@puniaviision Thank for bringing these issues to the community in a very detailed and thoughtful post. I’ve been thinking it over the past few days along with @overanalyser’s INDEX.labs post.
I am going to ask some pointed questions and make some tough comments so I want to first acknowledge that I completely understand, emphathize, and agree with you that Index Coop is currently constrained by its Engineering resources.
I want to be a part of solving these product constraints and have a lot of questions and thoughts for clarification on your post that I would love to further discuss in the Product Working Group meeting tomorrow.
1. How can we transfer product operational responsibilities from Engineering to other teams and contributors?
I understand why this is the case for product like the Stable Yield Index (SYI) or Instrinsic Productivity for DPI as these require engineering/development effort.
It is very unclear to me why the Synthetix Debt Mirror (SMI) or sectoral indices like mine and Kiba’s proposal for a Data Economy Index (DATA) are constrained by Engineering resources.
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Why do we need Engineering resources to launch a sectoral index like DATA or Category Winners (CWI)?**
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Is rebalancing of the TokenSets the only Engineering resource constraint for launching and maintaining DATA and CWI? What are the other Engineering constraints for sectoral indices like DPI?**
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@dylan Could methodologists and the Product Working Group takeover many of these responsibilities from Set Engineering or the Engineering Working Group?
2. Concerns about the Index Methodologist Program and the Product Launch Moratorium:
As an Index Coop contributor, INDEX investor, and aspiring methodologist, this is both incredibly disappointing and frustrating. With only a single external methodologist and an undefined moratorium on new product launches, it is abundantly clear to me that the Index Methodologist Program is not working as intended.
As an aspiring external methodologist, I am extremely concerned that I will not be able to participate in the Methodologist Program by building, launching, and maintaining new sectoral indices like the Data Economy Index (DATA) with the Index Cooperative.
To be clear - I am not criticizing you, Set Protocol, DeFi Pulse, or anybody else at the Index Coop. We have a fantastic community and I want to be a part of the solution so we can start launching new products again as quickly as possible.
I look forward to continuing the conversation to find a solution in the PWG meeting!