Community-based DIY Eco-construction – One Community Weekly Progress Update #632

Posted on April 28, 2025 by One Community Hs

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement of community-based DIY eco-construction as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the April 28th, 2025 edition (#632) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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One Community Progress Update #632

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is prototyping community-based diy eco-construction through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

- - Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
  - Learn about the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Adil Zulfiquar (Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet engineering designs. Adil worked on the temperature monitoring and control report by adding a section on cooling ventilation devices for temperature regulation during extreme outside temperatures. He explored options such as inline ventilation with smart control, duct fans, inline duct fans, and grow tent ventilation systems. Each option was evaluated based on price, features, and compatibility with the vermiculture system, with a comparison of their advantages and disadvantages to identify the most suitable choice for the setup. The Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages, serves as the initial housing component within One Community’s open source model for community-based DIY eco-construction. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) continued advancing the engineering and design of the Vermiculture Toilet for the Earthbag Village project. Work focused on converting the DIY toilet assembly instructions into the engineering documentation format. Participation in the weekly team meeting included reviewing progress and assigning tasks to teammates. Formatting of the assembly instructions continued with the addition of steps for installing the urine diverter. Required sections and icons were added to the DIY toilet assembly document, and formatting was completed. Images were organized, content relationships were established, and visual adjustments were made to improve the document layout. A weekly summary was prepared, and screenshots of the past week’s work were uploaded to Dropbox. This commitment to community-based DIY eco-construction drives the development of innovative, eco-friendly solutions that balance environmental responsibility with high standards of functionality. See below for pictures related to this work.

Audrey Gunawan (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet plumbing details. Audrey completed the model and replaced the existing wye connections with double wye connections. She modeled the pipes to match the distance from the bottom of the assembly to the existing plumbing. She fixed the assembly structure and made only the main pipe adjustable to account for varying required lengths. Audrey also began working on the parts and pricing list, which she is updating in the shared Google document. As the first of seven planned villages, Earthbag Village provides the initial housing within One Community’s open source designs for community-based DIY eco-construction. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home renders. Faeq worked on creating a walkthrough video render to display the enhanced outdoor space of the 4-dome home, focusing on the addition of natural features and landscaping. The task involved rendering visual updates and preparing video materials to showcase the improvements made to the exterior environment. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source plans for community-based DIY eco-construction. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.

Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Earthbag Village 4-dome home roof plan. Karthik focused on the structural analysis of the window beam for the 4-dome cluster roof project, which was more complex than previous analyses due to the difficulty in estimating the load distribution on the section above the window beam. The irregular geometry of the roof and the positioning of the window beam made it challenging to isolate and calculate the relevant forces. Another issue involved the material properties of earth bags, which could not be clearly defined, as specific mechanical property values for the earthbag fill material were not available for input into SolidWorks, limiting the ability to model the material behavior accurately. In parallel, Karthik worked on the Vermiculture toilet structure, carrying out a cost analysis based on the bill of materials and reviewing a preliminary design report to make necessary modifications for clarity, accuracy, and alignment with current project requirements. As the first of seven planned villages, Earthbag Village provides the initial housing within One Community’s open source designs for community-based DIY eco-construction. See the work in the collage below.

Ketsia Kayembe (Civil Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village designs related to Rainwater Harvesting and Water Catchment. Ketsia worked on reviewing the design and CAD files for the Earthbag Village stormwater management system as the design was updated and revised by Yi-Ju. She checked for inconsistencies, verified calculations and dimensions, and identified inaccuracies. On Thursday, Ketsia and Yi-Ju had a meeting to discuss each other’s progress and provide feedback and suggestions. At the beginning of the week, Ketsia worked on revising and improving the stormwater management plan content to be added, focusing on specific sections that required updates. One Community’s open source model for community-based DIY eco-construction begins with Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on the architectural details for the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela worked on the construction documents for the 4-dome home, adding dimensions and notes to the structural plan for the spa, dining room, and kitchen dome opening. She created a section detail through the island at the oven and the ceiling framing at the kitchen dome opening. She also produced a detail of the shower plan. As the first of seven villages in One Community’s open source plan for community-based DIY eco-construction, the Earthbag Village represents the housing element. See her work in the collage below.

Rumi Shah (Civil Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village upgrades to bring our designs closer to construction-ready plans. Rumi contributed to the development of the 6-dome structure drawings, completing the majority of the architectural and structural elements. The work included floor plans, foundation details, roof plans, and key structural components. Although a few sections, elevations, and portions of the electrical and plumbing layouts are still in progress, the primary framework of the drawings is complete, positioning the project for the next stages of development. One Community’s open source resources for community-based DIY eco-construction begin with the Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Yi-Ju Lien (Environmental Engineer) continued her work on the Earthbag Village LEED points related to stormwater retention. Yi-Ju continued work on the revised Earthbag Village AutoCAD file, building on last week’s efforts, which involved reviewing the original plan and addressing design issues such as asymmetry between the left and right sides of the layout, misalignment between cluster and road boundaries, and incomplete cluster boundaries that excluded parts of some domes. She focused on distinguishing cluster areas and updating the corresponding area values, while also correcting additional boundary detail errors that had previously been overlooked. With the updated area data and revised map, she proceeded to work on the catchment area plan for stormwater management, highlighting the importance of maintaining collaboration and unity in community-based DIY eco-construction. See some of the work done in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is prototyping community-based diy eco-construction through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

- - Learn about this building and it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Andrew Chen (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Dormer second-floor window for the Duplicable City Center. He finalized material sourcing for the dormer window frames and selected 3/4 inch plywood as the standard thickness, which has been implemented in the 3D model. He also continued cutting the window frame 3D model parts according to the material dimensions for the purpose of parts assembly. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model, representing our commitment to community-based DIY eco-construction. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Ariana Gutierrez (Industrial Designer) continued the analysis and cost estimation for the first-floor dormer window design for the Duplicable City Center. This week, she continued focusing on evaluating various cutting methods to optimize material usage and reduce expenses. The cost estimates were developed based on three different types of wood, each with distinct pricing. It was also noted that the sanding process may impact the final thickness of the wood, which could influence both material performance and overall cost calculations. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model, representing our commitment to community-based DIY eco-construction. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Jason Bao (Architectural Designer) continued working on producing renders for the Duplicable City Center library. Model adjustments were completed, and plants were added as specified by Jae. Preparations for rendering tasks in his designated area were initiated, and the finalized outer area was submitted to Jae for review. Discussions on rendering approaches for upcoming tasks took place, and groundwork for sundeck renders was laid out. Responsibility for Maaz’s project files was assumed, with steps taken to organize and integrate them into the current workflow. At the heart of One Community’s open-source initiatives, the Duplicable City Center showcases our vision for community-based DIY eco-construction. Check out some highlights of this progress in the photos below.

