Project Roadmap

🎉 Current State: Production-Ready Maturity

Tasker Engine represents a significant milestone - a robust, enterprise-grade workflow orchestration engine with comprehensive features, excellent developer experience, and production-ready observability.

✅ Core Competencies - COMPLETED

• Workflow Orchestration: Complex dependency graphs, parallel execution, state management

• Task & Step Management: Comprehensive lifecycle management with retry strategies

• Database Foundation: Multi-database support, optimized SQL functions, migrations

• Authentication & Authorization: Provider-agnostic with JWT example, role-based permissions

• REST API: Complete handler discovery, task management, OpenAPI documentation

• Configuration System: Type-safe dry-struct validation, comprehensive parameter coverage

• Health Monitoring: Kubernetes-compatible endpoints, detailed system status

• Event System: 50+ lifecycle events with pub/sub architecture

• Registry Systems: Thread-safe HandlerFactory, PluginRegistry, SubscriberRegistry

• Telemetry Foundation: OpenTelemetry integration, plugin architecture, metrics backend

• Developer Experience: Generators, comprehensive documentation, 1,479 passing tests

✅ Enterprise Features - COMPLETED

• Thread Safety: Concurrent operations with Concurrent::Hash storage

• Structured Logging: Correlation IDs, JSON formatting, comprehensive context

• Interface Validation: Strict contract enforcement across all components

• Namespace Organization: Multi-tenant handler organization with versioning

• Error Handling: Fail-fast philosophy with detailed error reporting

• Performance: Optimized SQL functions, minimal overhead, production-tested

• Observability: Event-driven architecture with comprehensive instrumentation

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🎯 Recently Completed

✅ v0.9.0 - API Documentation Complete

Status: COMPLETED ✅

Objective: Complete API documentation ecosystem - ACHIEVED

• ✅ RSwag Integration: Successfully converted health & metrics controller specs to RSwag format

• ✅ OpenAPI Completeness: All endpoints documented with comprehensive schemas and examples

• ✅ Interactive Swagger UI: Professional API console accessible at /tasker/api-docs

• ✅ Rails Engine Integration: Solved RSwag mounting challenge with proper dummy app configuration

Key Achievements:

• Complete Endpoint Coverage: Health, metrics, handlers, tasks, GraphQL all documented

• Interactive Testing: Try-it-out functionality for all endpoints via Swagger UI

• Professional Presentation: Enterprise-grade API documentation matching industry standards

• Authentication Documentation: Comprehensive auth scenarios and examples

• Developer Experience: Streamlined integration with clear schemas and response examples

Docker Development & Enhanced Examples**

Timeline: 3-4 weeks

Objective: Prove production readiness through real-world integration

Integration Testing Scripts

Create Rails runner scripts for validating external system integration:

Jaeger Integration Scripts (using Jaeger APIs):

# scripts/validate_jaeger_integration.rb
# - Query traces via Jaeger HTTP API
# - Validate span hierarchy and timing
# - Test trace correlation across workflow steps
# - Generate integration health reports

Prometheus Integration Scripts (using Prometheus APIs):

# scripts/validate_prometheus_integration.rb
# - Query metrics via Prometheus HTTP API
# - Validate metric collection and labeling
# - Test alerting rule compatibility
# - Generate metrics health dashboards

Demo Application & Guided Experience

Comprehensive Demo Setup using DummyJSON:

# scripts/setup_demo_application.rb
# Creates a functioning Rails app demonstrating:
# - Complex workflow patterns (user registration, order processing, inventory management)
# - External API integration with DummyJSON
# - Error handling and retry scenarios
# - Multi-step business processes
# - Real-time monitoring and observability

Enhanced Quick Start Guide:

• Step-by-step walkthrough of demo app creation

• Detailed explanation of each workflow pattern

• Integration points and configuration options

• Troubleshooting and best practices

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🚀 Medium-Term Vision (v3.0.0+)

Content & Community Building

Timeline: 6-12 months

Educational Content Strategy:

• Blog Post Series: "Building Production Workflows with Tasker"

