openfantasymap/geomqtt
Dimensions
Interface surface 4 exemplary [service] A second surface: another transport (HTTP and a protocol, two protocols), an MCP server, a CLI with JSON output, or an SDK.
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)
library ladder · level 3
- ✓ L1 An importable, packaged API exists. clients/geomqtt-core/package.json npm packageclients/geomqtt-leaflet/package.json npm package
- ✓ L2 The public API is delimited (__all__, an exports map, exported identifiers). clients/geomqtt-core/package.json package entry pointclients/geomqtt-leaflet/package.json package entry point
- ✓ L3 The public API is statically typed (py.typed, type declarations, a typed language). clients/geomqtt-core/package.json TypeScript typesclients/geomqtt-leaflet/package.json TypeScript types
- ✗ L4 An API reference is generated from the code (autodoc, mkdocstrings, typedoc, …). no generated API reference
service ladder · level 4
- ✓ L1 A network surface exists: HTTP routes, an MCP server, or a standard protocol listener. crates/geomqtt-server/src/http.rs rust-axum/actix: 6 route declarationscrates/geomqtt-server/Cargo.toml RESP (Redis wire protocol)
- ✓ L2 A contract exists: a checked-in OpenAPI/GraphQL/protobuf/AsyncAPI spec, a framework-generated spec, MCP tool schemas, or a standard application protocol that off-the-shelf clients speak (RESP, MQTT, gRPC, PostgreSQL wire, …). crates/geomqtt-server/Cargo.toml RESP (Redis wire protocol)crates/geomqtt-server/Cargo.toml MQTT broker
- ✓ L3 A contract covers its transport: an HTTP contract covers at least 80% of declared routes (generated contracts do), or the application layer over a standard protocol (commands, topics, payloads) is specified in a protocol document or AsyncAPI. crates/geomqtt-server/Cargo.toml RESP (Redis wire protocol)PROTOCOL.md protocol specification
- ✓ L4 A second surface: another transport (HTTP and a protocol, two protocols), an MCP server, a CLI with JSON output, or an SDK. crates/geomqtt-server/src/http.rs HTTPclients/README.md SDK
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). 8 semver tags, latest v0.4.0
- ✗ 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. 8 tagged releases compared
Events 3 solid Signed webhooks registrable through the API, or two mechanisms (webhooks, streams, a broker).
Can others react to state changes without polling?
- next: L4 Events are described by AsyncAPI or CloudEvents. (no AsyncAPI or CloudEvents contract)
service ladder · level 3
- ✓ L1 Internal events exist (signals, queues, an outbox, emitters). clients/geomqtt-core/src/client.ts 16 matchesclients/geomqtt-leaflet/src/index.ts 1 match
- ✓ L2 Webhooks sent by this system, or a streaming endpoint (SSE, WebSocket). clients/geomqtt-unreal/Source/Geomqtt/Private/GeomqttClient.cpp 24 matchesclients/geomqtt-unreal/Source/Geomqtt/Public/GeomqttClient.h 3 matches
- ✓ L3 Signed webhooks registrable through the API, or two mechanisms (webhooks, streams, a broker). clients/geomqtt-unreal/Source/Geomqtt/Private/GeomqttClient.cpp 24 matchesbench/requirements.txt 1 match
- ✗ L4 Events are described by AsyncAPI or CloudEvents. no AsyncAPI or CloudEvents contract
Identity 0 absent Not yet: Programmatic authentication (bearer tokens, API keys).
Can a machine act with its own revocable, least-privilege identity?
- next: L1 Programmatic authentication (bearer tokens, API keys). (no token auth)
service ladder · level 0
- ✗ L1 Programmatic authentication (bearer tokens, API keys). no token auth
- ✗ L2 Per-client, revocable credentials (managed API keys, service accounts) or OAuth2. no managed keys or OAuth
- ✗ L3 Credentials carry scopes or permissions. no scopes or permissions
- ✗ L4 Standard provisioning or federation (OIDC client credentials, SCIM). no OIDC client credentials or SCIM
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 1 ad hoc [service] Errors are machine-readable: consistent JSON over HTTP, or a standard protocol's native error replies (RESP errors, MQTT reason codes, gRPC status, SQLSTATE).
Can an automated caller use it without guessing, and recover from failure?
