Improving the Human Living Experience – One Community Weekly Progress Update #663

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At One Community, we share our mission of improving the human living experience through evolving sustainability that integrates food, energy, housing, education, economics, social architecture, and more. As an all-volunteer team, we are open sourcing and free sharing everything we create to support a model that becomes self-replicating and can grow into a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs. By developing solutions for fulfilled living and regenerating our planet, we aim to help create a world that works for everyone—always doing this for The Highest Good of All.

Improving the Human Living Experience, One Community Weekly Progress Update #663

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the December 1, 2025 edition (#663) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

 

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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This week, Baraka Minja (Civil and Environmental Engineer Pr. Eng.) continued working on the Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Toilet drawings. He worked on a draft construction procedure for the proposed Duplicable City Center foundation connection by developing two construction sequences, one using bolts cast together with the concrete and the other using bolts post drilled after the concrete had been cast. He also prepared sketches to illustrate the proposed measurements that would be taken during these procedures. His detailed work supports improving the human living experience through more efficient and replicable construction methods. See below for some of the pictures.

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Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home final MEP report by reviewing feedback from the initial draft and applying updates across multiple sections. He reviewed the previously added plumbing information and updated the methods used for sizing the domestic cold water service and estimating GPM to align with the current design intent. He also reviewed ASHRAE 62.1-2022 to cross-reference the mechanical load calculations and ensure the report presents the required values with clarity. His refinements contribute to improving the human living experience through enhanced system reliability and design precision. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued work on the Vermiculture Toilet and 4-dome home components of the Earthbag Village. He focused on finalizing the report for the 4-dome cluster roof design, incorporating all required updates before submitting it to Jae for review. As part of this work, he revalidated several FEA models to confirm that the analysis used accurate inputs and to clarify technical points raised by Jae and ensure the report aligned with the current design assumptions. In parallel, he supported progress on the vermiculture toilet project, where the team continued assembling the remaining sections of the report and shared the updated version with Jae for review. His analytical precision and collaboration support improving the human living experience through structural reliability and sustainable design innovation. The related visuals are shown below.

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Malhar Solanki (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He created a task and subject list for team members to contribute to a shared document, proofread reports prepared by Ajay and Rishi, clarified details related to project images, and made minor design changes. He also advanced work on the report, gathered supporting pictures to align with the written content, led the weekly team meeting to discuss current holdups, and continued with documentation and report writing. His leadership and coordination help drive the improving the human living experience through organized teamwork and refined open-source documentation. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. He performed FEA on the waste dumping system to confirm the structural integrity of the overall design under expected loading conditions. The sensor recommendation report was also revised based on feedback from Jae and appended to the main collaboration document, along with the updated separator insertion platform report to maintain alignment across all project documentation. His engineering updates contribute to improving the human living experience by optimizing sustainable design performance and system reliability. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

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This week, Andrew Tzu-Chien (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center Dormer second-floor window. His work included completing the window structure by finishing the framing and plywood sheeting, adjusting the previous window model to fit the current design, and adding insulation within the structure. He also prepared the handover report summarizing the tasks completed. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates improving the human living experience. For more details, refer to the image below.

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Ariana Virginia Gutierrez Doria Medina (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center window and door framing by completing the 3D CAD model and the corresponding assembly. She arranged the components to outline an efficient cutting approach, updated the assembly manual, verified the fit of several parts, and made adjustments to multiple drawings to ensure the parts list matched the new measurements and aligned with the updated design requirements. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates improving the human living experience. See the presentation and research highlights below.

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Ayushman Dutta (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering and DIY manufacturing. He worked on creating the assembly spreadsheet process and formatted the sheet to match the required specifications, and he met with the team to address roadblocks and continued updating the assembly spreadsheet document. Ayushman also completed the navigation sheet by making the necessary formatting changes for clarity. He then reviewed the FEA of the domes, rechecked the different load cases to verify accuracy, and prepared a feedback document outlining the analysis results and supporting calculations. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates improving the human living experience. Review the connector analysis visuals below for more details.

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Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer Volunteer) continued his work finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He revised the plumbing dimensions to meet maximum spacing requirements and aligned them with the unistrut frame. He also reviewed alternative options to pipe clamps, including cushion clamps and unistrut clamps. Additional work involved researching and creating a CAD model for an alternative plumbing access panel method using HDPE blocks and pressure-treated plywood. Bevan also created CAD models for the mechanical room, including the pump, filter, and heater. This open source Duplicable City Center project contributes to improving the human living experience. For more details, refer to the image below.

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Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued developing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He optimized the dimensions of the hybrid structural assembly to balance interior usability with structural integrity and thermal performance, refining the CAD geometry to ensure efficient spacing and proper alignment. He advanced the FEA preprocessing work in ANSYS by generating meshes for the steel frame, cinder block foundation, and shell panels, using different meshing strategies for thin-walled and solid components. Sandesh then refined mesh density in areas expected to experience higher stress and prepared midsurface definitions, face sizing, and contact pair identification for the integrated model. He also reviewed how the updated geometry and mesh preparation supported the next stage of structural and thermal analysis. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which exemplifies improving the human living experience. See the visuals below for a closer look.

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Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work on developing the dynamic simulation setup for earthquake analysis updates for the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering. He organized the dome models by cross-checking the DWG files, SketchUp geometry, and CAD references to create an accurate parts list for all three domes. He identified missing or removed components, resolved discrepancies between versions, and updated the review sheet to provide a clear and consistent status snapshot for the team. The Duplicable City Center demonstrates improving the human living experience through open source solutions that can guide people. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

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Tianxiang Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He rebuilt and simplified the existing CAD model and adjusted the insulation thickness to improve the thermal analysis. He simulated heat loss through the ground for multiple cases and calculated the associated R-values, noting that the results show the current design may need additional modification to meet the R-45 criterion. Tianxiang also prepared a document outlining the simulation steps and summarizing the results. This open source Duplicable City Center project exemplifies improving the human living experience. For more details, refer to the image below.

