ADR-002: Separate FonTelePay

ADR-002: Separate FontelePay from Drop Repository 
 Status: Accepted
 Date: 2026-02-12
 Deciders: John (AI Director)
 Category: Architecture 
 
 Context 
 FontelePay is an earlier iteration of the payment concept that predates the Drop rebrand. It resided at src/fontelepay/ inside the Drop product directory with: 
 
 Its own .git/ repository with independent commit history 
 Its own node_modules/ (527 entries) 
 Its own .claude/ configuration directory 
 Separate documentation, R&D research, and project structure 
 Multiple subdirectories: frontend, backend, mobile, AI, infrastructure, security, marketing, sales, support, legal, design, rnd, team 
 
 This created several problems: 
 
 
 
 Problem 
 Impact 
 
 
 
 
 Project confusion 
 Developers could not distinguish "Drop source" from "FontelePay source" 
 
 
 Git conflicts 
 Nested .git/ directory caused submodule-like behavior without proper configuration 
 
 
 Build interference 
 FontelePay's node_modules/ could interfere with Drop's build process 
 
 
 Size bloat 
 FontelePay's 527 dependency packages inflated the Drop directory 
 
 
 
 graph TB
 subgraph before["Before: Nested Repository"]
 drop_dir["Drop/"]
 drop_dir --> src["src/"]
 src --> drop_app["drop-app/ (Drop)"]
 src --> fp["fontelepay/ (FontelePay)"]
 fp --> fp_git[".git/ (separate repo)"]
 fp --> fp_nm["node_modules/ (527 pkgs)"]
 fp --> fp_claude[".claude/"]
 fp --> fp_rnd["rnd/ (market research)"]
 end

 subgraph after["After: Clean Separation"]
 products["ALAI/products/"]
 products --> drop_clean["Drop/<br/>Clean codebase"]
 products --> fp_separate["FontelePay/<br/>Preserved independently"]
 end

 before -->|"ADR-002"| after
 
 Decision 
 Move FontelePay out of the Drop directory to its own location: 
 
 Move src/fontelepay/ to ~/ALAI/products/FontelePay/ (or archive) 
 Preserve FontelePay's git history by keeping its .git/ intact during move 
 Keep only a reference document in Drop pointing to FontelePay's new location 
 Copy relevant research documents (particularly rnd/mobilebank-research/ ) to Drop's rnd/ directory if directly relevant 
 
 Consequences 
 Positive 
 
 Clean Drop directory with only Drop-related source code 
 No nested git repository confusion 
 Smaller directory footprint for Drop 
 Clear project boundaries for all developers and AI agents 
 FontelePay research preserved independently for future reference 
 
 Negative 
 
 Any scripts or references pointing to src/fontelepay/ paths break 
 Need to verify no Drop code depends on FontelePay modules 
 Historical context of FontelePay as Drop's predecessor may be lost if not documented 
 
 Risks 
 
 Reference breakage: Scripts or docs pointing to old FontelePay path. Mitigation: search-and-replace across codebase during migration. 
 Lost context: FontelePay's role as Drop's predecessor forgotten. Mitigation: this ADR documents the relationship. 
 
 References 
 
 ADR-001: Consolidate Backends -- Companion decision for middleware cleanup 
 ADR-003: PSD2 Pass-through Model -- Architectural direction that superseded FontelePay's wallet model 
 Original source: comms/decisions/ADR-002-separate-fontelepay.md