# Pre-Release Checklist for ascii-dag v0.1.0

## Critical Items ✅ ALL DONE

- [x] **Adjacency list bug fixed** - Now stores indices instead of IDs
- [x] **All tests pass** - 13 unit tests + 13 doc tests
- [x] **License files present** - MIT OR Apache-2.0
- [x] **README with examples** - Clear quick start and usage
- [x] **Limitations documented** - Honest about scope and scale
- [x] **CHANGELOG created** - v0.1.0 documented
- [x] **Cargo.toml metadata** - Version, authors, description, keywords

## Performance Optimizations ✅

- [x] O(1) HashMap lookups (id → index)
- [x] O(1) HashSet for auto_created tracking
- [x] Cached node widths
- [x] Zero-allocation rendering
- [x] Eliminated level cloning
- [x] Custom integer formatting (no format! bloat)
- [x] Direct buffer writes (write_node)

## Documentation ✅

- [x] README.md - Usage examples and limitations
- [x] CHANGELOG.md - Release notes
- [x] docs/OPTIMIZATIONS.md - Performance details
- [x] docs/RELEASE_GUIDE.md - Explains release philosophy
- [x] API docs with examples - In-code documentation
- [x] 5+ example programs

## Code Quality ✅

- [x] No compiler warnings (except unused build_adjacency_lists)
- [x] Clean code structure
- [x] Proper error handling
- [x] Cycle detection
- [x] no_std compatible

## Ready to Publish? ✅ YES!

```bash
# Verify package builds cleanly
cargo package --list

# Build and test release version
cargo build --release
cargo test --release

# Publish to crates.io
cargo publish --dry-run  # Test first
cargo publish            # Real deal!
```

## What You're Shipping

A **simple, fast, zero-dependency ASCII DAG renderer** optimized for:
- Error chain visualization
- Build dependency graphs  
- Task scheduling diagrams
- no_std/WASM environments

**Intentionally NOT for:**
- Massive graphs (>10k nodes)
- Complex cross-level routing
- Interactive editing
- General graph algorithms

## Post-Release (Optional)

Nice to have, but not blockers:
- [ ] GitHub Actions CI
- [ ] docs.rs badge
- [ ] crates.io badge
- [ ] More examples
- [ ] Blog post announcement

## The Bottom Line

You have:
✅ Working code  
✅ Good tests  
✅ Clear documentation  
✅ Honest limitations  
✅ Real use case  

**You're ready to ship v0.1.0!** 🚀

The "justify your release" comment meant: *"You've done enough to warrant releasing. Go for it!"*
