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Dylan 342a8f8382 Break v3 into 16 tickets
One file per feature, in the v2 shape that worked: goal, context, design,
implementation, acceptance criteria, tests, risks, out of scope -- written before
implementing so the risks are on paper rather than walked into.

Three carry more weight than their size suggests. V3-01 ships the port's first
real migration, and since the destructive fallback is gone, getting addColumn and
a v1-database test right matters more than the feature. V3-08 forces a
routing-engine decision with ongoing cost, so it sits behind a RoutingService
interface mirroring what LocationSource did for GPS. V3-13 is not code at all --
it answers the three questions open since v2, and V3-15 may close unbuilt as a
result, which is a legitimate outcome.

Several tickets record constraints that are easy to lose: no activity picker in
front of Start, because the founding premise is press-and-go with gloves; the
Route-to-Trip foreign key must not cascade, or deleting an old plan deletes the
ride; V3-14 will deliberately break the parity harness by adding GPX <type>, and
that expectation should be updated rather than the check dropped; and V3-16 must
not regress the explicit text colours that exist because of the black-on-black bug.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-17 10:41:35 -05:00

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# V3-08 — Road-snapped routing and ETA
**Phase** Route planning · **Depends on** V3-07, benefits from V3-01 · **Size** L · **Status** Not started
## Goal
Resolve the actual shortest path along roads between pins, and estimate how long the ride
will take.
## Context
This is what Dylan asked for. It is also the ticket with a **decision that cannot be
deferred**: road-snapped routing needs a routing engine over OpenStreetMap data, and the
choice has ongoing consequences.
## Design
### Choosing an engine — decide before writing code
| Option | Trade-off |
|---|---|
| **Public OSRM demo** | Free, zero setup, **explicitly not for production**, rate-limited. Prototype only. |
| **Self-hosted OSRM** | Fast, well understood. Needs a machine and a regional OSM extract (a province is a few GB). |
| **GraphHopper** | Self-hostable, good cycling/motorcycle profiles, friendlier ETAs |
| **Valhalla** | Best multi-modal profiles, heaviest to run |
| **Mapbox / Google** | No ops, per-request billing, an API key shipped in the app |
**Profiles matter more here than usual.** A motorcycle route and a bicycle route between
the same pins genuinely differ — cycling engines avoid motorways, and a motorcyclist often
wants the twisty road rather than the fast one. This is where V3-01 pays off: the activity
selects the profile.
Put it behind a `RoutingService` interface with a fake, exactly as `LocationSource` did for
GPS. That seam is what made swapping the location engine cheap, and the same argument
applies here.
### ETA is a promise, and easy to get wrong
Engines estimate from posted speed limits. That is not how long *you* take. Once there is
history, the rider's own average moving speed for that activity — already stored on every
`Trip` — is a better predictor.
Show the engine's estimate, then replace it with a personal one once there is enough
history to justify it. Label which is which.
### Caching
Cache the returned polyline on `Route.geometry`. A saved plan must open offline and must
not re-bill a request every time it is viewed.
## Implementation
1. Decide the engine. Write the decision and its reasoning into this file.
2. `RoutingService` interface + implementation + `FakeRoutingService`
3. Resolve on pin change, debounced — not on every drag frame
4. Persist geometry, distance and duration on `Route`
5. Personal ETA from `Trip` history, once ≥5 rides of that activity exist
6. Graceful offline behaviour: fall back to straight lines and say so
## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Pins resolve to a road-following polyline
- [ ] Distance reflects the road path, not the straight line
- [ ] Activity changes the profile and can change the route
- [ ] A saved route renders offline from cached geometry, with no network call
- [ ] Offline with no cache degrades to straight lines with a visible explanation
- [ ] No API key is committed to the repository
## Tests
- `FakeRoutingService` drives every path: success, failure, offline, empty
- Cached geometry means no second request — assert the fake is called once
- Personal ETA maths against fixed history
- **No live network calls in any test**
## Risks
- **Vendor lock-in and cost.** The interface is the mitigation.
- Debouncing matters: dragging a pin could otherwise fire dozens of requests.
- OSM route quality varies. It will occasionally suggest something daft; that is the data,
not a bug to chase.
## Out of scope
Turn-by-turn navigation and voice guidance. That is a different product.