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Vineela Reddy Pippera Badguna (Mechanical Engineer) continued contributing to the Duplicable City Center Water Catchment designs. She reviewed and confirmed all the calculations in the spreadsheet, checking each value to ensure accuracy and consistency across the document. She also checked the full report to ensure all sections were in the correct order and aligned with the required format, verifying that the content was organized clearly and matched the expected structure. This open source Duplicable City Center project contributes to improving the human living experience. See the updated rainwater catchment data and design visuals below.

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HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large-scale Garden, Botanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. The team made comparisons between the RAB and CHICK docs, the MASTER and the SA doc, and the Master and EBV doc. APY doc will not be included on the Master doc and will be a doc on its own. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on improving the human living experience and exemplifying the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Anuneet Kaur (Administrator) continued her focus on the design of the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan components of the Highest Good food initiative. She began working on the Customizable Recipe Build-Out Tool webpage. Anuneet integrated Jae’s feedback and completed the Vegan Rice, Omnivore Rice, Vegan Potato, Omnivore Potato, Vegan Sweet Potato, and Omnivore Sweet Potato webpages. She ensured that each page followed the updated formatting guidelines, corrected inconsistencies, and optimized all links for SEO across the recipe sections. Anuneet also reviewed titles, spacing, and layout alignment to maintain uniformity throughout the Food Web project. Additionally, she ensured all team members were included in the live blog task and identified anyone who was missing. Anuneet reviewed Yulin’s infographic on sustainable research and provided detailed feedback. She fulfilled administrative responsibilities by editing summaries and collages for the Highest Good Society, Highest Good Education, and Core Teams, and reviewed fellow admin submissions for completeness and accuracy. Her work contributes to improving the human living experience. Below are some images showcasing her work.

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Japneet Kour (Volunteer Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. She reworked the Walipini #1 Frost-free Arid Zone Desert House by updating the SketchUp file, Lumion file, rendered images, and the walkthrough. The diversity elements created in a previous SketchUp model were merged into Gayatri’s SketchUp file to expand the range of plant varieties shown. The render references were aligned with the approach used in Zelipini 2 to maintain consistency and improve the presentation of the model. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while improving the human living experience. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

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Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued developing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. He worked on the lighting energy calculation documentation for Greenhouse Walipini 1, updating the relevant sections and refining the structure to ensure clarity and consistency. Jay reviewed the existing data, adjusted the layout where needed, and aligned the content with the project’s documentation standards while preparing the material for further development. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while improving the human living experience. See below for pictures related to this work.

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Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Aquapini and Walipini renders and layout graphics. His work continued on the planting layers for the Walipini plan, focusing on sorting and selecting the planting legends required for the layout. The necessary elements were extracted and organized to ensure clarity and accuracy before they are used in the next stages of layout development and rendering. The effort remained centered on preparing clean, structured planting information that aligns with the updated design and supports the upcoming visual and technical work needed for the project. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting regenerative and participatory development while improving the human living experience. Images below showcase his contributions.

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Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting web details. She completed six interviews and provided the required details, added Zenapini #2 content from Silin to the website, moved misplaced data to the correct section of the page, and reviewed all images and hyperlinks before submitting the updates for review. Pallavi continued working on editing images according to requirements so they can be incorporated into the page, checked the entire page based on Jae’s feedback, and submitted it for review. She also created new content for blog 662 and collaborated with her teammates by reviewing their suggestions and incorporating feedback to maintain a consistent and clear final version. In alignment with One Community’s open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates improving the human living experience into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

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Ravi Kumar Sripathi (Software Engineer) continued developing the Food Procurement and Storage software platform, enhancing features related to inventory tracking, recipe management, and food utilization. Ravi focused on UI/UX updates for the HGN Software Development project within the Inventory Software module, working on the Kitchen and Processing page to improve usability, simplify the interface, and adjust the flow for bulk order handling and menu calendar integration, while also updating wireframes for the Ordering and Procurement pages to include Surplus Opportunities in the design to support operational needs, bringing greater clarity and consistency across related interfaces by updating layouts in Figma to improve user experience within key inventory and ordering workflows. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while improving the human living experience. See below for pictures related to this work.

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Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation, currently focused on the Aquapini and Walipini masterplan render. Shivangi updated the masterplan landscape using the revised CAD files, refined the pathway organization and planting configuration for the Aquapini, Walipini, and Zenipini areas, incorporated feedback into the overall masterplan render, adjusted the planting layout to align with design changes, and revised the Aquapini render to reflect the latest inputs. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on improving the human living experience. Below are visuals highlighting this work.

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HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. The team continued reviewing the highest good energy needs analysis, finished updating the format of all energy needs tables, verified energy needs values across the relevant sheets, and reviewed the energy cost sheets. They also watched the feedback video on the most sustainable paint, urinals, lights, and insulation and reviewed the corresponding pages to prepare for giving feedback on future drafts. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on improving the human living experience. Below are images related to this project.

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

This week, Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) continued developing the Highest Good Education software platform, concentrating on Phase 4: marketing, promotion, and administrative activities. He worked on Phase 4 HGN software development by checking completed pull requests, verifying labels, confirming review counts across all five deliverables, and updating the Phase 4 document with the required images. He reviewed PR titles, checked for conflicts, coordinated with developers regarding merge requirements, and updated action items based on the latest inputs. He then updated the BlueSky social media dashboard by adding the weekly analytics data and completed the corresponding entries in the BlueSky document. Prudhvi also updated this week’s blog #662 for the administration team and provided feedback on the administrative work completed.Through these activities, he supported One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience. The images below highlight his contributions.

