Thread by @roamhacker

ROADMAP

Since last summer I have been intrigued by this quasi-no roadmap concept from Roam. But now almost a year later, I actually don't think it's a good strategy. @Conaw maybe now is a good time to lay out a plan with the public and timelines.

https://twitter.com/Conaw/status/1292235154988003328

I see value in the "no roadmap" approach during prototyping & beta, but as the product matures & tackles larger problems, people want to understand what they are investing in. People using a product is an investment. Is the bank going go grow their money, or gain little interest?

Without a roadmap that outlines general goals, how can a team set priorities? how can they design for the future? Databases for example cannot be easily changed, especially when it comes to security, performance and optimized search.

Without a roadmap, it is a little like "design by my mood". This is investing based on emotion, not logic. Not a financially sound technique.

We would like to see a Roam roadmap. Let me highlight some things that make people feel like Roam is a "good bank" for their thoughts.

Roadmap features:
+ New backend DB designed for larger data - Planned early summer 2021
+ Permissions model for the database, allowing granular permission control by user and group. - planned end of summer 2021

+ Hiring a chief information security officer (ASAP)
+ Third party security testing - planned summer 2021
+ Full text search optimization - end of summer 201
+ UX performance enhancements - ongoing
+ Editable tables - some time period ...
+ Usable visual graphs of our graph db

+ REST API for server access by end of 2021
+ Client API finished by????

and other things. Let's look at the competitors (who are quickly catching up to Roam).

@obsdmd

@logseq

It doesn't need to be complex, but provide clear direction. The Roam White Paper (roamresearch.com/#/app/help/pag…) is truly brilliant and really lays out a long-term vision.

Even so, shorter term specifics would be very welcome.
So what about it? Can we get a 2021 roadmap? I can only imagine that the internal dev team has a short-term roadmap, maybe reveal some of the specifics with the public.