Mihir Patki (Civil and Construction Engineer) worked on updating the 2D CAD and 3D SketchUp drawings for the Duplicable City Center Water Catchment designs. He focused on refining the gutter system layout, adjusting drainage pipe routing, and integrating connections to the greywater system. He made edits to the cupola catchment drawings and reviewed alignment with the site plan requirements. Mihir also attempted to start a Revit file for better visualization but encountered file size limitations. Progress continued with updates to the City Center CAD layout to fit within the existing footprint and project guidelines. The Duplicable City Center exemplifies One Community’s mission to advance community-based DIY eco-construction through open-source innovation. View some of this inspiring work in the pictures below.

Shu-Tsun (Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center by dedicating her time to conducting the structural and frame analysis of the City Center dome using Autodesk Inventor, as well as working on the spreadsheet for which she is responsible. She completed her initial snow load analysis. Alongside revisiting the snow load work, Shu-Tsun also began preparing for the next phase of her project: wind load analysis. She initiated the setup by organizing and configuring the necessary files, carefully defining all parameters and boundary conditions to ensure a smooth transition into this new analytical task. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model, representing our focus on community-based DIY eco-construction. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the Duplicable City Center FEA analysis. He worked on setting up the model for seismic analysis of the new city center design, noting that the presence of rigid links without single-point connections may affect the loading and produce different results compared to previous models, requiring further discussion before proceeding with the analysis. The setup from earlier iterations was reviewed and adjustments were identified for the current design. He also spent time reading and watching videos on seismic loading to understand the response spectrum method, which is relevant for improving the accuracy of future analyses. Additionally, the material properties were finalized and added to the document intended for website information, along with updates to formatting and content based on the latest analysis results. At the heart of One Community’s open-source initiatives, the Duplicable City Center showcases our vision for community-based DIY eco-construction. Check out some highlights of this progress in the photos below.

Yan “Jenni” Zu (Architectural Designer) continued her work on the greenhouse area of the Duplicable City Center. She continued to optimize the animal area. She added more plants and animals to make the scene richer and more vivid. In addition, Jenni completed several initial renderings from different angles to better showcase the layout and atmosphere of the animal area, making the design intent and spatial arrangement clearer. The Duplicable City Center exemplifies One Community’s mission to advance community-based DIY eco-construction through open-source innovation. View some of this inspiring work in the pictures below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is prototyping community-based diy eco-construction through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

- - Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team completed adding photos to the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies document, including items related to the Goat, Chicken, and Rabbit sections. They also completed a substantial portion of the Goat section and alphabetized the listings within the Master List. The additions encompassed a range of items, including garden tools, mechanized hand tools, fencing supplies, construction tools, and gating and fencing hardware and supplies, all pertinent to the construction and maintenance of the Ethical Raising of Goats project. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on community-based DIY eco-construction, and exemplifies the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued her work on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan menus and customization spreadsheets. She streamlined resources related to the Recipe Build-Out Tool by combining, formatting, and revising both the Recipe Build-Out Tool Page and the Master Recipe Tutorial. The most substantial changes were made to the Updated Self-Sufficiency Plan Page Report, which is now optimized to support efficient updates by web designers. During this process, she identified a conflict between the Food Procurement and Storage Plan for Remote Construction Projects and the Master Recipes and 3-Day Menu document. She reported the inconsistency to Jae. As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports community-based DIY eco-construction as a foundation for sustainable living. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Dirgh Patel (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) continued assisting with the Climate Battery design evolutions. He completed thermal simulations for multiple scenarios, including the Coldest Day in the Summer, Warmest Night in the Summer, Coldest Night in Summer, Coldest Night in Winter, Coldest Day in Winter, Warmest Night in Winter, and Warmest Day in Winter. For each scenario, outside, underground (at 2.5 feet depth), and inside temperatures were defined, and simulation results were recorded and organized into the designated folder. The simulation results showed trends in temperature variation and heat transfer behavior. He also completed the stress and strain reporting, including documenting the methods used for calculations. All eight thermal scenario simulation results were uploaded to the portal, and work began on preparing the thermal simulation report. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Food initiative, which is focused on advancing community-based DIY eco-construction for global benefit. The following visuals highlight key outcomes of this initiative.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. He researched the daily light integral (DLI) of plants in their native environments and compared it with the DLI at the project location. Based on the findings, he modified the lighting energy calculation formula for the Solawrap roof to align it with the method used for the earthen roof, emphasizing the importance of optimizing plant health. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform, promoting community-based DIY eco-construction through sustainable and participatory development. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Keerthi Reddy Gavinolla (Software Developer) continued working on the Highest Good Food page additions, covering small-business and urban community options. She updated the Expressers Team’s Blog #631. Continued working on the Highest Good Food Infrastructure website by editing formatting and headings, adding images, and refining bullet points. Added   for spacing adjustments before and after paragraphs. Inserted ID names and edited references in the headings, and linked them at the start for direct section navigation. Also made additional formatting improvements for better layout and readability. Built on One Community’s open source foundation, the Highest Good Food initiative drives community-based DIY eco-construction to empower communities with self-sustaining systems. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) worked on adding the new Zenapini 2 content to the g/Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting page. She also assisted with the research for community-based DIY eco-construction by completing one interview and providing details accordingly. She created blog 631, reviewed the team’s work, started designing the web page for Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting, and provided the interview details. She also coordinated with team members to clarify design requirements and made initial updates based on feedback. Work on refining the layout and structure of the new web page is ongoing. Fulfilling One Community’s open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates community-based DIY eco-construction into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Tanmay Koparde (Industrial Engineer and Team Administrator) continued optimizing the Food Procurement and Storage Plan to enhance efficiency and sustainability. He applied the knowledge gained from learning SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing) systems to improve food storage efficiency and reduce supply chain disruptions by utilizing SAP Material Management (MM) and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) modules to implement FIFO (First-In, First-Out) and safety stock concepts, address inventory shortages, maintain emergency reserves, ensure the circulation of fresh food products between storage and use, and support consistent distribution and inventory control. Through the lens of open source development, One Community’s Highest Good Food initiative utilizes community-based DIY eco-construction to support replicable ecological solutions. See his work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is prototyping community-based diy eco-construction through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

- - Learn about the open source sustainable-energy foundations: Solar, Hydro, and Wind
  - Explore our research into the most sustainable products and companies for saving water and energy: Insulation, Eco-laundry, Lightbulbs and Light Bulb Companies, Doors and Door Companies, Windows and Window Companies, Toilets, Faucets and Faucet Accessories, Urinals, and more.