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HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team completed over 26 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, identifying new bugs, and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network software. They also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, which highlights how improving the human living experience serves as the foundation of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

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Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and key components of the Highest Good Network. He worked on the Phase 1 and Phase 3 software by testing multiple components and creating new action items to develop new components. He tracked updates in software team management documents to support task management. As a member of the pull request review team, Jaiwanth reviewed submissions from the volunteer team assigned to him. This work supports One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience. The images below highlight his contributions.

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Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) continued working on Google Ads management and strategy evolution of the Highest Good Network. She completed administrative work for 12 volunteers for the Highest Good Food and Highest Good Energy pages, followed up with Jaiwanth, coordinated hour updates with Jae, and reviewed videos on task setup and document requirements. She added campaign analysis for the past two weeks, noted that last week underperformed for the month, and began looking into the cause. Rajrajeshwari coordinated with Jaiwanth on chart designs, applied the provided format, prepared entries for approved graphs pending Jae’s confirmation, and emailed Jaiwanth to check approval status. She created two new tasks for the current phase, checked the login page, tested errors and login flows, and tested main dashboard buttons. She developed a Google Ads strategy, reviewed existing ads, identified and fixed issues, updated the keyword plan, applied platform recommendations, and created seven new ad groups with keyword strategies for the food campaign in preparation for launch on Monday. This project supports One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Yagna Reddy Badvel (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued working on the Summary Dashboards and Weekly Report page on the Highest Good Network. He worked on Phase 2 of the HGN Bugs & Features tracking system by auditing the “Materials, Equipment, Tools, and Project Tracking System” tab. He checked tasks for missing fields, incorrect dropdowns, outdated statuses, and formatting issues, refined descriptions, fixed broken or duplicate bookmark links, and updated filtering logic to keep the tab aligned with current project needs. Alongside this, Yagna completed his regular admin responsibilities, including reviewing team summaries, checking media folders, updating tracking tables, providing feedback through the weekly reporting process, verifying SEO and image requirements, organizing folders, and preparing everything needed for the next workflow cycle. This work supports One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience. The images below highlight his contributions.

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ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) and includes Anusha Gali (Software Engineer), Divanshu Bakshi (Team Admin), Indra Anuraag Gade (Software Engineer and Team Administrator), Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator), Mridul Bhushan (Volunteer Project Strategy Analyst and Team Administrator), Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Priyanshi Sharma (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rajeshwari Bhirud (Administrator), Rishitha Adepu (Administrator), Sai Suraj Matta Veera Venkata (Business Data Analyst), Sayantan Paul (Volunteer Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator), and Sudarshan Raju Chintalapati Venkata (Data Analyst). The Administration Team supports the Highest Good Network, a tool designed to track and measure progress while developing systems that contribute to improving the human living experience. Through administrative support, documentation, testing, training, recruiting, analytics, and content management, the team helps advance this mission, aligning with One Community’s vision of building a replicable and sustainable future model.

This week, Anusha completed Level 2 testing across the HGN system by validating frontend and backend pull requests, updating priority tags, compiling summaries, preparing collages, and supporting administrative workflows. Divanshu documented daily Mastodon posts, processed analytics using Python, updated the Master Dashboard, and logged platform-related issues. Indra prepared Blog #662 for the Code Crafters Team, updated Twitter analytics, advanced ML model development, and reviewed multiple pull requests addressing UI behavior, dark mode functionality, and alignment issues. Keerthana reviewed summaries, updated Step 2 and Step 4 documentation, prepared the weekly blog, and added Phase 3 action items. This work supports One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience.

Mridul refined Moonfall Team submissions, finalized the WordPress blog version, created collage alt text, optimized media files, and completed OC Administration checks, supporting improving the human living experience. Neeharika coordinated software team tasks, followed up on assigned items, tested pull requests, reviewed admin work, verified corrected PDFs, and conducted interviews. Ola organized administrative folders, restructured workspace documents, reviewed Pinterest templates, ensured all scheduled content was prepared for the month, and uploaded weekly visual assets. Olimpia updated LinkedIn analytics KPIs, completed senior admin review checks, resolved documentation comments, managed warnings and blue square notifications, and scheduled next week’s LinkedIn content, further strengthening improving the human living experience.

Priyanshi continued Phase 2 testing by validating dark mode behavior, identifying tab alignment issues, reviewing filter interactions, and documenting pull request findings. Rachna reviewed older tasks, checked emails and comments, and monitored SEO pages for updates. Rajeshwari managed the Binary Brigade weekly blog (#662), updated SEO keywords, documented detailed test cases, verified BM Dashboard scenarios, and refined WordPress content. Rishitha optimized the combined blog, updated bios, uploaded Threads content, added raw data to the dashboard, and updated the volunteer tracker. This effort advances One Community’s focus on improving the human living experience.

Sai Suraj completed analytics updates for Facebook and Instagram, maintained automated insights, scheduled content, organized image assets, and performed administrative updates including summary reviews and SEO checks. This contributes to One Community’s goal of improving the human living experience. Sayantan continued Level 1 testing across merged pull requests, verified dashboard behavior, validated warning pop-ups and dark mode displays, tested Badge and Blue Square features, and gathered visuals for Team Skye. Sudarshan managed the Alpha Software Team blog, completed SEO and collage updates, added new tasks for bugs and enhancements, reviewed and tested Phase 3 pull requests, and validated dashboard updates. To learn more about how this work supports improving the human living experience, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Qinyi Liu (Graphic Designer), and Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support improving the human living experience.

This week, Qinyi created and refined new characters using ChatGPT, designed the related posters and layouts, and added the assigned announcement to the website while improving the human living experience. Yulin revised infographics and announcements, prepared and published a team update, organized assets, and participated in weekly discussions while improving the human living experience. Their efforts highlight improving the human living experience. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

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HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

Highest Good Network® Application, improving city efficiency, creating the world we wantOne Community is improving the human living experience through open source Highest Good Network® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.

This week, the core team tested HGN pull requests and confirmed 11 fixed PRs. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience.

