diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index e908746..63bb559 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -16,3 +16,26 @@
 - ~fetch requested files from mirror~
 - ~DB sync from mirror~
 - ~Config file and import~
+
+Looking at what you've built and what's left on your TODO, here's how I'd think about the "done" line for a capstone:
+
+**What you already have that's impressive:**
+- Real concurrent systems work — singleflight, atomic ops, mutex
+- Custom HTTP transport with timeout tuning
+- Atomic file writes with the tmp-then-rename pattern
+- Meaningful test suite with httptest, not just trivial unit tests
+- Clean dependency injection, thoughtful package boundaries
+- Config validation with proper error wrapping
+
+**What would make it a complete capstone story:**
+- The streaming solution for large packages — this is your most interesting unsolved technical problem and directly demonstrates you understand the HTTP layer
+- At least one more meaningful feature working end-to-end, either the refresh scheduling via systemd timer or the prefetch-on-refresh logic
+- Actually deployed and serving your home network — "running in production" is a strong closer
+
+**What I'd leave out of the capstone scope:**
+- The AUR builder — that's a whole second project honestly
+- Chi middleware — nice but not substantive enough to matter
+
+The through-line you want to be able to tell is: *I built a caching reverse proxy from scratch in Go, handling concurrency, filesystem atomicity, and HTTP semantics correctly, and deployed it on real hardware.* You're close to being able to say that. The streaming piece and a working deployment are the remaining gaps.
+
+How far out is the capstone deadline?
diff --git a/internal/cache/cache.go b/internal/cache/cache.go
index d79407a..675e75c 100644
--- a/internal/cache/cache.go
+++ b/internal/cache/cache.go
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ func (e *UpstreamError) Error() string {
 func (c *Cache) fetch(pkgName string) error {
 	// pkgName is relative to the localRoot
 	// ie pkgName includes /{repo}/os/{arch}/ and the actual name linux-x.x.x.pkg.tar.zst
+
 	tempPkgName := pkgName + ".tmp"
 	tempPkgPath := filepath.Join(c.cfg.cacheRoot, tempPkgName) //full tmp write path
+
+	// final file name and path
 	outPkg := filepath.Join(c.cfg.cacheRoot, pkgName)
 	pkgURL := c.nextMirror() + pkgName
 
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ func (c *Cache) fetch(pkgName string) error {
 		return &UpstreamError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode}
 	}
 
+	// use a tmp file for the initial fetch in case it fails
 	outFile, err := os.Create(tempPkgPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ func (c *Cache) fetch(pkgName string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// mv file to final location
 	if err := os.Rename(tempPkgPath, outPkg); err != nil {
 		os.Remove(tempPkgPath)
 		return err