GestaltBI/gestaltbi-core
Dimensions
Interface surface 3 solid [library] The public API is statically typed (py.typed, type declarations, a typed language).
Can another program use it through a documented, machine-readable surface?
- next: [library] L4 An API reference is generated from the code (autodoc, mkdocstrings, typedoc, …). (no generated API reference)
- next: [frontend] L1 A programmatic surface besides the UI. (a UI is not a programmatic surface)
frontend ladder · level 0
- ✗ L1 A programmatic surface besides the UI. a UI is not a programmatic surface
library ladder · level 3
- ✓ L1 An importable, packaged API exists. packages/stream/package.json npm package
- ✓ L2 The public API is delimited (__all__, an exports map, exported identifiers). packages/stream/package.json package entry point
- ✓ L3 The public API is statically typed (py.typed, type declarations, a typed language). packages/stream/package.json TypeScript types
- ✗ L4 An API reference is generated from the code (autodoc, mkdocstrings, typedoc, …). no generated API reference
Contract stability 1 ad hoc Releases are versioned (semver tags or versioned changelog sections).
Can integrators rely on it not changing under them?
- next: L2 A changelog exists and marks breaking changes. (no changelog)
all ladder · level 1
- ✓ L1 Releases are versioned (semver tags or versioned changelog sections). 1 semver tags, latest v0.1.0
- ✗ L2 A changelog exists and marks breaking changes. no changelog
- ✗ L3 A deprecation mechanism is used in code (warnings, @deprecated, Deprecation/Sunset headers) or the API is versioned. no deprecation mechanism or API versioning
- ✗ L4 Across tagged releases, no OpenAPI operation, CLI option or __all__ symbol was removed without first being deprecated. fewer than two tagged releases to compare
Events n/a Not applicable: no service and no long-running CLI mode (batch CLIs, libraries and desktop apps have no events).
Can others react to state changes without polling?
Identity n/a Not applicable: uses no credentials and has no service surface.
Can a machine act with its own revocable, least-privilege identity?
Data portability n/a Not applicable: owns no persistent data.
Can its data get in and out, in bulk, in open formats, with an explicit schema?
Agent ergonomics 0 absent Not yet: Errors are specific exception types, and library code never calls sys.exit.
Can an automated caller use it without guessing, and recover from failure?
- next: L1 Errors are specific exception types, and library code never calls sys.exit. (no exception classes)
library ladder · level 0
- ✗ L1 Errors are specific exception types, and library code never calls sys.exit. no exception classes
- ✓ L2 Inputs are validated with messages naming the bad argument. packages/stream/src/ops/recognize.ts 3 matchespackages/stream/src/ops/cohort.ts 2 matches
- ✗ L3 Timeouts and retries are configurable. no timeout parameter
- ✗ L4 Agent docs, and examples that run as tests (doctests). examples don't run as tests
Embeddability 2 partial Installable as a package (a package manifest).
Can another system run and compose it without a human?
- next: L3 Published to a public registry, with at most 10 runtime dependencies. (34 runtime dependencies (more than 10))
library ladder · level 2
- ✓ L1 Importable from source. packages/stream/package.json npm package
- ✓ L2 Installable as a package (a package manifest). packages/stream/package.json package manifest
- ✗ L3 Published to a public registry, with at most 10 runtime dependencies. 34 runtime dependencies (more than 10)
- ✗ L4 Optional features behind extras/features. no optional extras
Extensibility 1 ad hoc Internal seams: a registry, registration function or plugin manager.
Can behaviour be added without modifying the code?
- next: L2 The docs show how to add behaviour through those seams (even in-tree). (no registration functions to document)
all ladder · level 1
- ✓ L1 Internal seams: a registry, registration function or plugin manager. packages/stream/src/op-registry.ts 1 match
- ✗ L2 The docs show how to add behaviour through those seams (even in-tree). no registration functions to document
- ✗ L3 Out-of-tree extensions are discovered (entry points, a plugin directory, configuration) without editing the package. extensions must be added inside the package
- ✗ L4 The extension API is versioned, has lifecycle hooks, and has example extensions. the extension API isn't versioned
Observability 0 absent Not yet: Logs through a standard logger namespace and never prints from library code.
Can an operator, or an orchestrating agent, tell whether it works and why not?
- next: L1 Logs through a standard logger namespace and never prints from library code. (no standard logger)
library ladder · level 0
- ✗ L1 Logs through a standard logger namespace and never prints from library code. no standard logger
- ✗ L2 Log levels are used meaningfully (at least two levels). fewer than two log levels used
- ✗ L3 Optional metrics or tracing hooks. no metrics or tracing hooks
- ✗ L4 OpenTelemetry instrumentation available. no OpenTelemetry instrumentation
Change legibility 2 partial CI runs the tests; applications pin dependencies (libraries and zero-dependency projects are exempt).
Can an agent change it safely with limited context?
- next: L3 At least 90% of modules fit 32k tokens and no file exceeds 12k; test/source token ratio at least 0.3; at least 70% of the code is typed. (test/source token ratio 0.16 < 0.3)
all ladder · level 2
- ✓ L1 A README and some tests. README.mdpackages/stream/test/checks.test.mjs 24 test files
- ✓ L2 CI runs the tests; applications pin dependencies (libraries and zero-dependency projects are exempt). .github/workflows/deploy.yml.github/workflows/publish-stream.yml
- ✗ L3 At least 90% of modules fit 32k tokens and no file exceeds 12k; test/source token ratio at least 0.3; at least 70% of the code is typed. test/source token ratio 0.16 < 0.3
- ✗ L4 No import cycles, and agent docs (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, llms.txt). 1 import cycles (largest: src/app/processor/data.service.ts, src/app/processor/filter.service.ts, src/app/processor/processor.service.ts)
Make or buy
Make with agents
395,544 output + 9,888,600 input tokens
on anthropic:claude-opus-5-5 ≈ $16.
4.4 agent-hours · 10.4 human days (5.5 steering + 4.8 rediscovering history).
$8,081 over 3 years
Buy (adopt as is)
15 min to running (via library) + 5 min to first use (via frontend UI).
240 min/year of upgrades; price $0/year.
$826 over 3 years
Buying wins below $2,418 per year. How this is estimated.
Classic COCOMO vs neosloc value
Classic COCOMO (sloccount)
8.94 KSLOC → 23.9 person-months over 8.4 months.
$270k
The effort to write it by hand, as COCOMO priced it in 1981.
neosloc value (neoCOCOMO)
Reproduce with agents: 8.3 PM (×0.35 of classic; 45% of behaviour captured by tests, contract and docs).
Rediscover uncaptured history: 0.2 PM (7 fixes in 55 commits by 1 authors).
× leverage 0.91 (integrability) × obsolescence 0.95.
$83k (7.4 PM)
What survives
31% of the classic figure
3% of the replacement cost lives only in code and history.
History
| Evaluated | Commit | neosloc | Index | Make or buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 7244651fa10e | 0.8.0 | 1.29 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | 7244651fa10e | 0.7.4 | 1.29 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | 7244651fa10e | 0.7.3 | 1.29 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | 7244651fa10e | 0.7.2 | 1.29 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | 7244651fa10e | 0.7.1 | 1.29 | buy |