Changelog

What we've shipped.

Building in public. 8 major releases in the last 48 hours. Here's the receipt.

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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