The following PRs were not fixed: the change to the default for BCC and its placement at the top of the list, the addition of dark mode styles to the UtilizationChart, the distribution of labor hours pie chart, the background color update for the pagination component, the alignment and dark mode issues in TotalOrgSummary, the loader state update for the Role Distribution Pie Chart in TotalOrgSummary, and the design of the database structure for event tracking. They were also not able to test six PRs because there was no data on the Main branch. This work strengthens One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.

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ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer). The team includes Maneesh Buddha (Software Developer) and Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is a key part of sustainable and free-shared eco-solutions, helping track and measure progress toward improving the human living experience. The software supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to the open source project and resilient ecosystems. Designed to be portable and scalable, the Highest Good Network software is well suited for off-grid and sustainable living communities. This project reflects One Community’s open source commitment to advancing and improving the human living experience.

This week, Maneesh worked on two tasks in the Job Posting Page, completed the debugging of the Select Category filter so it returns accurate listings and switches correctly between categories. This aligns with One Community’s dedication to improving the human living experience. He then focused on the Edit to Reorder feature, confirming that the drag-and-drop interface updates the order visually while identifying that the updated order is not being saved, leading him to review the component logic, inspect the API flow, and trace where the save process fails. He also addressed local environment issues to ensure both the backend and frontend operate correctly for ongoing debugging. Nikita rewrote the core portion of the code using a builder design pattern to reduce repetition and improve customization, and during this refactor she identified additional bugs, including issues in the logic responsible for calculating additional hours, which she rewrote to align the calculations with the expected behavior. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to improving the human living experience. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

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BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer) and included Kanishk Agarwal (Software Engineer), Apoorva Jain Ramapura Prashanth (Software Engineer), Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer), Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer), Sourabh Bagde (Software Developer), Taariq Mansurie (Full-Stack Developer), Sumedh Kumar (Full-Stack Developer), Aswin “Tony” Kanikairaj (Software Engineer), and Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are tracked and aligned with our mission, modeling, and improving the human living experience.

This week, Amalesh continued work on the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard by creating a line chart for weekly progress, adding KPI tiles, implementing date range filtering, and developing backend support for weekly task aggregation; he enhanced the Weekly Team Summaries page by improving the mismatched team codes function and adding filters, completed the refresh button functionality for the disconnected timer in pull request 4459, resolved merge conflicts for the “Replicate Task” feature and related integration tests, and uploaded required documentation to the shared folder while maintaining onboarding compliance. This helps further One Community’s vision of improving the human living experience. Apoorva optimized the email template loading process by implementing lazy loading to reduce the initial payload, improved the Send Email form UI with better spacing and visibility adjustments, redesigned the Edit Email Template variable chips using a CSS Grid layout, added a three-dot dropdown menu to the Email Outbox page for triggering the pending and stuck email processor with corrected API routing and permission checks, fixed related issues involving user IDs and endpoint paths, identified a UX notification inconsistency and proposed a toast.info update, and created detailed guides for recreating two email templates. This effort is part of One Community’s strategy for improving the human living experience.

Aswin completed UI and UX improvements for the Projects Dashboard by enhancing layout structure and dark-mode compatibility, reorganizing the Rented Tools and Materials sections with consistent card layouts and urgency cues, refactoring table elements for visibility and mobile responsiveness, ensuring responsiveness across all modules, and updating and organizing associated CSS as part of the merged work. This work strengthens One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience. Harshavarma added dark mode support for additional sections of the pop-up page, validated filters for the drop-off tracking and no-show charts using mock data, began preparing a dummy backend for development testing, continued building the main chart component to support backend data flow, refined responsive behavior across screen sizes, reviewed filter event-handling logic for immediate updates, reorganized the component structure for maintainability, and tested multiple scenarios for accuracy. This project reflects One Community’s emphasis on improving the human living experience. Kanishk completed two Phase 3 tasks by adding filter dropdowns and action buttons for the Event Database Design work, testing and opening a pull request, and by implementing backend logic and API endpoints for event popularity metrics, creating frontend visualizations for popularity and engagement data, and developing UI components with structured state management. This supports One Community’s progress toward improving the human living experience. Nikhil continued the CSS Modules migration effort by converting remaining files, updating imports and class mappings, reviewing related PRs, validating component behavior, and coordinating team tasks; he investigated the MongoDB timeout issue, clarified backend requirements with a teammate and outlined database structure changes, assisted in the analysis of a production data deletion incident and recommended preventive monitoring and alerting, and supported a team member with a Phase III task while raising questions about backend needs. This action enhances One Community’s pursuit of improving the human living experience.

Ram resolved the issue where the Usage Record modal was not displaying data by identifying missing logic for UsageRecord, updating both frontend and backend code through PRs 4455 and 1421, and then moved on to address a Phase 2 task involving a page crash in the Lessons Learned Bar Chart. This work is aligned with One Community’s focus on improving the human living experience globally. Sourabh rebuilt the MySpace announcement workflow to align required fields with the submission form, added validation and helper features, reorganized UI sections using new CSS Grid layouts, updated copy behavior to utilize async handlers, ensured consistent field display through state management, and continued work on the scheduler notification feature. This supports One Community’s ongoing commitment to improving the human living experience everywhere. Sumedh worked on the Daily Activity Log Bug by adding frontend safety checks and UI messages, updated related functionality in PR-4462, triaged the Cost Prediction Issue, fixed dark mode and responsiveness in the Global Distribution Map, corrected project count logic in PR-4473, resolved SonarCube duplication warnings, and briefly addressed the Submit Button Bug. Taariq resolved merge conflicts, fixed lint issues from the Node 20 upgrade, progressed the archived projects and filter selection features toward integration, debugged issues in the lesson plan edit history table, addressed auto-scroll and auto-refresh problems, and reviewed final changes needed before merging multiple feature updates. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this work models improving the human living experience. The collage below shows images of their work.

