1. Start as a 1-1 chat app
2. Start adding a personal feed (micro blogging, blogs, stories, galleries etc..) where your contacts can see your posts in special tab (Signal already has that, Jumble has 24hrs updates etc..).
3. Support group chats for gossip and topical conversations. Keep groups at sub 1000 users max to keep encryption simple.
4. Add another tab to see posts from people in groups you are in, and especially people you interacted with in these groups but didn't add to your contacts.
5. Start supporting custom widget and Vibe coded mini apps etc... become the everything app.
Every step of this is scalable, every step requires little moderation, every step is self hostable and cheap to provide for free.
The absolute hardest parts are;
1. Identity with key rotation
2. Access control and encrypted filesystem
3. Sandboxing mini apps.
But again, this roadmap is useful at day one, at day one you get the best chat app you wish for for yourself and your family... And go from there.
Nuh
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