This week, Dishita Jain (Data Analyst) continued assisting with the Highest Good Energy research and cost analysis for community-based DIY eco-construction. She worked on the HG Energy project by updating several columns and numbers based on additional research and adding a corrected PDF to the reference materials. She further modified calculations using newly gathered information. As part of the Energy Infrastructure Cost Analysis and Visualizations subtask, she uploaded source PDFs to a Dropbox folder and continued searching for additional reference materials. For the OC Administration project, Dishita completed the Training Team review by providing feedback, creating a collage, and rating the manager’s performance. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Energy initiative, which is focused on advancing community-based DIY eco-construction for global benefit. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Muhammad Sarmad Tariq (Electrical Engineer) continued assisting with off-grid and grid-tied Solar Microgrid comparisons as part of the Highest Good Energy component. This is part of research for community-based DIY eco-construction, covering sustainable power supply. He compiled the Net Present Cost and Levelized Cost of Energy results for various system configurations, including: Solar PV, wind, and diesel-based systems; Solar PV and diesel-based systems; wind and diesel-based systems; grid-connected solar PV with one wind turbine; and grid-connected solar PV with two wind turbines. Driven by its open source philosophy, One Community created the Highest Good Energy initiative to pioneer sustainable practices through community-based DIY eco-construction. See his work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is prototyping community-based diy eco-construction through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them. 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:

Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance: How to use the Education for Life Program
Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
Curriculum for Life
Teaching Strategies for Life
Learning Tools and Toys for Life
Evaluation and Evolution

This week, Chitra Siddharthan (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued focusing on updating the blog, weekly summary, and Dropbox files for Team Code Crafters for Week 631. A meeting with Anuneet was scheduled on Slack to discuss her role and some UI/UX basics to support her starting the wireframes. Issues and tasks related to Phase 2 requests were addressed and updated both on the Phase 2 document and Slack. A Slack meeting with Ravi was held to explain Phase 4 and the expectations for the task assigned to him, followed by a check-in with Anuneet regarding her progress on Figma and contacting Himanshu to assign the task to Ravi. Deliverables were broken down to share with Ravi and Anuneet to facilitate the start of their action items. Phase 2 tasks were managed and the updated pull request was reviewed. Progress checks for Ravi and Anuneet on their Figma work, the login page design by Ravi was reviewed, and the action items for Figma were discussed with Harshitha. Task assignments were reviewed to ensure proper claiming and Pratyush’s request for available frontend tasks was addressed by providing him with details after reviewing the open action items for Phase 2. The status of Phase 2 tasks in the WBS document was checked and it was noted that some tasks were still marked as ‘Not Started’ and ‘Needs New Developer’. The One Community model of community-based DIY eco-construction with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of sustainable change for the whole planet. See the collage below for her work.

Mrinalini Raghavendran (Software Engineer) continued refining and documenting both frontend and backend requirements for various graphs. She worked on a new frontend task by setting up her local environment and writing the initial code. She tested changes incrementally on her setup to ensure things were working as expected. Over the next few days, she continued developing the frontend, made styling adjustments to the chart, and added more code to support the required functionality. She focused on modularizing the code by breaking it into separate files to improve readability and organization. Mrinalini also started applying CSS styling to these components and wrapped up the week by adding further updates to the main JavaScript file. By forwarding community-based DIY eco-construction with classrooms like this, One Community provides a replicable example for global sustainable development. See the collage below for her work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is prototyping community-based diy eco-construction through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

- - Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
  - Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
  - Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
  - Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team completed over 17 hours managing One Community’s volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. They also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about community-based DIY eco-construction and how community-based DIY eco-construction are a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.

This Week, Govind Sajithkumar (Project Manager) continued focusing on Meta platform analytics and content management for Facebook and Instagram channels. He maintained a consistent content rotation on both platforms, ensuring fresh material was published according to schedule. He updated all content metadata in the Open Source spreadsheet, documenting publishing times, content descriptions, and associated media files to maintain thorough tracking records. Govind refreshed audience data with the latest metrics for both Facebook and Instagram, performing quality checks to ensure data integrity across reporting frameworks. He updated spreadsheets and dashboards to reflect the most recent audience performance statistics, supporting accurate analysis of campaign effectiveness. Additionally, he completed administrative tasks, including PR team management, providing feedback, updating his WordPress site, and finalizing his biographical information for publication. This effort supports One Community’s broader mission of community-based DIY eco-construction. The images below showcase some of this work.

Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst) continued focusing on marketing and administrative tasks. He worked on marketing and promotion by posting high-engagement content in Twitter communities and conducting research to enhance content strategy. He managed the scheduling and posting of social media content while maintaining updated records in tracking spreadsheets. In addition to marketing tasks, Hritvik contributed to the HGN software development project by reviewing pull requests, identifying and following up on merge conflicts, and coordinating with team members on Slack to address necessary changes. He also supported OC administration tasks by providing feedback and comments on the work of admin team members for Blog #631, documented in the Step 4 file. This initiative furthers One Community’s goal of advancing community-based DIY eco-construction. The following images show his work for the week.

Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and the Highest Good Network Phase 2 Dashboard. Changes were also made in the action item lists for some graphs’ wireframes to aid further work. As part of the PR review team, he reviewed the pull requests of the volunteer team assigned to him. This project plays an important role in One Community’s commitment to community-based DIY eco-construction. The following images show his work for the week.

