Posted on August 30, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes Michaela Silva to the Architecture Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
Michaela has over 10 years of experience as a project architect, designer and project manager. She has dedicated her career to working on multi-family residential and mixed-use projects. Michaela firmly believes in the beauty and importance of sustainability in the built environment and is excited to join the One Community team, where she can merge her passions for both architecture and sustainability. As a member of the One Community team, Michaela is working on the 4-dome earthbag village single family home design, where she has helped translate the vision into reality.
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Posted on August 26, 2024 by One Community Hs
At One Community, we are dedicated to growing the interconnectedness of human systems through sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, and economics. Our all-volunteer team is creating a self-replicating model that fosters fulfilled living and global stewardship practices. By open sourcing and free sharing every aspect of our work, we aim to build a global network of teacher/demonstration hubs focused on regenerating our planet and evolving sustainability for “The Highest Good of All“.
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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 August 26th, 2024 edition (#597) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:
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One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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:
This week, Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) began working on Vermiculture Toilet designs. Anil developed a new task management system using google sheets, completed the task tracker spreadsheet by transferring tasks from the collaboration document, and attended the weekly team meeting to provide updates. He completed force calculations for the sliding plate, researched off-the-shelf steel bins, and modified the CAD model to incorporate drain holes. Additionally, Anil performed Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on the updated design and refined the CAD model of the sliding separator, ensuring the component’s proper functionality through further FEA. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by growing the interconnectedness of human systems. By growing the interconnectedness of human systems, this approach fosters more effective and holistic integration of environmental and societal factors.
Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Changes were made to the Unistrut by reducing its vertical height to align with the drawer height, ensuring that the L brackets are directly aligned and attached to the three Unistruts. A quick modification was also made to the Unistrut for the main chamber, mirroring the design of the Unistrut stand to verify a proper fit. Additionally, the nuts used in the stand were modified to wing nuts for easier attachment of the winch stand and the connection to the main chamber. Research was done on a new winch system, with focus shifting toward identifying a perpendicular winch that would perform better, eliminating the need for an additional stand. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards by growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. She reviewed the previously chosen light fixtures and decided that new fixtures would need to be selected. She updated the MEP and Roof Deck teams with the finalized 4 dome design and ceiling plan. Additionally, Michaela continued working on the sheets of the cartoon set, which will be used to create the final construction documents. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See her work in the collage below.
Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) also continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. He worked on designing methods for efficiently dumping compost on the ground. He made modifications to the drawer and its materials in SolidWorks, incorporating L clamps and a mechanism to assist with emptying the drawer. Additionally, Yagyansh explored options for transferring the drawer to the dumping site, finalized wheels that met the required weight capacity, and performed torque calculations for tipping the drawer. He also checked the price and weight of PVC and steel for a 1 mm plate, compared the load capacity for rivets and screws, and changed the direction of screws. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of his work in the collage below.
Yuxing Xu (VFX Artist) continued working on making videos for the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. He completed the orientation and set up basic google documents, becoming familiar with the teamwork pipeline. He then worked on the 4-dome home video flyover and walkthrough, modeling a building trunk to represent the architecture model in the scene while waiting for Michaela to export the OBJ/FBX file. During this time, Yuxing also focused on external development, learning about the scatter object system and adjusting the walk path in Unreal Engine. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of his work in the collage below.
The Earthbag Village 4-dome Roof Team was managed by Khushboo Parmar (Project Manager) and includes Karthik Pillai (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) and Yusuf Thanawala (Structural Engineer). The Earthbag Village forms the basis of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. This week, Khushboo led the Earthbag Village MEP and 4-Dome Roof Cluster meetings, focusing on researching materials to support team decision-making and exploring innovative approaches for the projects. Khushboo also managed Michaela Silva and Adefola Madehin. In the four-dome cluster project, Karthik investigated various roofing materials, emphasizing functionality and accessibility. Yusuf concentrated on understanding roof deck construction, reviewed IBC Code requirements, examined the architectural plan, and studied the placement of columns and beams. The Earthbag village is an integral part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See their work in the collage below.
