Platform trajectory

SportsDatabase roadmap

Track the features we have shipped, what is currently in flight, and what is coming next. This roadmap reflects the milestones guiding our contributor community, API customers, and portal experience.

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Milestone 1 — Foundations

Shipped

Bootstrapped the monorepo, portal shell, and core taxonomy ingestion so contributors can submit structured sports data.

Next.js portal with auth gating and contributor workflows
Prisma schema aligned with SportsData.db catalog IDs
Atlas browsing pages for leagues, teams, events, and players
Submission queue with steward approval path and instant cache revalidation

Milestone 2 — Payments & Keys

Shipping

Monetization, rate limits, and lifecycle automation for API access tiers powered by Stripe subscriptions and portal tooling.

Stripe checkout flows, webhooks, and customer portal deep-links
Tier-aware API key provisioning with hashed storage and one-time reveal
Subscription history, upgrade/downgrade, and API usage pulses in portal
Upcoming: automated delinquency sweeper and Redis-backed rate limiting

Milestone 3 — Contributor Progression

Up next

Gamify stewardship with points, moderation tooling, and scraper onboarding. Empower editors to scale curation throughput.

Points ladder with unlockable submission scopes and badges
Moderation collaboration hub with priority queues and chat
Scraper onboarding workflow with audit logging and incentives
BullMQ worker pool for asset processing and notifications

Milestone 4 — Search & Polish

On deck

Deepen portal insights with search, analytics, and console enhancements for high-volume operators.

PostgreSQL full-text search endpoints with typeahead UX
Portal usage analytics cards and history replay widgets
Shared API reference changefeed driving docs + portal rebuilds
Accessibility sweeps and responsive design refinements

Milestone 5 — Hardening & Launch Prep

Planned

Operationalize observability, load testing, and deployment pipelines to prepare for public launch.

k6 load testing suites with CI gating
Prometheus + Grafana dashboards and Sentry instrumentation
Blue/green deploy strategy across web and api apps
Security review, legal policies, and production launch checklist

Guiding themes

These pillars shape prioritization. Every milestone ties back to strengthening data fidelity, developer trust, and operational readiness.

Data depth & freshness

Expand beyond taxonomy into play-by-play, roster transactions, and historical archives while keeping live feeds under 90-second lag across top leagues.

Developer experience

Tighten SDK ergonomics, documentation, and portal tooling so engineers can diagnose issues faster and ship integrations confidently.

Operational excellence

Invest in rate limiting, anomaly detection, and observability to sustain production workloads and protect the platform from abuse.

Upcoming changelog highlights

Week 13

Rate limiting middleware preview behind feature flag
Portal roadmap page (you are here) and expanded marketing surface
Initial API usage metrics surfaced in admin dashboard

Week 14

Delinquency sweeper alpha with staged downgrades
Portal dashboard sparkline enhancements and latency telemetry export
Automated schema changefeed powering docs rebuild pipeline

Week 15

Contributor points ladder MVP with tier unlocks
Atlas player birthdays and honours views with pagination
Bulk artwork uploader CLI public beta

Frequently asked questions

How often is the roadmap updated?: We refresh priorities every two weeks after sprint reviews. Major changes land alongside the public changelog in the portal.
Can customers request features?: Absolutely. Paid tiers receive roadmap voting rights. Submit feedback via the portal or email roadmap@sportsdatabase.io.
What is the release cadence?: We deploy web and API apps continuously, with milestone checkpoints every few weeks to align larger feature bundles.