YTChatHub/memory-bank/activeContext.md

Active Context

Current Focus

• Simplified project layout: single pnpm package with client/, backend/, and shared/ folders; no workspaces.
• Backend and UI skeletons run via pnpm dev, ready for real stream integration and UX polish.

Recent Decisions

• Removed pnpm workspaces to reduce setup friction; all dependencies now live in the root package.json.
• Adopted tsx for running the backend in dev, so we avoid ESM loader quirks from ts-node.
• Maintained Innertube (youtubei.js) ingestion with mock fallback to keep development unblocked without credentials.

Immediate Next Steps

1. Verify pnpm install + pnpm dev on a clean machine, ensuring backend and client start smoothly.
2. Harden backend ingestion (error handling, reconnection/backoff) now that the runtime setup is stable.
3. Flesh out operator dashboard UX (filters/search, live status indicators) and document configuration in README/onboarding notes.

Open Questions

• Whether to persist Innertube visitor data between runs to reduce boot time and API churn.
• When to introduce optional persistence (SQLite) given better-sqlite3 is now a direct runtime dependency.