Working with Bryan. Working on our pitch and a plan. We want to speed up and get some turnkey onboarding (instant start), QuickBooks equivalent (simplicity), full operational expansion (inventory, POS, manufacturing, CRM). We would also like to do some module separation, UI/UX improvements, with the major benefit of faster customer onboarding. Something to replace Clover, Toast, Square, QuickBooks, Shopify, etc.

From Bryan... the problems we must solve
- onboarding is too complex for new users
- UI/UX slows adoption and sales
- User default to known industry software packages for familiarity
- nonmodern UI/UX experience - expectations

We then talked about some things that we could do. This ended up in a small brainstorming session of sorts.

- Scope - figure that out, where are we headed for this lift
- Friction and pain points
- Map it out
- Time to first invoice (<10 minutes) - we want it less than 10 minutes. Super simple setup.
- Solving the same problems over and over again
- Helping the accountants adopt the new solution - if the accountants are onboard, they can help influence and push the clients

For us...
- Database scaling - known issue. We can make more and more of them, meaning databases, but we can't intermix them right now.

- You need a full staff member to run it, meaning adilas. If you just touch it every once in a while, you really don't get the full benefit of it.

- Some people and clients that we are looking at - Andrew with Hosthuski and Brian with Finetech - both have an existing set of clients and a possible sales funnel, even though it is small. People come to them and they reach out to people and small businesses that need tools and services.

- API integrations with delivery systems

- Canned business solutions or fully custom solutions - there is a difference - this gets tough.

- Auto launch a corp and be able to move it later if needed. Back to database scaling and mixing.

- We build and develop - we would love to have others sell it and support it.

- We all live on little islands, and nobody knows what he other are doing - meaning the adilas team

known needs:
- Need to simplify
- Turn modules on/off
- Create our own buttons and nav options
- Map out the system
- Known bigger pieces - db (database), nav, permissions, settings, functions
- Super small mini POS - vendors, part categories, items, cart favorite buttons, etc. Simple.
- Quick setup form... quick vendors, part categories, taxes
- Quick corp-wide settings (limited view)
- Simple forms first, then link to full pages if needed. think layers...
- Quick users with preset permissions
- Quick access to the last few invoices
- Quick access to setup (layered with nav, if needed)
- Quick sales graph and charts.
- Layers - pretend that we are dealing with the cache valley kid's market - see EOT # 12656
- Mapping out the mini POS system - pages, flows, screens, etc.
- Maybe look-up some ideas on wizards and quick setup flows.
- Old idea of a simple app for users, timecards, and project time tracking. We have all of those pieces, similar to the normal POS stuff. We just want to make some super simple versions.
- Ask Wayne where he is at on the db (database) stuff - get an update.

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It is now a couple of days later... 4/18/26. I have been thinking about some of this stuff. Here are some of my new notes from this morning.

- What if we did this mini POS just using the existing adilas API sockets? That would be huge, cool, and great starting point for other users and developers.

- What would that take? Meaning a mini app using just the API's?

- Why would we do this? What would that solve? - I would say, it could be a huge stepping stone for others who may want to play along those lines. I can also think of a number of other ideas and reasons.

- Internally, we use Adobe ColdFusion. I would like to make a version that is in plain vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Mobile ready and phone first design. Most of our internal products are desktop first with possible mobile responsiveness. Flip that!

- We could look into some simple frameworks, but I'm half temped to just keep it plain jane or plain vanilla.

- Is there a way to use what we already have without tons of new development? That would be awesome.

- A long time ago, I heard someone say that eventually, you have to eat your own dog food. That may sound silly, but they were talking about consuming what you push out for others to use and consume. Virtually, you have to eat your own dog food. If we have to use our own adilas API's, we would be using what we are pushing out for other to use. I love it, let's do it!

- What if Bryan, Alan, and I (and maybe others) start our own little side company and use the adilas API's as the backbone. We help to strengthen the core (adilas) while still being able to do other development projects. It's an idea. We could make all kinds of little mini apps and then tie them back into the adilas backend engine. That could be really powerful. I would like to expand and explore these options more. One thing that I was thinking, we are good at building, but sometimes not that good at selling. We may need to hook up with smaller sales funnels to help with that part of the equation. Just some ideas.

- I'm planning on teaching ChatGPT how to connect to the adilas API. I would like to get some information about that process and then be able to share that information. That could be huge, as far as other outside developers and development work. All kinds of new apps and mini processes, all connected to the main adilas engine. As a note, see the planning page on the adilas marketplace. These plans are a good fit for what we are doing and where we are heading.

- For me, instead of just telling AI (one of the models) to just create this or that, let's start super small. Then build things up step by step, make sure that we understand and can back what is going on. I was thinking of using the mini demo API connection first, then building a little mini sample app, then moving into the mini POS option. Step by step, little by little, keep it manageable. Tiny baby steps!

- Another small note - what if we took a single corp, set it up, and then added smaller locations and users per account. If they never have to login to adilas, we could technically keep a bunch of information together in one place vs having to setup a separate corp per account. This won't work for all parties, but it could work super slick for small parties and/or certain situations. The alternative would be a super small corp (world) per entity vs a small location (real or virtual) per entity. See this world building help file for more information on possible breakdowns of how to organize things. This could be pretty handy if all of the locations or sub entities were using the same merchant processing account. Once again, this would only play true for certain scenarios. Just some ideas, if nothing else, keep thinking about it. Lots of possible solutions.

- This may not go here, but think about Amazon, eBay, or other big sales sites. They sub divide the pieces and then use one platform to allow for checkout, money distribution, credit card processing, etc. There would have to be some planning, but in a nutshell, that is what we want to do with part of the adilas marketplace. Keep expanding on this...