Raghav Dinesh Pamuru (Product Manager) continued work on coordinating with cross-functional teams to update the project roadmap and ensuring that all development tasks aligned with weekly goals. He focused on enhancing the social media engagement dashboard platform by integrating data from 20 different platforms to create a unified reporting system. He collaborated with engineering teams to define technical requirements, aligned on integration workflows, and updated the project backlog in Jira to reflect progress. Raghav worked with analytics to validate incoming data using SQL queries and documented key metrics to be used for dashboard visualizations. It directly contributes to One Community’s mission of creating systems rooted in community-based DIY eco-construction. The images below showcase some of this work.

Yash Shah (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued his admin work and managed the social architecture component of the Highest Good Network software. Yash followed up directly on GitHub by tagging reviewers and pull request owners to address existing conflicts and help move the process forward more efficiently. He took updates on the status of the pull requests from Sharada, Pallavi, and Vaibhavi to understand current blockers, gather necessary inputs, and coordinate next steps for resolution. After reviewing the development team’s updates, only Sharada’s pull request showed all approvals and no conflicts, while the others still had unresolved issues. Yash requested the respective reviewers to recheck and update their reviews. Some pull request conflicts were resolved, but based on feedback from developers, certain approvals were no longer visible after conflict resolution. To address this, he asked the developers to retag the approvers to regain necessary approvals and keep the pull requests moving toward completion. Additionally, he also created a blog post for Dev Dynasty, organized the folder for the week, compiled a collage, and provided feedback on fellow volunteers’ blogs. This work strengthens One Community’s pursuit of community-based DIY eco-construction. The following images show his work for the week.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for community-based DIY eco-construction was managed by Bhakti Tigdi (Project Manager) and includes Anuneet Kaur (Administrator), Himanshu Mandloi (Engineering Project Manager), Jibin Joby (Data Analyst), Khushie Zaveri (Communication Strategist), Kishan Sivakumar (Administrative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Preksha Welankiwar (Digital Marketing Manager), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rishi Sundara (Quality Control Engineer and Team Administrator), Ryutaro Wongso (Economic Analyst and Team Administrator), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), Vikas Pande (Software Administrator), and Vishnu Murali (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for community-based DIY eco-construction through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, the Administration team focused on software development support, research initiatives, campaign outreach, and administrative updates. Anuneet advanced her research on sustainable alternatives for plastics and Styrofoam, gathered statistics to support community strategies, and began drafting webpage content for the Highest Good Education Program Licensing and Accreditation project. She also expanded her Figma knowledge and supported Highest Good Society administrative tasks. Himanshu managed daily timelog reviews, updated task hours, and created follow-up lists for non-responsive members. He finalized and uploaded his blog content and announcement materials, created a sustainable future blog for One Community, and reviewed administrator submissions for accuracy and task progress. Jibin collaborated with Vishnu to enhance the BlueSky data scraping process, corrected coding issues, maintained daily posting, and updated analytics dashboards. Khushie refined the media kit for the metric system campaign, developed targeted outreach templates, explored Reddit marketing strategies, and provided support for Moonfall team submissions and blog edits. Through our commitment to community-based DIY eco-construction, One Community is creating open-source resources designed to empower communities everywhere.

Ola managed weekly updates to progress reports, prepared Pinterest media, and organized documentation for the admin workspace. Olimpia analyzed LinkedIn performance data, created updated visuals, and reviewed content for dashboard improvements, alongside completing administrative review work. Preksha continued developing content for Threads and LinkedIn for May, checked PDFs as a corrections admin, and outlined social media strategies for the metric system outreach campaign. Rachna worked on pending SEO pages, reviewed internal content, and maintained email communication, marking her one-year milestone with One Community. Rishi tested and followed up on pull requests, updated individual blogs based on feedback, merged content into Blog #631, and completed SEO optimization. Ryutaro provided feedback to the Binary Brigade team, enhanced the duplicable city center cost templates, and created a blog summarizing development activities. Saumit managed PR workflows, tested multiple frontend updates, and made improvements to team WordPress pages. Vikas focused on tracking technical bios, updated validation scripts, and reviewed blog content for accuracy. Vishnu improved BlueSky data extraction, updated visualization dashboards, fixed scraper bugs, and posted regularly to increase engagement. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to community-based DIY eco-construction. See below to view images of their work.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Harshitha Rayapati (Program Manager) and includes Aurora Juang (Graphic Designer), Jaime Yao (Creative Technologist), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), and Yafei (Jojo) Wu (Graphic/UIUX designer) covering their work on graphic designs for community-based DIY eco-construction. This week, Aurora finalized the chapter icons for the Seven Villages book and website, repaired broken links in the digital book, corrected errors in earlier social media bio announcements, expanded the library of social media content posts, and developed and published new volunteer bios using Google Sheets with a focus on accuracy and consistency. Jaime updated the volunteer announcement pages for Keerthi Reddy Gavinolla and Dishita Jain and created social media images for the Metric campaign, incorporating references to NASA’s use of the metric system and Einstein’s quote “God does not play dice” to emphasize scientific precision.

Junyuan created social media content by collecting images, exploring design options, brainstorming strategies for future image creation, crafting volunteer bios, designing images, editing web page information, and working on the “Most Sustainable” image by inserting text and adjusting the layout. Yafei (Jojo) completed final revisions on four social media visuals, refined font weights for readability, standardized the proportions of visual elements for consistency, aligned visuals with supporting copy, recorded feedback and revision steps, exported final assets in required formats, and verified specifications for platform readiness. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to community-based DIY eco-construction. See the collage below to view some of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is prototyping community-based diy eco-construction 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.

Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network confirming fixes for timelog formatting (#3436), restoring the blue color for intangible time (#3292), auto-saving Quick Setup (#3298), updating the LB login and LB Dashboard with added notes to all login pages (#3302), refactoring the Weekly Summary component to fix toggle formatting (#3291), allowing spaces in the Profile>Name>firstname and lastname fields (#3308), finishing bell notifications for hours due in 48 hours (#2961), and completing Quick Setup auto-save (#3326). Through this work, One Community continues to promote its mission of community-based DIY eco-construction.

