, so outreach effort goes to what works instead of a guess.

The five service category pages (encoder, dataplan, bonding, relay, software) were the one buy CTA site-wide missing the value/item ID GA4 needs to total affiliate-click value.

Encoder, dataplan, bonding, relay and software had no category page at all, since subscriptions and apps can never clear the hardware publish gate. They publish instead as ranked comparison rows: cost to run for a year, the deciding specs, the honest catch, and the guides that use each option.

Queued six more data-backed guides (bitrate, IRL data usage, buffering, power bank runtime, night camera, IRL checklist), each pulling its figures from the same bitrate/quality model instead of typed numbers.

Added SPP’s missing ASINs back into the omorp price bake: tracked ASINs grew from 483 to 584, published part pages from 438 to 530.

Hero splits into copy on the left and today’s streamer on the right; the sitewide disclosure banner is gone in favor of a disclosure placed next to the buy links on every page that has one.

Card now puts identity and the buy action at opposite ends instead of stacking with empty space, and the builder’s four stacked pill rows collapse into two segmented controls.

All 342 directory streamers now show a real photo pulled from their own Twitch/YouTube channel art instead of bare initials.

The price/rating/image bake now scans the generated parts and streamer picks too, not just the curated catalog: tracked ASINs grew from 234 to 483.

Streamer directory pages roll out on a daily drip instead of all at once. Parts browser and quick view show "used by N streamers" badges, and the homepage hero rotates a different streamer each day.

A filterable streamer directory (platform, creator type, game) and a /gear index of 1,172 products showing which streamers reportedly use each one, mined from what.equipment.

376 tracker-index products (mics, cameras, capture, lighting, and more) baked into the configurator as buyable parts alongside the curated catalog.

Tile-based build view (photo, price, buy link per slot) as the default, with a List toggle back to the classic table.

Walmart / Best Buy / Newegg / Target search links on parts that lack a live Amazon buy box.

19 discontinued or bogus listings resolved: 3 removed outright, 16 swapped to affiliate search links until a current ASIN is confirmed.

Homepage hero now serves a smaller mobile-specific image instead of the full desktop version, cutting LCP bytes roughly in half on phones.

Direct Amazon buy links for 34 streamer gear items that previously fell back to generic search links.

Copy-paste badge on the Bitrate Calculator so streaming wikis, blogs, and Discord resource lists can link back to it in one paste.

UTM attribution persists across the visit and merges into GA4 events, so affiliate-click value can be compared per traffic channel and campaign.

Footer email signup for new guides, price drops, and deal alerts.

Every page renders a proper preview card when linked or shared.

Phosphor amber palette, IBM Plex Mono display type, squared corners.

Sticky summary bar on mobile gets a one-tap buy action.

Streamer-native dark palette and Space Grotesk display type.

Every build shows the stream quality it can hold and the limiting factor.

Discontinued cult gear (Sony FDR-X3000, HDR-AS300) sourced through filtered eBay search.