  • Core concepts and value proposition

  • Real-world use case walkthroughs

  • Advanced patterns and configurations

  • Performance optimization techniques

• Video Content: Short-form tutorials and deep-dives

  • "Tasker in 5 Minutes" - Core value demonstration

  • "Complex Workflow Patterns" - Advanced use cases

  • "Production Deployment" - Operations and monitoring

• Community Engagement: Conference talks, open-source showcases

Developer Experience Enhancement

Timeline: 3-6 months

Advanced Tooling:

• Workflow Designer: Visual workflow creation and editing

• Performance Profiler: Built-in bottleneck identification

• Testing Framework: Workflow-specific testing utilities

• Deployment Tools: Docker images, Helm charts, Terraform modules

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🌟 Long-Term Vision: Polyglot Ecosystem

Rust Core Extraction

Timeline: 12-24 months

Strategic Vision: Extract core workflow orchestration logic into a high-performance Rust library, enabling polyglot ecosystem adoption.

Phase 1: Core Logic Extraction

• Workflow Engine: State machine logic, dependency resolution

• Query Optimization: SQL generation and execution planning

• Orchestration Logic: Task scheduling, retry mechanisms

• Event System: High-performance pub/sub with minimal allocations

Phase 2: Language Bindings

Ruby Integration via Magnus:

# Tasker::Core (Rust-powered)
# - Zero-copy data structures where possible
# - Native Ruby ergonomics maintained
# - Backward compatibility guaranteed

Python Integration via PyO3:

# tasker_py - Python workflow orchestration
# - Django/Flask integration patterns
# - Async/await compatibility
# - Pandas/NumPy data processing workflows

TypeScript/JavaScript via Deno FFI or WASM:

// @tasker/core - Node.js/Deno workflow engine
// - Express/Fastify middleware integration
// - Promise-based async patterns
// - TypeScript-first API design

Phase 3: Distributed Architecture

Cross-Language Workflow Coordination:

• Shared State Management: Distributed workflow state across language boundaries

• Event Coordination: Cross-system event propagation and handling

• Resource Sharing: Efficient data passing between polyglot components

• Unified Monitoring: Single observability plane across all language implementations

Ecosystem Benefits

• Performance: Memory-safe, zero-cost abstractions from Rust core

• Reliability: Proven workflow logic across all language implementations

• Flexibility: Choose the right language for each component while maintaining workflow consistency

• Scalability: High-performance core enables massive workflow processing

• Innovation: Enable new architectural patterns in polyglot distributed systems

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🎯 Strategic Priorities

Immediate Focus (Next 3 Months)

1. API Documentation Completion (v0.9.0)

2. Integration Validation Scripts (Jaeger, Prometheus)

3. Demo Application Creation (DummyJSON integration)

4. Content Creation Planning (Blog posts, videos)

Medium-Term Goals (3-12 Months)

1. Community Building (Content publication, conference talks)

2. Advanced Developer Tools (Visual designer, profiling tools)

3. Enterprise Features (Advanced monitoring, deployment automation)

4. Ecosystem Expansion (Additional language bindings research)

Long-Term Vision (1-2 Years)

1. Rust Core Development (Performance and memory safety)

2. Polyglot Ecosystem (Multi-language workflow coordination)

3. Distributed Orchestration (Cross-system workflow management)

4. Industry Leadership (Establish Tasker as the polyglot workflow standard)

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🏆 Success Metrics

Technical Excellence

• Test Coverage: Maintain >70% with comprehensive integration tests

• Performance: Sub-100ms API response times, efficient SQL execution

• Reliability: 99.9%+ uptime in production deployments

• Security: Zero critical vulnerabilities, comprehensive auth/authz

Developer Adoption

• Documentation Quality: Complete API coverage, clear examples

• Ease of Use: <30 minute setup for complex workflows

• Community Growth: Active contributors, issue resolution, feature requests

• Enterprise Readiness: Production deployments, case studies, testimonials

Ecosystem Impact

• Cross-Language Adoption: Successful bindings for 3+ languages

• Performance Leadership: Benchmark superiority in workflow processing

• Innovation Catalyst: Enable new architectural patterns and use cases

• Industry Recognition: Conference presentations, technical publications

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Tasker represents the evolution from a side-project to a production-ready, enterprise-grade workflow orchestration platform with a vision for polyglot distributed systems.