One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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:
This week, Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. He focused on analyzing the hub connector using Ansys and Autodesk Inventor. An initial mesh analysis was performed in Ansys, followed by a load analysis at a 500 lbs parameter. After both Ansys and Solidworks iterations failed at 500 lbs, a new iteration was initiated and completed in Autodesk Inventor. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design that includes the location of the Duplicable City Center. He completed the creation of metadata for all data he developed and modified in ArcGIS Pro to facilitate collaboration and improve reference. Chris also continued learning how to use QGIS, an open-source GIS software, with the goal of transferring all his previous work from proprietary software, thereby making future access to the data more accessible. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center renders and visualizations, focusing on the exterior paths. She also worked on the greenhouse, adding a variety of plants to create a lush environment, with the possibility of adding hanging pots. Additionally, she re-rendered the kitchen pantry shelves to double-check their fit within the space and plans to render them again once the updated version is received. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He worked on rendering a video for the Duplicable City Center Project, specifically focusing on Room 1. Faeq selected the optimal camera angles in Lumion to enhance the visual presentation. Additionally, he continued editing the design of the kitchen shelves in SketchUp, refining the details to meet the project’s requirements. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She has been inputting text and images into Google Slides, organizing them in their respective places. Nika is rendering individual pieces one by one to ensure the instructions are clear and easy to follow. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Tasmia Hasan (Design Engineer) continued her work on the structural engineering of the Duplicable City Center. She initiated the load analysis of a hub connector to identify potential stress points under various load conditions. The analysis was first attempted in both Ansys and Fusion 360, where inconsistencies in stress distribution were observed. To address this, components were isolated, allowing for the application of specific load conditions and enabling a more detailed examination of the connector’s structural integrity. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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:
This week, the core team expanded the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies document by incorporating additional items and continued its development, previously known as the Highest Good Food Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies document. They started developing a specialized subset of the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies list, concentrating on items crucial for food production. The focus was on identifying and categorizing essential components, including power tools, larger equipment such as tractors and utility vehicles, and non-powered tools. The Highest Good Food initiative is vital to One Community’s open source plans, focusing on growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See their progress in the collage below.
Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. He updated the Tools and Equipment for open source construction master page by incorporating tools from the non-powered tools section of the Highest Good Food Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies design document, extending through the soil thermometer. He ensured that the links are visible in the address bar upon being clicked. Highest Good Food is key to growing the interconnectedness of human systems within One Community’s open source plans. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued her work on the Highest Good Food project. She completed assembly models 1, 2, and 3, which differ in the placement and type of hoist rings. Drawing inspiration from how cars are secured to a flatbed truck, she applied this concept to determine the hoist rings’ placement. Additionally, Hayley designed a drawer and a box to be level with the truck bed for transport. The hoist rings and wheels for the project were sourced from McMaster-Carr. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, focusing on growing the interconnectedness of human systems. You can see her work in the collage below.
Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting. His work focused on addressing specific lighting needs for various plants in Walipini 1, ensuring compliance with sustainability criteria. This involved selecting appropriate lighting fixtures, analyzing IES files, and integrating them into Revit for precise simulations. He also began analyzing Walipini 2, tackling challenges related to lighting placement on structural beams. To overcome these obstacles, Jay explored alternative fixtures and considered creating face-based families that better suit the greenhouse environment. Adjustments were made to ensure both projects align with environmental and functional requirements. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, focusing on growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See his work in the collage below.
Ziyi Chen (Landscape Designer) continued working on the design of the outdoor spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. By researching existing websites, she began screening and collecting plant species suitable for growing in natural environments to support food landscapes. The work involved sorting through the existing food forest architecture”canopy, understory, root crops, herbs, vines, and shrubs”to select plants well-adapted to the climate and thriving in neutral soils with moist or well-drained conditions. To facilitate the application of plant selection in various scenarios, Ziyi categorized plants with three levels of ratings: maintenance requirement, oral value, and food value, and plans to create a ternary diagram for future use. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, focusing on growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See her work in the collage below.
