Harden Monorepo Developer Experience

[Sakeeb91]

Issue: Harden Monorepo Developer Experience

Summary

Capture follow-up improvements for the freshly scaffolded Turborepo workspace so the developer experience remains predictable and actionable.

Background

During the initial bootstrap of the repository we identified a few areas that could be smoothed out once the base structure landed (see issue #1). These items do not block day-one usage but will prevent friction for future contributors if tackled soon.

Proposed Changes

1. Tighten commit strategy

   • Document or adjust the multi-stage commit approach so related configuration changes land together and the history stays easy to traverse.

2. Introduce deterministic installs

   • Generate and commit a pnpm-lock.yaml (or enable pnpm install --frozen-lockfile) to guarantee repeatable dependency resolution.

3. Seed workspace package targets

   • Add minimal package.json files in representative apps/* and services/* folders with placeholder dev, lint, and test scripts so Turbo tasks run immediately.

4. Apply Prettier across templates/docs

   • Run Prettier on docs/ and .github/ to align with the configured 100 character print width and avoid formatting churn in early contributions.

5. Document staged commit workflow

   • Add a short guide in docs/runbooks/ describing when to use multi-stage commits and how to keep them coherent if the pattern returns.

Acceptance Criteria

• Follow-up issue references this document or is closed once tasks are complete.
• Lockfile checked into the repository and CI verifies it.
• Turbo lint/dev commands report at least one task executed.
• Documentation and template files match Prettier expectations (no diffs when running pnpm format:check).
• Runbook added or existing documentation updated to clarify commit strategy expectations.

References

• Original scaffolding work: issue Initialize Monorepo with Turborepo #1 (Initialize Monorepo with Turborepo)

[Sakeeb91]

All acceptance criteria have been met: lockfile is committed and verified in CI, Turbo commands execute successfully, Prettier formatting is applied across all files, and commit workflow is documented in CONTRIBUTING.md. Completed as part of the CI/CD implementation.

[Sakeeb91]

Reopening: Issue not fully implemented. Missing: 1) package.json files in apps/* folders, 2) Multi-stage commit workflow documentation in runbooks.