They also identified several issues still needing resolution. These included the HGN form with the main app (#3070), where dark mode is not yet implemented; User Management Table settings (#3200), where the default remains at 10 rows instead of 20; and scheduling time off with a confirmation modal (#3022), which is not functioning correctly on the User Management page. In addition, the team reported a bug affecting the pause-reactivation-day feature, which is not reactivating users on the correct day, and another issue with the inactive button at the top of the tasks table. They updated the requested hours from 30 to 55 for the task “Create appropriate auto-poster for LinkedIn + LinkedIn Company Pages” (WIP Manvitha) and assigned new tasks to three volunteers. These improvements represent incremental steps toward realizing community-based DIY eco-construction. Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to community-based DIY eco-construction. The collage below shows some of their work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, the Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and the team includes Eve Ye (Volunteer Software Engineer Intern), Jiaqi Nie (Software Engineer), Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer), Sujith Reddy Sudini (Full-Stack Software Developer), and Vinay Vallabineni (Software Engineer). This software is a foundation of One Community tracking and management process for community-based DIY Eco-construction.

Lin reviewed and approved PR #1350 after learning about the codebase and running tests on a local machine, with all eight test cases passing as expected. Lin also consulted with team members and reviewed the Alpha Team’s weekly summaries, photos, and videos while managing the team’s activities. At One Community, we believe community-based DIY eco-construction is key to building a sustainable and collaborative future for all.

Jiaqi worked on testing the API for the lbdashboard project. He completed the development of the bid and notification property API, ensuring it returns the correct fields such as bid amount, user_id, message, and timestamp. He verified its functionality using Postman, fixed a bug causing a URL issue, and added logic for posting a notification when a bid property is not found. By focusing on community-based DIY eco-construction, One Community is providing blueprints for a more self-sufficient, eco-friendly world.

Nikita worked on the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard task, focused on creating the horizontal bar graph for P5. She began by researching and reviewing related documentation and developed an initial draft of the solution. She then worked on the backend for the Longest Open Issue component and successfully retrieved all the necessary data without applying filters. All the team’s efforts are helping move forward the goal of community-based DIY eco-construction. See below for some of the team’s work.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Amalesh completed the resolution of all remaining ESLint errors and removed additional folders from the ESLint ignore list while helping streamline the codebase for prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction applications. He revised fixes to maintain unit test functionality, documented updates with screenshots and videos, submitted the ESLint pull request for review, and completed required onboarding steps. Anirudh worked on resolving merge conflicts in HighestGoodNetwork PRs 2756 and 1763 and HGNRest PR 1850, essential for stabilizing backend systems supporting prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction tools. He completed fixes for PR 2756, while partial progress was made on PR 1763 and PR 1850, where issues still remained.

Aureliano developed the auto-poster feature for Instagram and Threads, implementing single-image upload functionality critical for promoting prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction efforts online. After encountering image hosting limitations with Instagram’s API, he integrated Imgur for temporary hosting, achieved posting through the React app, and contributed to the Binary Brigade collage task. Geeta collaborated with Raghav and Olympia on the Social Media Dashboard task, adding user account data to help visualize team contributions to prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction projects. She also worked on dashboard design elements with other team members.

Jaissica updated the ExpenseBarChart component by creating a mockResponse object, a data formatting function, and a useMockData flag, improving the visualization of budget tracking for prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction initiatives. She configured a responsive Recharts BarChart, reviewed weekly summaries and images, assembled a deliverables overview, and uploaded everything to the shared directory. Nikhil continued migrating .css files to .module.css, modifying 200 JSX files to update style imports and className references to support more modular styling for prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction platforms. He resolved issues with incorrect references and dynamic class handling and raised a pull request for the BMDashboard files under task 3444.

Sabitha built a property model within the village schema to store unit and bidding information essential for managing prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction settlements, and updated the middleware for validation. She modified the controller accordingly, updated database records, and completed unit record details with numbers, links, descriptions, and bids. Samman addressed a data fetching issue and backend problems in the injury tracking task, ensuring that safety systems for prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction crews functioned properly. He discussed a solution with Jae, awaiting approval. He also began Phase II work by building a search bar and a navigation button based on the Figma design. Sriram improved the loading speed of user profile pages by debugging slow load causes and optimizing data fetching processes, which are vital for maintaining engagement in prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction volunteer platforms. Multiple optimizations were implemented that led to noticeable loading performance improvements.

Sunil completed the functionality for filtering weekly summary reports by due date, supporting efficient project tracking for prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction teams, and verified it through testing. He resolved an issue with tab loading, finalized the frontend logic, and prepared to push the completed changes via pull request. Vasavi focused on fixing lint errors across the Badge, Projects, and UserProfile components to ensure a stable and reliable codebase for prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction tools. By the end of the week, she had resolved all lint errors in UserProfile, passed all tests, and submitted a pull request for review. Wangyuan used a temporary testing page to verify the Weekly Summary BCC feature, helping streamline communications across teams engaged in prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction efforts. He tested adding and deleting recipients, confirmed full functionality, and prepared the component for final integration. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer) and includes Humemah Khalid (Software Engineer/Backend Developer), Linh Huynh (Volunteer Software Engineer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Sai Girish Pabbathi (Software Engineer), and Sharan Sai Marpadaga (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for community-based DIY eco-construction.

This week, Humemah addressed an issue preventing deactivated managers from receiving notification emails by implementing a filter to only include active managers, administrators, and mentors in email distributions. The solution involved modifying the getRecipients function to check for users with isActive set to true, effectively excluding inactive accounts from notifications. Test accounts for managers and users were created to verify the functionality. Sai worked on resolving bugs in tasks assigned by Jae, focusing on popup display functionality, date-based filtering, icon integration, and profile page behavior adjustments. CSS updates were completed for property components to support the display of properties and listings on the same page. Sai also reviewed Airbnb’s user interface to understand common interaction patterns and layout strategies, helping to improve the overall user experience.

Linh expanded the Blogger auto-poster feature in the Announcements section by completing post creation, deletion, and fetching using the Blogger API. The frontend UI was redesigned to show published and draft posts with aligned text and action buttons, including “Edit,” “Delete,” and “View Post.” Axios API calls were added for backend interaction, React state hooks were used for managing editing state and form data, and toast notifications were implemented for visual feedback. Layout testing was performed with various content, error logs were reviewed in response to 404 errors during deletion, and adjustments were made to blog ID handling and visual alignment. Through open-source innovation and community-based DIY eco-construction, One Community is making sustainability practical and achievable. Sharan worked on completing the assigned task and testing its functionality, though he has not yet implemented permissions. Code quality review is needed before submitting a pull request.

