Current Reality (March 2026)

Ionify’s unified engine is production-ready at the core level. The dependency model, transform pipeline, persistent graph, vendor optimization, and usage-driven pack slimming are all stable and restart-safe.

What’s Stable

● Persistent engine architecture (unified pipeline for dev + prod)

● Rust-native dependency resolution with full CJS/ESM interop

● Progressive vendor packs with chunk-group isolation and few-request warm mode

● Usage-driven pack slimming with persistent analysis, CAS-backed slim variants, and deterministic routing

● Workspace engine: monorepo + Git submodule support with shared `.ionify/` state and cross-app pack reuse

● CAS-first hydration across dev, build, and test

● React Fast Refresh, HMR, and TypeScript-first pipeline

● `ionify build` with production packs preflight, CAS hit/miss metrics, and deterministic outputs

What Shipped Recently

• Few-request + slim packs: warm-start serves most deps through `core/ui/data` packs with slim variants when ready

• Workspace-shared Graph/CAS: open one app, the next app is near-instant

• Deterministic workspace module IDs (`ws://...`) — no absolute-path leakage

• CAS-first build transforms with honest hit/miss metrics

• `ionify analyze` exposes request/byte savings per pack

Next Focus

• Dependency analyzer: visualize the dependency tree and identify bloat from the CLI

• Bundle bloat detection: suggest lighter alternatives automatically

• Duplicate package detection across versions

• Telemetry foundation for AI-assisted optimization