box-box/plan.md

box-box Roadmap

A living document tracking the evolution of box-box from a solid F1 terminal dashboard into the ultimate pit wall companion.

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Phase 1 — "Pit Wall Mode" (Enhance What Exists)

Enrich existing tabs with data that's already available from the API but not yet rendered. Zero or minimal new API calls — prioritizes computed insights from data we already fetch.

• Starting Grid View — Show qualifying lap times and grid order in Race Detail tab (secondary data tier, Race sessions only)
• Tyre Degradation Analysis — Compute deg rate per stint from existing laps + stints data in Driver Detail. Show pace drop-off, stint consistency, and degradation sparklines
• Sector & Speed Analysis — Sector time sparklines (S1/S2/S3) and speed trap trends from existing lap data in Driver Detail
• Gap Trend Sparklines in Live Feed — Track gap-to-leader history per driver over WebSocket updates. Show mini trend indicator in the timing tower during races

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Phase 2 — "Race Director" (Killer Features)

New views that reconstruct the race narrative and make box-box indispensable during a live session.

• ASCII Track Map — Render track outline from Location data with live car positions colored by team
• Race Replay / Lap Scrubber — Step through a completed race lap-by-lap with full context (positions, pits, RC messages, weather). Arrow keys scrub, showing the field evolve over time
• Battle Tracker — Auto-detect duels (drivers within DRS range) and show head-to-head gap analysis, pace comparison, and pit strategy divergence
• Pit Window Calculator — Predict rejoin position if a driver pits now, based on current gaps + avg pit loss + estimated tyre deg rate

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Phase 3 — "Engineering Room" (Companion Web View)

A lightweight local web UI for visualizations that need a proper canvas.

• box-box --web server — Spawn a localhost SPA from Go embedded assets, sharing the same SQLite cache
• SVG Track Map — Animated car positions on a real circuit layout with team colors
• Telemetry Overlay — Interactive throttle/brake/speed graph through a lap (D3.js or Canvas)
• Strategy Timeline — Visual pit stop and stint timeline for the full field

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Phase 4 — "Always On" (Background Intelligence)

Passive monitoring and historical analysis features.

• Daemon / Notification Mode — box-box --watch sends OS notifications for key race events (flags, overtakes, pit stops)
• Championship Simulator — "What if" scenarios: set finishing positions per driver and project championship standings forward
• Multi-Year Driver Comparison — Career arc and season-over-season stats with win/pole rates
• tmux / Status Bar Integration — Compact race status output for shell prompts and status bars