Ramakrishna worked on the controller layer of the application, planning and structuring methods for logical consistency, drafting and refining initial implementations, and debugging and testing various approaches to improve performance and maintainability. He focused on optimizing algorithms, especially in image handling, and validated data integration with a related MongoDB model. Sheetal addressed review comments from Nahiyan-16 on the teamsTeamMemberReducer.test.js file by implementing suggested changes, testing the updated code, and committing it. She began analyzing the autoposter feature, reviewed the associated pull request, and tested the implementation by switching to the Yao_redditAutoPoster branch, although testing was not successful. She also reviewed the Social Media Scheduler document and joined the tm-onlywire-replacement channel for further input. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to community-based DIY eco-construction. See below to view images of their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Xiaolei enhanced the backend for the Loss Tracking Line Graph API by improving the parameter logic to support materialId, year, startDate, and endDate filters. He optimized the MaterialLoss schema structure to ensure consistent indexing and faster query performance, modified the calculation and storage flow for material loss percentages, and ensured that monthly data is properly updated or inserted as needed. Xiaolei submitted Pull Request #1351 for review. Sai Shekhar worked on a task related to creating a cost line chart showing actual versus predicted costs of a project. Initially, mock values were used for planned and actual costs, but a new parameter for predicted costs was added to the line charts. He created a schema for projects, including fields for planned, actual, and predicted costs, and the next step involves creating a controller file for API calls and integrating the backend with the frontend. Greeshma updated the code for multiple files, including HeaderRenderer.jsx, Header.jsx, Timer.jsx, and TimeEntryForm.jsx. She implemented a dispatch event in the TimeEntryForm.jsx file to handle re-rendering in the TeamMemberTasks file. The code was updated and fixed for improved functionality, and it was identified that user tasks need to be fetched from the backend within the TeamMemberTasks.jsx file to ensure proper application behavior.

Dhrumil worked on unit test cases for the ToggleSwitch.js file and created a pull request. After completing this task, he selected a new assignment and began working on the reasonSchedulingController. Humera worked on PR 3374, reviewing feedback and addressing comments. She resolved a merge conflict issue related to the branch humera_fix_schedule_meeting, suggesting a git pull from origin to resolve the conflict, and updated the “No Bluesquare” badges by adjusting the badge assignment logic, ensuring integration with the existing system. Anjali continued her work on the pagination task for the Questionnaire Dashboard by adding icons for email and Slack to each member card. She also updated the score display to show green for scores 5 and above and red for scores below 5, made improvements to card widths and container alignment, and applied minor refinements for better visual balance. Ashrita worked on integrating Chart.js to create pie charts for category-wise actual and planned expenditure, focusing on categories like Labor, Equipment, and Materials. She implemented API integration to fetch category-wise data from the backend and dynamically bind it to the respective charts, improving data visualization.

Kshitij addressed layout issues in the Add Task modal by updating styles and adjusting elements in AddTaskModal.jsx. He worked on resolving UI update issues by clearing the build cache, reinstalling dependencies, and manually reviewing file changes. Pratyush worked on laborCostController.js and laborCostRouter.js, adding a feature to insert labor cost data and verify its reflection in the database. He also worked on a new Phase 2 task, creating a horizontal bar graph to display the breakdown of the most susceptible tools using react-chartjs-2 and chart.js, and added a dropdown menu to filter tools by categories like Alpha and Beta. Ravikumar reviewed the Phase 4 deliverables, created a rough sketch of the login page layout, designed it in Figma using a 1440×1024 frame, and explored fonts and color palettes. After receiving feedback from the team, he finalized the design task in Figma and communicated progress to the lead, requesting clarification on time logging processes. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to community-based DIY eco-construction. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Dharmik completed updates to the backend and frontend for team code management by modifying the replaceTeamCodeForUsers API to return user-specific information and updating the frontend to handle the API response. He also added a warning icon with tooltip support for mismatched team codes on the WeeklySummariesReport page. Honglin completed the review of old backend pull requests, categorizing them by status, identifying PRs ready for closure, and addressing those requiring documentation, merge conflict resolution, reassignment to new developers, or no further action. Manvitha worked on the LinkedIn autoposter feature, enabling post scheduling, editing, and deletion. She troubleshot API issues, particularly with the person_urn variable, and addressed compatibility errors related to package updates. Mohan worked on fixing the editable “i” icon popups on the Weekly Summaries Reports page by investigating issues on different branches, reviewing pull requests, identifying missing component mounting logic, and confirming flaws in conditional rendering statements.

Nishita developed the “Educational Status of Applicants” Pie Chart for the Job Posting Page Analytics by setting up the chart with Recharts/Chart.js, adding titles, labels, and hover text. She built dynamic filters, handled state management with React Query and Axios, and created MongoDB models and API endpoints, beginning the integration of the educational status collection into the form. Shraddha continued addressing a bug related to the equipment list update button by analyzing the issue and implementing a solution, referencing the materials edit page and confirming that the featured badge functionality was working as expected. Tanvi worked on testing and validating PR #2895 for the HighestGoodNetworkApp by setting up the local environment, configuring MongoDB Compass, and testing sorting logic for users. She addressed issues related to Jest unit tests, Redux state mismatches, context rendering problems, and Node.js CI check failures.

Vaibhav enhanced the “Longest Open Issues” horizontal bar chart by adding dynamic frontend filtering by date and project. He updated the backend issue controller and database queries, verified CSS scoping updates, tested user profile dark mode improvements, and reviewed multiple pull requests for report features and validation. Vamsi made enhancements to the “Issue List” page by enabling inline editing for renaming issues, implementing delete and close functionality, and dynamically updating the UI. He created backend endpoints for issue management in MongoDB and updated CSS for better table readability. Zhifan completed the render section for tabs, tested the implementation, fixed a data loading issue related to API calls, and implemented server-side caching to improve loading speed. He also added cache invalidation logic. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to community-based DIY eco-construction. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, managed by Strallia Chao (Software Engineer), includes Meenashi Jeyanthinatha Subrmanian (Full Stack Developer), Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer) and Reina Takahara (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for community-based DIY eco-construction through innovative software development, testing, and collaboration. This week, Meenashi enabled email notifications using Nodemailer after correcting the refresh token for the Select and Authorize API. The system now accepts bid prices only if the new amount is greater than the current bid price, and bids are rejected if the deadline has elapsed. After the bid deadline, the winner is selected from the bids list based on valid bid prices, and the latest bid price is added to the bid history in the bids collection. SMS notifications through Twilio were implemented, followed by email notifications to the user. In-app notifications are being reviewed, with messages currently delivered only if the user is logged in. Bid result details are communicated through email, SMS, and in-app notifications. A Notifications model was created, and the postNotifications and getNotifications endpoints were added to the controller with corresponding routes, which are currently being tested. Through open-source innovation and community-based DIY eco-construction, One Community is making sustainability practical and achievable.

