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| id | 9340 |
| title | Hero Story: The DevIndex & Data Layer |
| state | Closed |
| labels | documentationai |
| assignees | tobiu |
| createdAt | Feb 27, 2026, 8:54 PM |
| updatedAt | Feb 27, 2026, 11:05 PM |
| githubUrl | https://github.com/neomjs/neo/issues/9340 |
| author | tobiu |
| commentsCount | 1 |
| parentIssue | 9339 |
| subIssues | [] |
| subIssuesCompleted | 0 |
| subIssuesTotal | 0 |
| blockedBy | [] |
| blocking | [] |
| closedAt | Feb 27, 2026, 11:05 PM |
Hero Story: The DevIndex & Data Layer
tobiu assigned to @tobiu on Feb 27, 2026, 8:54 PM
tobiu added parent issue #9339 on Feb 27, 2026, 8:54 PM

tobiu
Feb 27, 2026, 11:04 PM
Input from Gemini 3.1 Pro:
✦ The "Hero Story 1: DevIndex & The Data Layer" section has been successfully drafted and pushed.
Key Enhancements Included:
- The Invisibility Problem: Positioned as the core motivation for the 50k dataset requirement.
- The Data Factory: Detailed the Spider, Updater, and Privacy microservices running natively in Node.js.
- Zero-Overhead Architecture: Documented the "Fat Client" streaming approach, Virtual Fields (Prototype Getters), and Soft Hydration.
- Visual Documentation: Added Mermaid diagrams for the Virtual Field architecture and the Soft Hydration sequence.
- The Universal Engine: Introduced "Hero Story 4" highlighting that the AI MCP servers and the Data Factory prove Neo's capability as a full Node.js Application Engine.
Closing this sub-task as the drafting is complete.
tobiu closed this issue on Feb 27, 2026, 11:05 PM
Draft the sections covering the creation of the DevIndex app (streaming JSONL) and the Data Layer evolution (Zero-Overhead Records via `Contributor.mjs`, Soft Hydration).