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BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager), and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer), Som Ramnani (Software Engineer), and Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer). This week, Linh created two branches to begin work on the Educator Task Submissions feature, reviewed backend and frontend pull requests from the previous developer, resolved merge conflicts on the backend branch, and debugged filtered query issues where requests using status and studentId parameters returned empty arrays while unfiltered requests returned data. Improving the human living experience remained a shared focus across all tasks and updates. Sheetal coordinated the summary, noting that Linh and Som did not provide one. Linh continued testing with educator authentication, checked out the frontend implementation branch, confirmed routing for the educator submissions page, configured the development environment, and investigated a 404 error appearing when the frontend attempted to load submissions by reviewing routing configuration and planning validation of API path mapping. This contributes to One Community’s long-term goals of improving the human living experience. Som updated the date selection logic by replacing the previous input field with a DatePicker component, refactored the handleDateChange function to accept a Date object, added validation to prevent selecting past dates, implemented a toast error message for invalid selections, removed outdated parsing logic, simplified state updates for selectedDate and dateError, ensured consistent error messaging across inputs, and completed cleanup of older related code. Som also continued addressing recurring merge issues involving package-lock.json and yarn.lock in PR #4215. Sheetal worked on unit testing for the Reddit auto-poster in preparation for frontend and backend submissions, submitted frontend PR #4478 and backend PR #1928, reviewed SonarCloud Code Analysis results to understand flagged items, and resolved UI fixes and merge conflicts during testing while continuing work aligned with improving the human living experience. The collage below shows images of their work.

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CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vivek Chandra (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Naidu (Software Engineer), Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack), Chaitanya Swaroop Kumar Allu (Software Engineer), Juhitha Reddy Penumalli (Software Engineer), Shradha Bhadrannavar (Software Engineer), Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our progress in improving the human living experience through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance efforts, while supporting widespread and lasting eco-lifestyle access.

This week, Ajay improved the request flow to streamline user experience and navigation by addressing layout and interaction issues, fixing visibility problems in the search filter component, and migrating styles from global CSS to CSS Modules to prevent selector collisions while verifying that all updates integrated smoothly with existing components. This work reinforces One Community’s belief in improving the human living experience for all. Akshith completed Phase 4 work on the PM Educator Training Dashboard frontend by resolving bugs, testing updated functionality, and submitting a pull request, continued an admin dashboard update involving a shift to CSS Modules while investigating a version mismatch, and began backend setup for Individual Student Report Generation. Chaitanya enhanced the Lesson List functionality by implementing a CSV export feature with confirmation prompts, structured field formatting, UTF-8 encoding, validation, and user feedback notifications to ensure accuracy and stability. This task plays a key part in One Community’s approach to improving the human living experience. Juhitha advanced Phase 4 development for the Resource Management Dashboard by building the certifications and resource request tabs, integrating the shared grid, implementing search and filtering logic, preventing feature overlap, updating tags, refining alignment issues, connecting export functionality to mock data, and finalizing tab navigation while validating interactions across the dashboard.

Shradha reviewed the Mastodon auto-poster implementation, researched core Mastodon behavior, analyzed PRs #3344 and #1297 to understand scheduler logic, API endpoints, and UI structure, and documented key findings while tracing code paths to clarify the end-to-end feature flow. This work supports One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience. Sphurthy implemented and refined the new Analytics Overview feature in the Education Portal by integrating frontend dashboard components, wiring overview and student-level analytics to backend endpoints, adjusting environment configuration to ensure proper local API connectivity, resolving route and authorization issues, and improving date filter behavior and calendar styling across themes. Vivek focused on diagnosing a backend connectivity issue in the local environment by investigating database connection failures, testing configuration changes related to a new MongoDB variable, reviewing logs and code paths, and collaborating with teammates to isolate the root cause while gathering the information required to continue debugging. These contributions strengthen One Community’s mission and commitment to improving the human living experience. The collage below shows an overview of this team’s work.

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DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Prem Vora (Software Developer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer), Aditya Gambhir (Software Engineer), Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer), Manvitha Yeeli (Software Engineer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full-Stack Software Developer), Sriamsh Reddy (Software Engineer), Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer) and Vamsidhar Panithi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our processes for open sourcing a better world for us all through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This progress supports One Community in improving the human living experience.

This week Nahiyan reviewed PR 4446 by checking alignment with the approved dark mode palette, identifying incorrect color values, verifying that layout and functionality remained consistent, and providing guidance based on the design document. This effort advances One Community’s focus on improving the human living experience. Adithya worked on software development for the HGN application, beginning with backend tasks for the Listing and Bidding Platform where he created payments for listing bookings and tested validation for authorization, date logic, and required fields, then continued expanding backend validations for incorrect listings, overlapping dates, and invalid payment identifiers before shifting mid-week to resolving the Edit Existing Team redirect issue by updating route structure, adding Redux logic to fetch active teams, creating a building-specific view, and debugging data mismatches while also preparing the weekly summary and reviewing uploaded images. This contributes to One Community’s goal of improving the human living experience. Aditya worked on implementing and testing the Paid Labor Cost feature across the frontend and backend by updating the grouped-bar chart to align with the new API, adjusting request handling and date formatting, modifying the user interface to use separate date selectors and backend-driven filtering, adding a summary section, implementing the Paid Labor Cost controller and router with query parsing and validation logic, building a Postman test suite to verify filter and error cases, and adding Jest coverage for helper functions, controller logic, and route behavior, resulting in high test coverage. This aligns with One Community’s dedication to improving the human living experience. Deekshith worked on React components related to IssueHeader and LessonForm by managing state and actions through Redux, loading project and user data on mount, handling local UI behavior, integrating form controls and backend communication for lesson creation, and applying CSS module styling for layout and component structure. This helps further One Community’s vision of improving the human living experience.