Rahul worked on improving the styling and user interface of various pages of the HGN Questionnaire Dashboard. He modified the Chart.js skills chart scale from 100 to 10 and made minor UI adjustments for smaller screen sizes. Progress was made on the user information gathering feature by updating the text to display a lock emoji when email and name are set to private. Skills data was reorganized under the Software Practices and DevOps sections, with styling enhancements applied to align more closely with the Figma design. The Questionnaire Dashboard received additional refinements, including the addition of color-based styling for skill values — green for values 8 and above, yellow for values between 5 and 7, and red for values 4 and below — and restyling of the overall skills chart for better visual clarity. Reina completed the pull request for the task of creating an interactive map showing locations of organizations, with frontend work in PR #3432 and backend work in PR #1342. She started a new task to create a line graph for cost breakdown by type of expenditure. As part of this work, she created a new route for the page, added sample data to the backend, and retrieved that data for frontend display. She also addressed styling and display issues related to the new chart. At the heart of One Community’s mission is community-based DIY eco-construction, inspiring people to design, build, and live sustainably.

Strallia provided guidance to a team member on getting started with the Blue Square Stats chart on the Total Org Summary page, clarifying the components that needed to be built and fixed. She investigated the check-forks GitHub action to find a way to disable other checks when a fork is identified. She reviewed and approved PR #3435 for the Blue Square Stats chart and added commits to re-center the text in the donut chart. Additionally, she fixed spacing and dark mode text color issues in PR #3438 for the Role Distribution chart. She added tasks to the bugs document for frontend components on the Total Org Summary page, delegated responsibilities to team members, and provided acceptance criteria. She also refactored the Volunteer Status and Volunteer Activities components to remove unused code and integrate backend data. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to community-based DIY eco-construction. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary of the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anne Zhang (Software Engineer) and includes contributions from Dipti Yadav (Software Engineer), Harini Korda (Software Engineer), Ganesh Karnati (Software Engineer), Manusha Jyasta (Senior Software Engineer) and Manoj Gembali (Software Engineer). This improvement fostered a sense of ownership, much like that seen in community-based DIY eco-construction where collective action drives progress.

This week, Dipti focused on debugging issues related to the task “Fix Timelog Times Not Totaling Task-Time-Worked on Dashboard > Tasks Tab,” attempted to reproduce the error, made frontend changes by implementing EffortBar.jsx logic within TeamMemberTasks, and began analyzing the codebase for the task “Create separate Subscribe and Unsubscribe pages linked to the app, where emails will be stored and managed.” Ganesh developed the Most Expensive Open Issues chart component for the HGN Phase II tracking system by creating a horizontal bar chart with Recharts, configuring data labels, building dropdown filters for Projects and Dates, implementing filtering logic, and refining layout issues. This improvement fostered a sense of ownership, much like that seen in community-based DIY eco-construction where collective action drives progress.

Harini worked on improving the Work Distribution Bar Chart in the TotalOrgSummary reports by adding fallback messaging for missing data, rotating X-axis labels for better responsiveness, updating Y-axis labels, adjusting text colors for dark mode, and testing across multiple themes and screen sizes. Manoj replaced mock data with a real backend-connected user name autocomplete search bar, made the Help Request Feedback modal responsive, fixed styling issues in dark mode, and submitted a pull request after resolving lint errors. Manusha worked on the Job Posting Page Analytics feature by creating two horizontal bar graphs to visualize hits-to-application conversion rates, implementing a toggle between percentage and actual application numbers, adding hover tooltips, building a date filter, and labeling graphs as “Top 10 Job Postings by Conversion Rate” and “Top 10 Job Postings with Lowest Conversion Rate.” This improvement fostered a sense of ownership, much like that seen in community-based DIY eco-construction where collective action drives progress.

Anne worked on a new bug related to saving blue square reasons, debugged issues specific to certain One Community user roles, managed the Lucky Star team’s reviews and pictures of the week, and addressed team questions regarding One Community responsibilities. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to community-based DIY eco-construction. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Newell Newell (Manager) and includes Akanksha Singh (Software Developer), Angad Anil Gosain (Volunteer Software Engineer), Bhavpreet Singh (Software Engineer), Lalith Kumar Rajendran (Software Engineer), Rohith Kukkadapu (Software Engineer), Sai Saketh Puchakayala (Software Engineer), Samhitha Gouru (Software Engineer), Shashank Kumar (Software Engineer), Vivek Sharma (Software Engineer), and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). This week, Newell integrated Nx as the monorepo manager with the frontend repository, planned a compatibility layer for existing APIs, reverted an ESM migration, implemented backend endpoints, and configured session-based and JWT-based authentication using oslo.js and Nest.js while investigating backend test issues. Akanksha fixed a bug where the “Other Links” dropdown displayed “null” for unauthorized users, raised pull request #3442, continued work on tangible hours in issue #1897 but was blocked by a WBS error, and worked on resolving console warnings in PR2769. Angad enhanced the Weekly Summaries Report by fixing layout issues, adding a “Select All” option for special filters, simplifying UI elements, validating database updates, and raising pull requests for frontend and backend changes. Bhavpreet updated backend routes and frontend components for the messaging system and shifted from the ws WebSocket library to socket.io after initial integration challenges. Lalith built and tested the user API to fetch user data with active status flags and started initial development on the feedback popup API. Rohith integrated the material loss tracking chart in ProjectSummary.jsx with backend data, implemented material and date filters, updated the summary display, and addressed duplicate data and minor bugs.

