2026-04-17Today
Integrity, expansion, and the RFP marketplace
- →Catalog expanded to 500+ tools (vertical SaaS, engineering infrastructure, AI & creative)
- →3-Tool Shortlist at /shortlist — structured intake, Claude picks 3 with honest tradeoffs
- →Anonymous RFP marketplace at /rfp — buyers post, vendors pitch, identity stays hidden
- →Tool Telemetry — vendor-change feed (pricing, features, policy) on homepage + per-tool timelines
- →Editorial reviews — 32 bylined StackMatch analyst verdicts on tool pages, clearly separated from user reviews
- →Integrity cleanup — removed seeded community reviews and seeded pricing-submission data; both surfaces now show only real, user-contributed content
- →Vendor self-serve submission at /vendor/submit with editorial review queue
- →Admin consoles — tool ratings, tool events, tool submissions, vendor claims (is_admin gate)
- →Branded auth emails via Resend (confirm signup, magic link, password reset, change email)
2026-04-16Prior
Legitimacy layer
- →Privacy Policy + Terms of Service pages shipped
- →Founder story at /about
- →Public changelog (this page)
- →Dynamic Open Graph images for every tool page — previews now render with tool avatar, name, rating, pricing
- →Referral loop — unique codes, click tracking, invite surface on profile
- →Embed widget — iframe-friendly AI Advisor + install page at /embed
- →Vision manifesto at /vision with 5-phase roadmap
2026-04-15Major
Unfair moats
- →Personalized AI Advisor — pulls user profile (role/size/industry) into every chat turn
- →Similar buyers saved — network-effect feature on every tool page
- →Outcome tracking — evaluating / shortlisted / bought / rejected status on saved tools
- →Live activity feed on homepage — real events from analytics_events
- →StackGraph at /graph — proprietary visual map of the tool landscape
- →Share dropdown on every tool page (Email, X, LinkedIn, Slack, copy-link)
- →Design polish — brand mark, generated tool avatars, micro-interactions, refined color system, skeleton loaders
2026-04-15
UX overhaul + polish
- →Global search bar in nav with ⌘K shortcut + keyboard navigation
- →Mobile nav (slide-out drawer with all 11 links)
- →Tool detail page fully redesigned — dark hero, stat strip, when-to-use cards, sticky sidebar
- →Stack management schema (status column on stack_tools)
- →Multi-tool compare — checkbox selection on ToolCard + floating CompareBar + /compare/multi
- →Recently Viewed drawer with floating button + persistence
- →30-second onboarding modal (role / company size / industry)
2026-04-15
SEO + programmatic landing pages
- →45 role landing pages at /for/[role] (Finance, Eng, Sales, Marketing, Product, Ops, People, Legal, Leadership)
- →35 industries at /industry — 10 featured with full stacks + compliance, 25 more AI-advisor-powered
- →Auto-generated comparison pages for every category's top tools
- →Dynamic sitemap.xml covering all 500+ pages + robots.txt
2026-04-15
Vendor dashboard + Stripe
- →Vendor dashboard at /vendor/dashboard with buyer intent data, competitive comparisons, reviews
- →Stripe checkout live — Founding Vendor rate $99/mo (vs $499 list, locked for life)
- →Webhook handler auto-updates vendor plan on successful checkout
- →Admin vendor claim approval queue at /admin/vendor-claims
2026-04-15
Platform intelligence layer
- →Enterprise API v1 — /tools, /search, /recommend, /compare endpoints with Bearer auth
- →API key generation + SHA-256 hashed storage at /profile
- →Public API docs at /api-docs
- →Analytics events pipeline — every view, compare, save, AI query logged anonymously
- →Palantir-view SQL views: tool_interest_daily, category_interest_daily, session_intent
2026-04-15
Reviews + pricing crowdsource
- →User reviews on every tool page (write, read, anonymized display)
- →Real-world pricing benchmarks — submit, aggregate, show median/range by company size
- →Stack share pages at /stacks/[slug] — public share links
- →Live "Platform Pulse" stats on homepage pulling real numbers from Supabase
2026-04-15Launch
Foundation — the full platform
- →Supabase migration (8 tables, RLS policies, auth triggers)
- →Magic link authentication via Resend + custom email template
- →296 tools across 60+ categories seeded
- →AI Advisor with Claude Sonnet 4.6 + keyword-scored RAG retrieval
- →Saved stacks, vendor claim flow, pricing page with Palantir model
- →Live at stack-match.io with Google Workspace email
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