Manvitha updated PR4158 to fix dark mode visibility for the “No job ads found” text, corrected a layout cutoff issue, adjusted search behavior so the heading updates as the user types, and worked on backend development for the Teacher Resource Request feature by adding educator and PM workflows, role-based access checks, validations, and routing for new endpoints while also attempting to troubleshoot a MongoDB connection timeout that is preventing testing. This effort is part of One Community’s strategy for improving the human living experience. Neeraj completed front-end updates for the Job Posting Analytics and Collaboration modules by adjusting alignment, label overflow, and dark mode visibility, updating filter spacing and chart colors, refining the job filter workflow, resolving dropdown and chip issues, addressing SonarQube feedback by removing duplicate code and simplifying components, reorganizing CSS structure, and preparing for upcoming test file development. Prem worked on the Past Dates Search feature in the Activities List Calendar by adding state logic and error handling for past date selections, investigating environment issues involving header initialization, CORS errors, and login failures, stabilizing the environment, completing the feature with dark mode support and UI validation updates, preparing the related pull request, and reviewing multiple pull requests while identifying access issues, server errors, and login problems during testing. This work strengthens One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience. Sriamsh worked on sorting functionality for the Materials and Items tables by reviewing components, adding sorting logic, verifying behavior, and submitting a pull request, then began initial work on the Project Status Donut Chart by reviewing requirements, examining backend routes, testing the status endpoint, and setting up the initial component and data-fetching structure. Vamsidhar addressed dark mode styling issues for the Injury Severity by Category of Worker Injured card by adjusting color contrast for dropdown labels and options across filter categories and is resolving backend MongoDB connection issues before testing, with related updates recorded under PRs 3619 and 4479. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of improving the human living experience. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.

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EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer) and includes Casstiel Pi (Software Engineer), and Meenashi Jeyanthinatha (Full-Stack Developer). This effort supports One Community’s goal of improving the human living experience.

This week, Casstiel continued work on the task to fix a site crash caused by clicking the lesson box. During testing, the backend failed to start and the login functionality was affected due to a MongoDB connection issue, which was resolved by adjusting environment file variables. Casstiel reviewed the related error logs and identified the root cause as the use of a deprecated npm package, which was removed and replaced to complete the fix. Continue to work on this task as the dark mode cuased the component to display invisible text. This work directly contributes to One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience.

Meenashi worked on adding Dropbox file size and file type restriction validations to the backend, implementing isRequired validation for responses based on the corresponding questionId so the API returns an error when required fields are missing or invalid, updating the email subject to include the job post applied for and the respondent’s email address, and updating the backend PR with a detailed description and test instructions; additional work included preparing a Dropbox demo that explains how to generate a refresh token using the app’s client_id and client_secret, adding steps for enabling email so responses can be sent to the configured recipient address, and documenting the steps for uploading a file and retrieving a shareable link, adding a job, and submitting a response; current issues involved the inability to upload videos due to a MongoDB connection error and an inability to log into Slack, along with a Dropbox token created under a personal email address that linked to a personal application instead of the shared team drive, with a request sent to Jae for help when available; the authorization flow for obtaining a refresh token was reviewed without including the related URLs, as the focus is on enabling uploads to the shared team drive; MongoDB was initially not starting locally due to changes in the environment but was restored after updating the environment variables; jobForms missing for some adReplies positions were added back; and updates to the PR with backend and frontend videos are still in progress. This work directly contributes to One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience. Rahul worked on resolving merge conflicts in PR 4212 by updating file names, adjusting .css files to .module.css, and making changes to class names to address ongoing merging issues. Additional updates were made to improve the logic for handling Reports components and to modify related css files to reduce conflicts. Alongside development work, Rahul completed team management tasks, including reviewing summaries, videos, and images, assisting new team member Deb Mikerjee with setting up the application on his system, and conducting the weekly team meeting. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work contributes to improving the human living experience. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator) and Sohail Uddin Syed (Software Engineer). The team includes contributions from Abhishek Jain (Software Engineer), Aryan Rachala (Software Engineer), Chirag Bellara (Software Engineer), Shravya Kudlu (Software Development Engineer), Veda Bellam (Software Engineer), Venkataramanan Venkateswaran (Software Engineer) and Vinay Krishna (Software Engineer). Their work supports One Community’s goal of  improving the human living experience through cross-functional software development and ongoing system improvements.

This week, Abhishek achieved a major milestone in the Code Coverage Improvement Initiative with the successful merge of the HGNRest backend PR (#1754), officially bringing automated testing enforcement into the codebase. This work strengthens One Community’s commitment to improving the human living experience. He completed the ClickUp board infrastructure for tracking the team’s progression toward the 60% coverage target over the planned 6–8-week improvement period. He also drafted a comprehensive announcement email for Jae to communicate the workflow changes, outlining the rollout plan, technical requirements, and developer responsibilities. The week included coordinating the phased implementation strategy and confirming that frontend automation will follow once GitHub runner performance issues in the HighestGoodNetworkApp repository are resolved. This coordination and system setup contribute to improving the human living experience. Aryan worked on resolving issues in the HGN Questionnaire Dashboard, ensuring the “Show your team members” section on the Top Community Member page displayed accurate data. He refactored the logic to properly load team data through the API, added client-side filtering, and updated the user card component to handle missing fields safely. He also improved layout and responsiveness using Flexbox and JSX updates to provide better alignment and user experience. These technical refinements contribute to improving the human living experience. Chirag completed the Project Link fix, committed the code changes, and created pull request #4472. He then began developing the tools filter dropdowns and table-sorting functionality, analyzing dependencies to ensure new filters integrate smoothly without breaking other shared components. These improvements support improving the human living experience. Durga resolved issues identified during the code review, added a side navigation bar to the Evaluation Results section, updated mobile and report views, and obtained approval to convert CSS files to module CSS. He also prepared the analytics pull request for merging and documented next steps for resolving merge conflicts and integrating frontend and backend functionality once the required APIs become available. This steady progress contributes to improving the human living experience. Shashank fixed errors in the update and delete flows for intermediate tasks on the frontend, added a delete modal, and updated the student profile to include intermediate tasks. He added mark-as-done functionality and progress bars for intermediate tasks, linking the parent task’s status and progress to its child tasks for more accurate tracking. This backend and frontend progress supports improving the human living experience. This supports One Community’s progress toward improving the human living experience.