One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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. 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, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He completed the final draft of the Structural Engineering Report for the Ultimate Classroom. His primary focus was to optimize the tables for better presentation and adjust the column widths for each section, which he resolved with input from Jae. Apoorv is now concentrating on formatting the report so that both engineers and laypersons can easily read and understand the document, which requires clear explanations for certain sections and improved captions for the figures and tables. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See the collage below for his work.
One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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:
This week, the core team completed over 58 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 growing the interconnectedness of human systems and how growing the interconnectedness of human systems is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.
Jia Shu (UX Designer) continued her work on the Highest Good Network phase 3 development that focuses on organizing and tracking the Fulfilled Living aspect of the Highest Good Society component. This week, she collaborated with John on refining the design of Phase 3, focusing on epics, user stories, tasks, and priorities. Feedback on low-fidelity prototypes led to the creation of mid-fidelity versions, and she studied web design and iOS/Android design systems to optimize the user experience. The design system was structured around six epics and their respective user stories, with tasks for each epic. The design work was initiated in Figma, where a basic layout for each function is currently in place. The UI system which includes colors and icons, was also halfway defined, awaiting John’s confirmation. Jia also worked on refining existing elements and defining separate workflows for organizers and members. Based on feedback from Jae’s video, she made several adjustments, including incorporating a QR code scan feature into the check-in process, updating the notification system, enhancing the visual UI for activity attendance rates, and adding filter and rating options to the comments section, along with other minor UI refinements. This work supports growing the interconnectedness of human systems and aligns with One Community’s mission of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The picture below shows some of this work.
Jiaqi Wu (UX Designer) worked on the third phase of HGN, concentrating on improving the organizer’s view by developing a dashboard. The dashboard now features an overview section, an event resources tracker, and an approval system to streamline event management. In addition to the design and implementation efforts, Jiaqi engaged in discussions with Jae about the future development and potential enhancements of these three key features, ensuring alignment with the project’s overall objectives. This work helps One Community’s mission of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The following images show her work for the week.
Shireen Kayal (Humanitarian Program Developer & Data Manager) completed two versions of the weekly progress video. She organized the footage and selected fitting background music to enhance the viewing experience. The video showcases a variety of One Community materials and diverse footage that effectively communicates the organization’s cause. The videos are now ready for review. This work helps One Community’s mission of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The following images show her work for the week.
Venkata Jaya Pavan Naru (Network and Cybersecurity Engineer) completed the onboarding checklist thoroughly and reviewed both WordPress and Bluehost. He investigated WordPress and researched to identify potential factors affecting website loading speed, suspecting issues with the SQL database configuration. After examining the database for possible improvements and finding no issues, he explored WordPress plugins that could enhance website performance. Additionally, Jaya had a meeting with Masoom Ahmed to discuss his current objectives and collaboration for migrating HGN to Bluehost. This work helps One Community’s mission of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The following images show his work for the week.
Jin Hua (Website, AdWords, and Analytics Administrator) continued helping with analyzing why our website is having loading problems. He spent hours on the phone with customer service, looking into plugins, data loads, and other possible sources of the problem. This work helps One Community’s mission of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below for images related to this.
Masoom Ahmed Siddique (Senior Network Engineer) reviewed the onboarding checklist, marking completed items and highlighting required actions in the Action Item and Notes sections. A meeting was set up with Jaya to discuss the One Community website, which includes applications, resources, and user activity. They checked the HGN and One Community sites and reviewed Azure documentation for services, JSON, and SQL. Additionally, they visited Bluehost to assess website capabilities, resource requirements, and the possibility of running multiple websites. This work helps One Community’s mission of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The following images show his work for the week.