Sai completed an initial function for a new task, expanded functionality to handle edge cases, and prepared the system for integration. Samhitha refined the dashboard chart component by improving label customization, optimizing layout, handling error boundaries, finalizing data binding, and creating technical documentation. Shashank resolved a backend API issue by debugging environment settings, restored endpoint availability, implemented dark mode updates, added a fallback for broken profile images, and refined production style scoping. Vivek fixed user team access issues, addressed linting errors, updated volunteer tab behavior, requested GitHub access for further updates, and debugged spies and mocks in the timeEntryController. Yili completed unit tests for profileInitialSetupController.js and rolesController.js by reviewing code structure and writing test cases for different scenarios. Through our commitment to community-based DIY eco-construction, One Community is creating open-source resources designed to empower communities everywhere. Our vision for a sustainable world starts with community-based DIY eco-construction, accessible to anyone, anywhere. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to the community-based DIY Eco-construction. Below is a collage for the team’s work.

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Akshay worked on disabling negative values in the estimated hours field of the Add Task form in the WBS section by disabling the submit button, adding validation in the submit handler, and updating blur events to reset negatives to zero, supporting community-based DIY eco-construction. Ghazi collaborated with Sanjeev to fix a Git repository issue caused by limited access permissions, helped migrate a branch to the shared repository to support community-based DIY eco-construction, and contributed to troubleshooting a backend pull request by analyzing code and proposing fixes for financial functionalities. Guirong updated the blue square chart based on Strallia’s guidelines, fixed dark mode styling for charts and PDFs to support community-based DIY eco-construction, resolved merge conflicts for PR #33 and the PDF feature, and tested chart behavior with mock data. Keying refined the backend integration for the Bidding Homepage by finalizing bid filtering, testing API responses, addressing data syncing and error handling, and validating frontend display to support community-based DIY eco-construction, preparing the feature for final review. Khushi developed the Job Posting Page Analytics frontend by refining the Popularity by Timeline chart with dynamic filters, improving readability with labels and tooltips, and optimizing the frontend for dynamic data rendering to support community-based DIY eco-construction. Mohan resolved a merge conflict between frontend and backend components, ensuring consistent status handling, and created tests for the updated badge assignment functionality, validating integration and preventing regressions to support community-based DIY eco-construction. Nikhil reviewed 14 pull requests on front-end, back-end, and unit test tasks, ensuring UI, API, and database changes aligned with features, supporting development and community-based DIY eco-construction.

Pallavi resolved backend issues in Postman, fixed merge conflicts, and improved API responsiveness. She modified backend code for updates and ensured compatibility with frontend integration, supporting community-based DIY eco-construction. Peterson improved navigation from the User Profile page to the Job CC Dashboard page, ensuring it now occurs in the same tab, offering a smoother user experience. This change supports community-based DIY eco-construction. Rishitha resolved the “NaN” display issue in the User Suggestions popup by updating the dropdown logic in PR 3191 to remove the “NaN.” prefix. She also fixed Netlify deployment errors unrelated to the functional changes, ensuring smooth deployment. These efforts contribute to community-based DIY eco-construction. Rishwa developed the Skills Dashboard for the HGN Help Community Skills project, creating backend and frontend pull requests, building a ranking API, and reusable React components. They also fixed data-fetching issues, integrated the Skill Filter, and ensured code quality, supporting a successful deployment. This work contributed to community-based DIY eco-construction. Saniya updated Figma mockups by adjusting graphs, pie charts, layout elements, color schemes, and chart labels based on feedback. She also analyzed a reported bug in the design flow and noted potential improvements. This work contributed to community-based DIY eco-construction.

Sharadha submitted PR 3439 for the HGN Questionnaire Dashboard, adding the Community Members List feature with filtering, sorting, and search, and updated community.jsx and community.css files. She also reviewed and addressed feedback on prior pull requests, enhancing the user interface. Xiyan implemented a URL shortening service for the Highest Good Network app, including a URLService for API interactions, a URLController for processing requests, and features like link history tracking and copy-to-clipboard. This work contributed to community-based DIY eco-construction. Vijeth worked on technical documentation, explaining Docker concepts, implementation steps, and benefits to support the team’s containerization efforts. He also reviewed weekly summaries and team reports, providing timely feedback and ensuring smooth coordination. This work helps One Community’s mission of an open-source paradigm for ecological living. See the collage below to view the team’s work. Our open-source work promotes community-based DIY eco-construction as a foundation for global sustainability and local empowerment.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network was managed by Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Admin) and Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and the team includes Prit Patel (Software Engineer) and Vikas Nomula (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively support community-based DIY eco-construction, focusing on social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems. This solution is portable, scalable, and ideal for off-grid or sustainable living communities.

This week, Luis finalized the warning changes and informed Jae of the updates. He provided an update with the completed work and followed up with Jae regarding the replacement of previous warnings with the newly created versions. He also finalized the updated changes. Vikas worked on the task auto-poster for the YouTube task feature. He implemented an API that allows the frontend to send uploaded video files along with their descriptions to the backend. On the backend, he integrated functionality to upload the received videos to YouTube using the YouTube API. He also created documentation for the task. Prit continued working on the implementation of the permissions section and made significant progress in building the main structure, addressing the initial challenges encountered during development. By focusing on community-based DIY eco-construction, One Community is providing blueprints for a more self-sufficient, eco-friendly world. See below for the work done on community-based DIY eco-construction this week.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-E

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with A-E and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of community-based DIY eco-construction. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Anthony Weathers (Volunteer Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), and Carlos Gomez (Full-Stack Software Developer). They assisted with the research for community-based DIY eco-construction by reviewing all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures community-based DIY eco-construction by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM F-M

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with F-M and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anoushka Hazari (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results as part of community-based DIY eco-construction. This week’s active members of this team were: Gopika Lakshmi (Software Developer), Kurtis Ivey (Full Stack Developer), Kristin Hu (Software Engineer) and Julia Ha (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 will measure and assist with community-based DIY eco-construction in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM N-R

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with N-R and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Govind Sajithkumar (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction. This week’s active members of this team were: Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer), Rahul Prasad (Software Engineer) and Siva Putti (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 prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM S-Z

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with S-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction. This week’s active members of this team were: Vamsi Gutha (Full-Stack Developer), 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 prototyping community-based DIY eco-construction by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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Community-based DIY Eco-construction – One Community Weekly Progress Update #632

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