Shravya worked on Phase 4 of the backend, focusing on aggregating class performance data. After outlining the implementation plan last week, she encountered database connection issues and generated mock data using the MongoDB structure to proceed with development. She implemented the logic, configured the endpoint as specified in the requirements, and prepared it for validation once database access becomes available. These contributions help improving the human living experience. Sohail reviewed and refined the email threading implementation to ensure compatibility with Gmail and Outlook. He verified and adjusted the EmailThread and EmailHistory models, corrected argument order in userHelper.js for emailSender calls, added missing threading options, and refactored the utility for robustness. He updated queueing logic to support deferred promise resolution and modified the unique-key generation to prevent overwriting records. He also reviewed PR #1479 to confirm that remaining badge-functionality issues were resolved. This backend refinement contributes to improving the human living experience. Veda worked on multiple tasks within HGN Software Development, focusing on job posting and application features. She frequently pulled the development branch, resolved merge conflicts, fixed errors, and created a donut chart visualizing candidate breakdown by experience and education level. She implemented permissions for question-set creation, refined UI alignment, visibility, and responsiveness, and prepared pending updates for review. These enhancements support improving the human living experience. Venkataramanan worked on several frontend and backend updates across the platform. On the frontend, he added a 40-hour limit to Add Lost Time and Edit Lost Time pages, improved UI alignment for Total Org Summary charts, and updated multiple components related to timelog limits, summary submission, badge assignment, issue viewing, and Sunday time-off warnings. On the backend, he modified email sorting for blue-square additions, fixed the controller error affecting Total Org Summary, and prepared an incident report outlining causes and recovery steps following a data deletion event. These fixes contribute to improving the human living experience. Vinay worked on Indra’s Application/Job Posting Page—Application Form Template in /jobformbuilder to remove the per-question “Clone” button, following the high-priority request from Jae and Mrinalini to enable distinct application question sets linked to PR #2928 and #1167. The update removed redundant field-level controls, retained full-template cloning, and ensured add-field behavior remained intact. Validation focused on usability, consistency, routing, and save flows, with final adjustments completed as he prepared the demonstration video for upload. This UI and workflow enhancement supports improving the human living experience. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports improving the human living experience. See the collage below highlighting the team’s work for the week.

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MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Bhavpreet Singh (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer), Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer), Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer), Sai Krishna (Software Engineer), and Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer). Their efforts advance One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience, promoting open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

This week, Bhavpreet added mobile responsiveness and dark mode to the education portal’s analytics widgets, updated the frontend to apply dark mode to the download reports button, and introduced middleware, validation services, and structural improvements to the backend. This work is aligned with One Community’s focus on improving the human living experience globally. Sai addressed the utilization chart’s start and end date functionality, implemented the fix, tested the changes, submitted a pull request, and then moved to the add materials page to work on date and phone number functionality by reproducing the issue, reviewing the code, and adjusting the date logic to block future dates. Sudheesh worked on Phase 2 of the HGN Software Development project by adding column-specific tooltips to the Daily Equipment Log Page, integrating React uncontrolled tooltips, refining styling, and reviewing requirements to improve hover tooltip visibility on the Project Risk Graph in dark mode. This supports One Community’s ongoing commitment to improving the human living experience everywhere. Mani contributed to Phase 3 error handling by implementing a success confirmation system that added toast notifications and modal confirmations with full event details, finalizing dark mode integration with Redux-based support, integrating the feature into the Community Portal through component relocation and CPProtectedRoute, and adding clear “No Results Found” messaging before submitting the work for review. This work reinforces One Community’s belief in improving the human living experience for all.

Aayush continued Phase 2 Tools and Equipment Tracking by addressing the missing dashboard graph, reviewing requirements, analyzing code updates, resolving MongoDB migration issues, fixing backend errors, resolving merge conflicts, updating the branch, and fixing the hover-related bug in the Lessons Learned component while capturing progress images for documentation. This task plays a key part in One Community’s approach to improving the human living experience. Alisha worked on Phase 4 of the Learner Knowledge Evolution View across backend and frontend by reinjecting data into eight collections after database restoration, updating action creators, testing backend functionality, fixing link displays and userId retrieval, rebasing her branch, removing temporary loggers, completing implementation and testing for the knowledge evolution feature, adding tooltip displays, raising pull requests, debugging navigation issues between template and topic selection, applying CSS fixes, implementing drafting activities in the Lesson Plan Builder multistep form, and configuring the modal view for adding a new activity. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports improving the human living experience through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage below reflects the team’s primary accomplishments for this week.

Moonfall Team, Highest Good Network, Weekly Progress Update #663, HGN Software Development, education portal analytics mobile responsiveness and dark mode updates, backend validation enhancements, utilization chart date fix and materials page validation adjustments, Daily Equipment Log tooltips and Project Risk Graph dark mode visibility improvements, Community Portal error-handling with toast notifications and modal confirmations, Phase 2 Tools and Equipment Tracking missing-graph and hover-bug fixes, and Learner Knowledge Evolution View updates including data reinjection, navigation debugging, drafting activities, and modal setup.

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sai Suraj Matta Veera Venkata (Business Data Analyst) and Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer). The team includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer), Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer), Guna Pranith Reddy Cheelam (Software Developer), Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer), Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer), Siva Putti (Software Engineer), Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer), Tom Linn (Software Engineer), and Ujjwal Baranwal (Full-stack Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on demonstrating improving the human living experience. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems.