The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for growing the interconnectedness of human systems was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst), Ivy Yuwei Li (Project Manager and Team Administrator), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Michael Juma (Administrative Assistant), Mrudula Chavali (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Praneeth Reddy Guduru (Data Analyst), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Riddhisha Chitwadgi (Administrative Assistant), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Venkat Reddy Mankala (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant) and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Durgeshwari handled two interviews and worked on the “Adv Training Team,” focusing on feedback processes and communication for new trainees, growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Hritvik created collages and edited summaries for the #596 blog, tested PRs, reviewed a video on Slack communication, and set up a Twitter account, among other tasks. Ivy reviewed weekly reporting for her team, updated Dropbox, edited a blog post, and worked on SEO for multiple blogs while beginning to review food procurement plans. Jessica collaborated with Yamilli on the Highest Good Food Rollout Plan, updated the plan page, and reviewed the work of a new team member. Kishan focused on SEO optimization for the weekly update blog and reviewed previously optimized pages. Michael prepared summaries for Reactonauts and Skye teams, tracked admin feedback, and reviewed blog features. Mrudula worked on her weekly blog, organized interviews, provided feedback on new training volunteers’ work, and reviewed technical documents. Ola reviewed PR team managers’ work, ensured documentation accuracy, and managed training compliance. Praneeth reviewed and verified the summaries and links for the DevDynasty team, ensuring proper image formats. Rachna handled interviews, reviewed emails, and resumed work on SEO pages, enhancing growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Ratna prepared the weekly summary, collages, and updated blogs, also scheduling posts for social media. Riddhisha focused on SEO optimization, reviewed and edited multiple blogs, and provided feedback on training work. Saumit interviewed a potential volunteer, tested multiple PRs, identified and resolved a bug, and documented the team’s work. Sneka managed administrative tasks, followed up on documents, and worked on SEO optimization. Samarth evaluated the PR review team’s work, provided feedback, and summarized their efforts in a blog post. Venkat reviewed documentation for the HGN app, incorporated suggestions, and gained access to the WordPress platform. Vibhav reviewed PR Team’s work, created summaries, and enhanced blog SEO. Zuqi organized summaries for the Graphic Design and Alpha Teams, reviewed optimized blogs, and followed up on feedback. One Community’s model for growing the interconnectedness of human systems include developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below.
The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Helen Ma (Graphic Designer), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer) and Maomao Ding (UI/UX Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. This week, Helen applied the third design concept to four different recycling pages to test the design system’s effectiveness, finding it to be effective so far. She suggested collaborating with content creators from each recycling materials page to gather impactful facts for the design, allowing her to focus on design rather than researching unfamiliar content. Helen uploaded all four images into the assigned Dropbox for review. Junyuan completed a social media image and began exploring concepts for the next one. He also continued work on the HGN Phase 3 activity, focusing on the FAQ, Summary, and Comments sections connected to the Calendar and Deliverables Tracking Table. This involved designing a new event page to integrate the added information and considering potential layout redesigns for other sections. Maomao completed the first two announcement pages and made iterations based on feedback. She also created four social media graphics, with two using free stock images and two sourced from the existing image library, and reviewed the overall visual consistency to ensure alignment with the brand guidelines. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See the collage below to view some of their work.
One Community is growing the interconnectedness of human systems 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 continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs and resolving various user interface (UI) bugs. The resolved HGN PRs include functionalities like assigning blue squares with future dates (PR #2496), loading spinners for member lists (PR #2382), warnings for duplicate team names (PR #2516), handling empty project data (PR #2509), and ensuring new project members are included as task resources (PR #2418). Unresolved issues involved UI adjustments for smaller screens (PR #2614, PR #2246), task review permissions (PR #2541), map point deletion inconsistencies (PR #2519), and the People Report page on smaller screens (PR #2005). Additionally, testing was focused on Core Team email accuracy (PR #958) and badge reports (PR #996), identifying discrepancies and raising issues for further investigation. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The collage below shows some of their work.