- next: [service] L2 Field-level validation errors, and paginated lists. (no request validation)
- next: [library] 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. clients/geomqtt-core/src/config.ts 1 match
- ✗ 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
service ladder · level 1
- ✓ L1 Errors are machine-readable: consistent JSON over HTTP, or a standard protocol's native error replies (RESP errors, MQTT reason codes, gRPC status, SQLSTATE). crates/geomqtt-server/src/resp.rs native protocol error repliescrates/geomqtt-server/src/mqtt.rs native protocol error replies
- ✗ L2 Field-level validation errors, and paginated lists. no request validation
- ✗ L3 Typed errors (RFC 9457 over HTTP, or a standard protocol's typed error codes), idempotent writes (Idempotency-Key), and rate-limit signals. no idempotency keys
- ✗ L4 Dry-run or validate-only, conditional requests, and agent docs. no dry-run
Embeddability 4 exemplary [service] Composition artifacts (compose, Helm, IaC).
Can another system run and compose it without a human?
- next: [library] L4 Optional features behind extras/features. (no optional extras)
library ladder · level 3
- ✓ L1 Importable from source. clients/geomqtt-core/package.json npm packageclients/geomqtt-leaflet/package.json npm package
- ✓ L2 Installable as a package (a package manifest). clients/geomqtt-core/package.json package manifestclients/geomqtt-leaflet/package.json package manifest
- ✓ L3 Published to a public registry, with at most 10 runtime dependencies. .github/workflows/npm.yml 1 match.github/workflows/release.yml 1 match
- ✗ L4 Optional features behind extras/features. no optional extras
service ladder · level 4
- ✓ L1 Runnable from source with documented steps (a README with commands). README.md
- ✓ L2 Configured through environment variables, documented: a .env example, a config schema, or docs naming at least half of the variables the code reads. crates/geomqtt-server/src/config.rs 1 match 13 of 13 environment variables named in the docs
- ✓ L3 A container image. Dockerfilebench/Dockerfile
- ✓ L4 Composition artifacts (compose, Helm, IaC). bench/docker-compose.bench.ymlbench/docker-compose.multinode-10.yml
Extensibility 0 absent Not yet: Internal seams: a registry, registration function or plugin manager.
Can behaviour be added without modifying the code?
- next: L1 Internal seams: a registry, registration function or plugin manager. (no registry or registration function)
all ladder · level 0
- ✗ L1 Internal seams: a registry, registration function or plugin manager. no registry or registration function
- ✗ 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 1 ad hoc [service] A health or readiness endpoint, or a container healthcheck.
Can an operator, or an orchestrating agent, tell whether it works and why not?
- next: [service] L2 Structured logs. (no structured logging)
- next: [library] 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
service ladder · level 1
- ✓ L1 A health or readiness endpoint, or a container healthcheck. crates/geomqtt-server/src/http.rs 1 matchbench/docker-compose.bench.yml 2 matches
- ✗ L2 Structured logs. no structured logging
- ✗ L3 Metrics. no metrics
- ✗ L4 Distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry). no tracing
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 0.09 < 0.3)
all ladder · level 2
- ✓ L1 A README and some tests. README.mdclients/geomqtt-core/tests/coord.test.ts 3 test files
- ✓ L2 CI runs the tests; applications pin dependencies (libraries and zero-dependency projects are exempt). .github/workflows/ci.yml.github/workflows/npm.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 0.09 < 0.3
- ✓ L4 No import cycles, and agent docs (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, llms.txt). CLAUDE.md
Make or buy
Make with agents
175,672 output + 4,391,800 input tokens
on anthropic:claude-opus-5-5 ≈ $7.
1.9 agent-hours · 3.6 human days (2.1 steering + 1.5 rediscovering history).
$2,809 over 3 years
Buy (adopt as is)
5 min to running (via service) + 2 min to first use (via service).
240 min/year of upgrades; price $0/year.
$812 over 3 years
Buying wins below $666 per year. How this is estimated.
Classic COCOMO vs neosloc value
Classic COCOMO (sloccount)
4.29 KSLOC → 11.1 person-months over 6.2 months.
$125k
The effort to write it by hand, as COCOMO priced it in 1981.
neosloc value (neoCOCOMO)
Reproduce with agents: 3.1 PM (×0.28 of classic; 59% of behaviour captured by tests, contract and docs).
Rediscover uncaptured history: 0.1 PM (1 fixes in 28 commits by 1 authors).
× leverage 0.97 (integrability) × obsolescence 0.95.
$33k (3.0 PM)
What survives
27% of the classic figure
2% of the replacement cost lives only in code and history.
History
| Evaluated | Commit | neosloc | Index | Make or buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | e24a4a64b17a | 0.8.0 | 1.78 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | e24a4a64b17a | 0.7.4 | 1.78 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | e24a4a64b17a | 0.7.3 | 1.78 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | e24a4a64b17a | 0.7.2 | 1.78 | buy |
| 2026-10-07 | e24a4a64b17a | 0.7.1 | 1.78 | buy |