This week, Akshay completed the dark mode implementation for the Community Portal and opened PR4477, continued dark mode work on the Reports section including layout updates, CSS module conversion, selector fixes, and alignment adjustments while also coordinating team pull requests, helping resolve Git issues, and submitting the weekly review. Aseem worked on resolving the recurring “Issue getting the data” error by updating backend and frontend API configurations, reached out for clarification when the issue appeared tied to previous merges, and reported a MongoDB error after data migration that blocked backend testing for PR1665. This work contributes to improving the human living experience. Diya resolved production-facing issues including zeroing behavior in the Weekly Summaries Report, updated Blue Square email reply-to logic, and created an endpoint for removing task resources on updates, submitting PRs #4481, #1922, #1919, and #4453. Guna continued updates for PR3999 to fix image requests and tab headings on the listings home page and continued debugging the “Page not Found” issue for the attendance tracking page in Dev. Kristin completed dynamic calendar event state changes in the Community Portal by integrating registered count and capacity rules and began adding dark mode styles for the log attendance page. This task plays a key part in One Community’s approach to improving the human living experience.

Namitha refactored the Activities List page to support dark mode using Redux state, applying scoped styling and adjusting inputs, cards, and dropdowns to ensure consistent appearance. Peterson fixed filtering behavior on the User Management page so that last-name searches work correctly even when spaces are included (PR4464). Siva updated dark mode styling on the Engagement page including event cards, calendar, buttons, text inputs, and feedback components while removing inline styles and ensuring consistent contrast (PR4467). These efforts collectively support One Community’s improving the human living experience goals. Sudheeksha spent 20 hours working on separate inputs for tools and equipment functionality, investigating and fixing file issues to support proper form behavior.

Suparshwa improved chatbot reliability by refining prompt behavior, developing memory orchestration, testing model inputs, resolving merge conflicts, researching performance improvements, and performing load testing. This work supports One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience. Tom continued frontend work on the resource usage overview page by applying CSS modules, troubleshooting login blocking issues, testing facilities search, evaluating Add New Log functionality, and working to restore dark/light mode toggle behavior. Ujjwal verified that Edit Unit functionality works after API updates, continued developing and testing Edit Name functionality, and began implementing the frontend connection for both update features. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports modeling pioneering improving the human living experience. See below for the work done on demonstrating improving the human living experience.

Reactonauts, Highest Good Network Software, Improving the Human Living Experience, One Community Weekly Progress Update #663, dark mode community portal, API configuration fixes, Weekly Summaries Report update, Blue Square email reply-to improvements, listings home page debugging, calendar event status integration, Activities List dark mode styling, Engagement page UI fixes, resource usage overview development, Edit Name and Unit API enhancements

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Julia Ha (Software Engineer), Lavanya Lahari Nandipati (Software Developer) and Marcus Yi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software objectively tracks and manages progress, with a focus on improving the human living experience. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that foster sustainable and thriving ecosystems. Designed to be portable, scalable, this solution is ideal for off-grid and sustainable living communities – a practical example of improving the human living experience.

This week, Julia addressed conflicts and failed tests across several pull requests, refactored code in PR#4150 by removing duplicated logic, created the FilterEditForm and FilterPreviewForm components to reduce duplication and moved all filter toggles into a separate component. This effort advances One Community’s focus on improving the human living experience. She merged and resolved conflicts in PR#1888 and PR#4344, and updated PR#4268 by improving mobile responsiveness for the date picker input and fixing failed tests. Lavanya reviewed badge behavior across multiple historical weekly ranges and documented ongoing issues affecting several badges, including the “New Max”, “5x Minimum Hours”, “30 Hours in 1 Week”, “40 Hours in 1 Week”, and “100 Hours Stewardship” badges, confirming incorrect or inconsistent updates related to modified dates, earned dates, counts, and badge assignments. After observing repeated inconsistencies, she paused badge testing until fixes were applied and also reviewed the high-priority issue involving users changing the system date to log time for a different week. By addressing these immediate challenges, their work continues to directly support One Community’s mission of improving the human living experience.

Marcus coded initial components for the Facebook autoposter, obtained the required Facebook Developer API keys, built the backend pieces needed for the feature, and noted that the functionality was still not operating as expected because the backend had not yet been connected to the existing wireframe. Anthony handled a new merge conflict for PR#3713 and notified that its backend pair was ready to merge. He continued working on updates related to PR#3978 and PR#1682 by correcting the date value for blue squares and adding conditions for various warning scenarios. Additionally, Anthony began implementing functionality to issue a blue square from the dashboard page, addressing errors, missing values, and description updates required for the feature. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contribution advances One Community’s goals of improving the human living experience in the Highest Good Network open source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.

Highest Good Network Software, Improving the Human Living Experience, One Community Weekly Progress Update #663, filter component refactoring, mobile responsive date picker, badge behavior testing, inconsistent badge assignment, stewardship hours badge issues, Facebook autoposter development, backend API integration, merge conflict fixes, blue square feature updates, warning tracker enhancements

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–N, managed by Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), highlights their contributions to the Highest Good Network software. This platform forms the foundation for measuring our results in improving the human living experience. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Bhanu Anish Akkineni (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Developer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They supported the project by reviewing all pull requests shared this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward improving the human living experience in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

PR, Highest Good Network Software, Improving the Human Living Experience, One Community Weekly Progress Update #663, pull request, PR review, PR review team, software team, software development, Highest Good Network, Highest Good society, One Community, MERN Stack, software engineering, MongoDB, React.js, Node.js, Express.js, open source software

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members with names starting from O–Z, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results in improving the human living experience. This week’s active members of this team were: Sundar Machani (Software Engineer), Anirudh Vijay (Software Development Engineer), and Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures progress towards improving the human living experience in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

PR, Highest Good Network Software, Improving the Human Living Experience, One Community Weekly Progress Update 663, pull request, PR review, PR review team, software team, software development, Highest Good Network, Highest Good society, One Community, MERN Stack, software engineering, Use MongoDB, React.js, Node.js, Express.js, open source software

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