# Product Architecture

*Revised April 2026.*

## Launch product: Mizan Render

**$20/seat/month.**

Protocol-aware Edge caching + PSR delivery via Cloudflare + render
Workers + TS backend hosting via Workers for Platforms.

Developer's stack = their backend + database. Cloudflare handles
read traffic, rendering, and caching.

## Deferred: Mizan Deploy

Django hosting requires IaaS compliance: gVisor, KMS, NIS2,
multi-state privacy. ~$5–8K legal costs.

**Deferred until Render revenue funds it.**

TS "Deploy" exists via Workers for Platforms at no additional
compliance cost.

## Free framework: mizan-cache (origin-side cache)

Python package implementing the **full cache protocol locally** —
same HMAC key derivation, metadata schema, and purge semantics as
Edge.

Three backends:

- In-memory dict (default)
- Redis
- SQLite

### Dual purpose

1. Makes the free framework genuinely powerful (PSR + typed hooks +
   invalidation + caching with zero cost).
2. Provides a unit-testable surface for all cache mechanics without
   Cloudflare.

## Spec additions

- `@client(cache=False)` — uncacheable; emits `Cache-Control: no-store`.
- Cache ABI: `get(key)`, `put(key, response, metadata)`,
  `purge(context, params)`.

## Launch compliance (Render only)

Entirely Cloudflare Workers + management API (Django/Postgres):

- GDPR DPA + privacy policy + subprocessor list — ~$500–1K legal
- DMCA — $6
- No NIS2, no gVisor, no KMS

## Invariant

All architecture decisions target the Render-only launch posture.
Don't build Deploy infrastructure prematurely.
