Executive overview
Classification: Internal · Version: 1.0 ·
Audience: Leadership, sponsors ·
Primary focus: Infrastructure & program alignment
1. Executive summary
The VST UI mockups program maintains a static, version-controlled design surface
published at https://sqazi.sh/vst-ui/, backed by a public Git repository.
The objective is to align stakeholders on screen inventory, visual themes, and written
specifications without committing to runtime plugin infrastructure in this phase.
2. Strategic objectives
- Single canonical URL for mockups and design artifacts (low friction for reviews).
- Infrastructure minimalism: static hosting, no application servers, predictable cost.
- Traceability: every published view maps to committed HTML/CSS and
docs/.
- Scalable documentation model (executive → CTO → design) without duplication of truth.
3. Infrastructure & delivery (executive view)
| Layer |
Decision |
| Source of truth |
Git repository (main); peer review via standard PR workflow. |
| Publication |
Static site generation implied (HTML/CSS/JS only); deployed to user-facing URL. |
| Public entry |
https://sqazi.sh/vst-ui/ (canonical); infrastructure path documented for CTO. |
| Availability |
Aligned with hosting provider SLA (typically 99.9%+ for static CDN-class services). |
| Data & PII |
No user accounts or persistent user data in this surface; low regulatory surface area. |
4. Governance
- Product / design owns mockup IA, labels, and design specification content.
- Engineering leadership (CTO) owns technical requirements, deploy path, and security posture.
- Executive approves scope changes that imply new infrastructure or vendor commitments.
5. Investment & risk (summary)
- Cost: Dominated by engineering time; marginal hosting cost for static assets.
- Key risk: Drift between published site and repo if deploy automation is bypassed—mitigated by single-branch publish discipline.
- Dependency risk: Reliance on DNS and TLS for custom domain; documented in the software engineering requirements specification.
6. Roadmap (indicative)
- Maintain living mockups and three document streams (this overview, software engineering requirements specification, design guide).
- Expand mockup set as product definition stabilizes.
- Future phase (out of scope here): optional integration with real VST shell or design tokens pipeline.
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