The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and includes Carlos Gomez (Full-stack Software Developer), Jordy Corporan (Software Engineer) and Logeshwari Renu (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and measure our processes for growing the interconnectedness of human systems across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. Carlos addressed Jae’s comments on PR#2503, resolving conflicts and fixing issues, leading to the successful merging of the pull request into the development branch by Jae. Carlos performed a final review and announced the approval on the tm-weekly-summary-dashboard via Slack, GitHub, and Google Docs. He concluded his weekly tasks by suggesting changes in PR#2549 Ivy-invalid-password. Jordy continued to make progress on the unit tests for the emailController, completing tests for the first function inside the controller. Logeshwari created both frontend and backend Git branches for a new task and addressed an issue related to unauthorized error messages in the Team Update API by adding a toaster message to inform users of the error. She also identified and removed a redundant user role check for permission verification in the PuTeam API while editing team codes and verified the functionality of the Admin role’s team code editing after this adjustment. Additionally, Logeshwari discussed with Jae an efficient approach to improving the loading speed of the Weekly Summaries Report through a tab data fix. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vijay Anand Pandian (Full Stack Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Aditya Sure (Software Engineer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Peizhou Zhang (Software Engineer), Sai Sarath Kumar Alavakonda (Software Engineer), Sandhya Adavikolanu (Software Developer) and Sri Sudersan Thopey Ganesh (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for growing the interconnectedness of human systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
This week, Aaryaneil resolved issues with the PeopleTasksPieChart unit tests and began the process of creating a pull request. He fixed merge conflicts for PR #1828 and addressed issues in the related unit tests. He added test cases to the ProfileNavDot and DeleteBadgePopup components to increase test coverage, rebased their pull requests, and resolved merge conflicts. Pull requests were also created for the PeopleTasksPieChart unit tests, covering various scenarios such as rendering the PieChart based on different conditions, handling dark mode, and displaying correct task information. For the DeleteBadgePopup component, test cases ensured proper rendering, functionality for different button actions, correct modal behavior, handling of null or undefined values, and application of styles in both light and dark modesIn these efforts, Aaryaneil demonstrated a commitment to growing the interconnectedness of human systems by enhancing both functionality and test coverage. Aditya focused primarily on resolving the “Bell notification for hours due in 48 hours” bug. Over the course of multiple days, he identified and addressed issues, culminating in a completed pull request for the fix. In addition to this, he reviewed and finalized a few more pull requests from the GitHub repository. Aditya also spent time reviewing the “HGN Phase I Bugs and Needed Functionalities” document to identify and claim a new task. Despite encountering some unexpected challenges, he resolved the bug and prepared for the next task in the development queue, all while growing the interconnectedness of human systems through effective problem-solving and task management.
Deepthi worked on the HGN Software Development project, focusing on resolving code conflicts and improving the static dates dropdown menu. She resolved git conflicts from a previous PR#2617 through code adjustments and testing to move to final review. Additionally, she addressed worked on the bug with the “Dates” dropdown menu in the badge history section, where excessive empty space appeared when only one date was available. To correct this, she updated the CSS in `BadgeReport.css`, replacing the fixed height with a `max-height` and `overflow-y: auto` to allow the dropdown height to adjust dynamically based on the number of items. Deepthi also resolved merge conflicts in the `BadgeReport.css` file that emerged during the integration of changes. Raised a new PR#2426 for this bug, contributing to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Huijie focused on fixing bugs related to manually adding lost hours and identified that the issue was due to some users having an empty or incorrectly formatted job title field in the userProfilescollection of the database. Huijie also addressed bugs related to start and end date restrictions by adding constraints at the appropriate locations in the components, ensuring that changes are saved only when the start date meets the requirements, regardless of whether the input comes from a calendar or text input. Additionally, Huijie began designing and creating a meeting scheduling feature, furthering efforts in growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Peizhou worked on solving the issue of when searching for projects based on the date range, the start date(from date) can be later than the end date (to date). He solved the issue and created a pull request for this. The pull request has been tested to work. Sai addressed and approved new requests on previous pull requests, and identified new subtasks for the 2506 pull request. Different approaches were proposed and presented to Jae, with a commitment to demonstrate a sample. Additionally, there was a focus on using a tooltip to display a message that fetches active and inactive numbers, and research was done on methods to dynamically show values returned from a function within the tooltip, as tooltips typically display hardcoded messages.
