KernelBrief beta status
The public product is moving from launch-candidate shell to static-first publication.
What works
- Static-rendered homepage, topic hubs, story pages, source directory, jobs, newsletter, submit, sponsor, and policy routes.
- 6 source-backed launch dispatches.
- 20 curated external jobs labelled as not employer-submitted.
- Comment and story submission APIs are review-gated.
Coming next
- Public approved comment rendering and HN-style sorting.
- Project-watch alert waitlist.
- Measured sponsor media kit.
- Employer-submitted jobs flow with manual billing.
Known limitations
- Production admin protection still depends on Cloudflare Access or an equivalent route-level auth gate.
- Newsletter provider naming is finalized before public newsletter launch.
- Paid alerts are not enabled in beta.