pal-e-docs

Review: DNS + reverse proxy — kalshi-assistant.com

review-1692-2026-07-02 Review

review approved
Project

Verdict: APPROVED

Scope is solid. All file targets verified against pal-e-platform codebase. Template complete. 2 file targets in 1 repo, 4 acceptance criteria — well within the 5-minute rule.

Template Completeness

  • [x] Type — Feature
  • [x] Lineage — Standalone
  • [x] Repo — ldraney/pal-e-platform
  • [x] User Story — present
  • [x] Context — present, references landscaping-assistant.app model
  • [x] File Targets — 2 files to modify, 2 exclusions documented
  • [x] Feature Flag — none (infrastructure, appropriate)
  • [x] Acceptance Criteria — 4 criteria
  • [x] Test Expectations — 3 items with run command
  • [x] Constraints — 3 pattern constraints documented
  • [x] Checklist — present
  • [x] Related — present

Traceability

  • [x] story:app-experience label — App Experience
  • [x] story note verified — found in project-kalshi-assistant user-stories section (role: Consumer)
  • [x] arch:edge-proxy label — edge proxy component
  • [ ] arch note arch-edge-proxy — not found in pal-e-docs. Shared platform component; acceptable for infra work, not blocking.
  • [x] arch:iac label — infrastructure-as-code component
  • [ ] arch note arch-iac — not found in pal-e-docs. Shared platform component; acceptable for infra work, not blocking.
  • [x] Forgejo issue — ldraney/kalshi-assistant#8, open

File Targets

  • [x] terraform/dns.tf — verified: exists in pal-e-platform, contains landscaping_assistant_a resource pattern at line 12
  • [x] salt/pillar/caddy.sls — verified: exists in pal-e-platform, contains landscaping site entry at line 17 with domain, proxy_target, www_redirect fields

Repo Placement

Issue filed on ldraney/kalshi-assistant, work happens in ldraney/pal-e-platform. This is the standard pattern for platform-level infrastructure work tracked in the project repo. OK.

Dependencies

No blocking dependencies. Service onboarding (#1694, sprint:1) is a related item but can proceed independently — DNS and reverse proxy do not depend on namespace or ArgoCD setup. The issue correctly notes that Keycloak theme and monitoring are separate tickets.

Acceptance Criteria

4 criteria, all verifiable by an agent. tofu plan is a real command. dig and curl -I are standard verification commands. The expected 502 response (no app deployed yet) is a thoughtful criterion that prevents false positives. Test expectations align with acceptance criteria.

Blast Radius

Minimal. Adding a new GoDaddy A record and Caddy site entry. Pattern follows existing landscaping-assistant.app model. No existing DNS records or Caddy configs are modified. No downstream consumers affected — the domain currently has no services behind it.

Decomposition Assessment

2 file targets in 1 repo, 4 acceptance criteria. Estimated agent work well under 5 minutes. No decomposition needed.

Recommendation

No action needed. Scope is complete and well-structured.
Minor advisory (non-blocking): arch notes arch-edge-proxy and arch-iac do not exist in pal-e-docs. These are shared platform components used across multiple projects. Consider creating them as shared architecture notes when convenient.