observatory stuff

projects/coulomb-pricing/data/market_signals.json

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+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "currency": "EUR",
+  "last_reviewed": "2026-06",
+  "alternatives": [
+    {
+      "id": "github-pro",
+      "name": "GitHub Pro",
+      "category": "indirect",
+      "price_monthly_eur": "4.00",
+      "billing": "monthly",
+      "features": ["private repos", "protected branches", "CI minutes"],
+      "signal_level": "S2",
+      "observed": "2026-06",
+      "source": "public pricing page",
+      "note": "Substitute for repository hosting; lacks community and pricing-intelligence positioning."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "circle-community",
+      "name": "Circle (community platform)",
+      "category": "indirect",
+      "price_monthly_eur": "49.00",
+      "billing": "monthly",
+      "features": ["courses", "events", "member spaces", "payments"],
+      "signal_level": "S2",
+      "observed": "2026-06",
+      "source": "public pricing page",
+      "note": "Higher floor for hosted community; Coulomb is narrower and operator-led."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "patreon-creator",
+      "name": "Patreon (creator membership)",
+      "category": "substitute",
+      "price_monthly_eur": "8.00",
+      "billing": "monthly",
+      "features": ["member posts", "Discord integration", "paywall"],
+      "signal_level": "S1",
+      "observed": "2026-06",
+      "source": "public pricing page",
+      "note": "Comparable entry price point; different delivery model (content vs repo access)."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "build-in-house",
+      "name": "Build in-house community",
+      "category": "workaround",
+      "price_monthly_eur": "0.00",
+      "billing": "operator time",
+      "features": ["self-hosted forum", "manual onboarding", "no shared pricing lab"],
+      "signal_level": "S3",
+      "observed": "2026-06",
+      "source": "operator estimate",
+      "note": "Hidden cost in time; common alternative for technical founders."
+    }
+  ],
+  "notes": "Market signals are manually curated until competitive intelligence imports exist."
+}

projects/coulomb-pricing/data/value_range.json

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+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "currency": "EUR",
+  "product_id": "coulomb-social-membership",
+  "segments": [
+    {
+      "id": "solo-builder",
+      "name": "Solo builder",
+      "low_eur": "8.99",
+      "high_eur": "19.00",
+      "confidence": "hypothesis",
+      "drivers": ["private repository access", "async community", "low switching cost"],
+      "evidence": "Founding member joined at list price without negotiation."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "small-team",
+      "name": "Small product team",
+      "low_eur": "12.00",
+      "high_eur": "29.00",
+      "confidence": "hypothesis",
+      "drivers": ["shared norms", "pricing experiment sandbox", "operator proximity"],
+      "evidence": "No team-tier offer yet; inferred from comparable community memberships."
+    }
+  ],
+  "value_drivers": [
+    {
+      "id": "repo-access",
+      "label": "Repository & community access",
+      "strength": "S2",
+      "note": "Core deliverable today; differentiated by operator involvement, not feature breadth."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "pricing-lab",
+      "label": "Live pricing laboratory",
+      "strength": "S1",
+      "note": "Members observe real operator economics; value increases as observatory matures."
+    }
+  ],
+  "notes": "Value range is observatory-only until willingness-to-pay interviews and usage signals exist."
+}