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NOW — What To Work On Next

Last Updated: March 17, 2026 Context: See CURRENT_STATE.md for what's built, CHANGELOG.md for history

Active: iOS v2 — Breaking the 4.2.2 Rejection Cycle

v1.0 rejected March 5, v1.1 rejected March 11 — both Guideline 4.2.2 (Minimum Functionality). Same boilerplate both times. Native features bolted onto a content viewer don't change Apple's perception. v2 pivots to "travel awareness companion."

Plan + Tracker: docs/ios-v2-plan.md

Three Pillars

  • Pillar A: Travel Awareness — passive location detection, geofenced city welcome, Live Activities
  • Pillar B: Personal World Map — MapKit globe, explored tracking, travel identity
  • Pillar C: Daily Challenge — trivia game, streaks, location-aware bonuses

Phase 1a: World Map — DONE

MapKit satellite globe with 2,694 destination pins, lazy viewport loading, progressive detail by zoom level, explored tracking (green/orange), milestone toasts, location centering, stats overlay.

Phase 1b: Daily Trivia — DONE

Design doc: docs/trivia-prototype.md

Game structure: Daily Challenge (5 questions, same for everyone, Wordle model) + Practice Mode (unlimited). 7 question formats rotating across days. Anonymous scoring with regional comparison (IP-derived country via nginx GeoIP2).

7 question formats:

  1. Higher or Lower (Price) — two tours, guess which costs more
  2. Where in the World? — one-liner shown, pick city from 4, photo revealed after
  3. Real or Fake Tour? — one real title, one Haiku-generated fake
  4. The Numbers Game — surprising stats as multiple choice
  5. Odd One Out — 3 tours same city + 1 intruder, using one-liners (not titles)
  6. The Connection — which theme links two cities (from chain data)
  7. City Personality Match — match AI personality to city (from city_profiles)

Architecture: Pre-generate large question pool (one-time batch). Lazy daily assembly: first API request for a date picks 5 from pool, writes to trivia_daily, everyone gets those 5. No cron jobs, self-healing.

Gamification: Streaks (3/7/14/30/60/100 day badges), Travel IQ (levels from Tourist to World Expert), category mastery tracking, feeds into World Map (Pillar B — trivia knowledge as third map layer), shareable results + answer cards.

Steps:

# Task Status Notes
1 Prototype question formats Done 7 formats, 18 sample questions, evaluated in docs/trivia-prototype.md
2a SQL generators for 6 formats Done data/scripts/5-trivia/generate-pool.ts — 1,035 questions across 6 formats
2b Haiku batch for fake tour titles Done data/scripts/5-trivia/generate-fakes.ts — 200 real_or_fake questions via Haiku
2c DB schema + pool generation script Done 3 tables (trivia_pool, trivia_daily, trivia_scores) + 1,235 total pool questions
2d GeoIP2 setup on droplet Done libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 + GeoLite2-Country.mmdb + X-Country-Code header. Same pattern as ScreenTrades.
3 Backend API endpoints Done backend/src/routes/trivia.ts — daily, answer, results, score, stats, practice. Lazy daily assembly.
4 iOS game UI + streaks + sharing Done Daily challenge, practice mode, results screen, streaks/Travel IQ. Smoke tested on device.
5 Tab restructure (5-tab layout) Done 5 tabs: Roulette, Discover (RN+WM+SD), World Map, Trivia, Profile. Deep links/intents/widgets preserved.

Phase 2: Travel Awareness — DONE

The app is alive when it's closed. Significant location changes + CLMonitor geofencing detect city arrivals, send welcome notifications, auto-light World Map pins blue. All data local. Progressive permission flow. Map auto-follows location. Tested on device with simulated locations.

Full architecture in docs/ios-v2-plan.md.

# Task Status Notes
1 TravelAwarenessService — CLLocationManager + CLMonitor Done Singleton, @Observable, manages permissions + geofence rotation
2 Permission flow UI — explainer + progressive auth Done NearbyAlertsExplainer sheet, WIU → Always escalation after first detection
3 Significant location change → nearest-20 geofences Done Bounding-box pre-filter + distance sort, debug-mode continuous updates
4 Geofence entry → city welcome notification Done Foreground banner support, 6hr cooldown, 2/day cap, "Welcome back" for returns
5 CityVisit model + UserDefaults persistence Done Cached visitedDestinationIds, separate notification-sent counter
6 World Map — third pin color (physically visited = blue) Done Blue/green/orange pin scheme, visited count in stats overlay
7 Profile tab — travel journal + nearby alerts toggle Done Recent visits with dates, return badges, toggle in Preferences
8 Info.plist + entitlements + background modes Done Both purpose strings, UIBackgroundModes location
9 Map auto-follow + single location manager Done Removed redundant MapLocationManager, map re-centers on >1km movement

Phase 3: Polish + Resubmit

# Task Status Notes
1 Travel identity / shareable card Not Started Evolving archetype from visits + favorites + trivia
2 Full QA pass Not Started Every tab, deep link, intent, widget
3 App Store screenshots + preview video Not Started Show Map, Trivia, Discover, city welcome
4 App Review notes — feature walkthrough Not Started Explain native integrations, how to test background location
5 Resubmit to App Store Not Started v2.0

Waiting

F-Droid Review

Submitted MR #34392. AutoUpdateMode configured.

Future

  • Weekly data refresh + delta sync to mobile apps
  • On-demand chain generation (user types two cities)
  • iPad layout
  • City discovery pages
  • Theme browsing
  • Android v2 feature parity
  • Backend language migration (Python/Go) — structure already supports it