Sandhya implemented error boundaries in App.jsx, which considerably enhanced the app’s resilience by enabling it to handle errors more effectively, preventing crashes. This adjustment was crucial in maintaining a stable and consistent user experience, growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Additionally, she improved the TaskCompletedBarChart component to effectively handle cases where volunteerstats data might be undefined or incomplete, thus avoiding any rendering issues that could disrupt the interface. To further reinforce the application’s stability, she applied defensive coding strategies within TotalOrgSummary.jsx, ensuring that these properties were properly defined and ready for use before any operations took place. Sri developed a backend API endpoint to retrieve team statistics for the TeamStatsBarChart component. Utilizing existing MongoDB schemas and Mongoose models, the endpoint aggregates data from the Team and TeamStats collections. It queries the Team model to gather relevant data, calculates the total number of teams and members, and formats the data to fit the frontend’s requirements, including TEAM_STATS and TEAM_STATS_OVERALL_STATS. The aggregation process involves transforming and combining data from both schemas to summarize individual team statistics, including membership counts and percentage changes. This ensures that the frontend receives updated and accurate statistics based on real-time data, growing the interconnectedness of human systems.
Vigneshwar made enhancements to the `MapComponent` to improve the visualization of user location data by transitioning from individual markers and popups to a heatmap representation. The previous implementation used `Marker` components with associated `Popup` elements to display user counts, which was limited in conveying user distribution density. Vigneshwar replaced these markers with a heatmap using the `leaflet.heat` plugin, allowing for a more intuitive visualization where areas with higher user concentrations are shown in varying intensities of red, growing the interconnectedness of human systems. A mechanism to toggle the map’s visibility was introduced with a state variable (`isMapVisible`), managing the map’s display and notifying users about active volunteers. The heatmap was configured with parameters like `radius`, `blur`, and `maxZoom` for clarity, and a custom gradient was applied to indicate areas of higher user concentration. Additionally, a cleanup function was added within the `useEffect` hook to remove the heatmap layer upon component unmounting, preventing memory leaks and maintaining application performance. Vijay’s work involved adding a search-by-name functionality to the leaderboard component to improve user experience, including a debounced search for smoother UI performance. Additionally, work began on a new feature allowing badges to be assigned to multiple users simultaneously. The requested changes were also made to PR #2542, addressing previous feedback. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jingyi Jia (Software Engineer, Team Manager), and includes Parth Rasu Jangid (Software Developer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Tzu Ning “Leo” Chueh (Software Engineer), and Vishavdeep Kaur (Full stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for growing the interconnectedness of human systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Parth reviewed and approved multiple pull requests, specifically PR 2547, PR 2561, PR 2614, and a combined PR 2572 + 1082. He also advanced his work on writing unit tests for the task controller, focusing on the updateNum and moveTask functions. Ramakrishna worked on refining his code by segregating changes related to his fixes and addressing feedback for a pull request which involved transitioning from class to functional components in React, implementing modern React standards like useState and useEffect to replace traditional lifecycle methods. Vishavdeep evaluated PR 2488 and completed tests on several PRs, including PR 2588 and PR 2589, resolving conflicts and merging the branch “vishav-Fix-TIMELOG-PAGE-UI-issues-for-375px-and-up” into the development branch. Jingyi enhanced the leaderboard time off indicator by fixing a display issue and refining the indicator’s positioning and formatting, ensuring it accurately shows time off statuses for team members. This collective effort contributed to growing the interconnectedness of human systems by improving the functionality and user experience across various components. Meanwhile, Tzu Ning resolved a WebSocket communication error by properly structuring messages to include the necessary user identifiers, correcting the “Unknown operation” error previously encountered. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See below to view images of their work.
The Code Crafters Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer) and includes Ambika Kabra (Software Engineer), Chetan Sunku (Software Engineer), Ishan Miglani (Software Engineer), Niketha Anand (Software Engineer), Pranay Netha Guda (Software Engineer), Shadhrush Swaroop (Software Engineer), Rama Srikanth Kotaru (Software Engineer), and Xiaoyu (Ivy) Chen (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for growing the interconnectedness of human systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
Ivy worked on completing tasks related to previous pull requests for both the frontend and backend of the Highest Good Network application. She addressed differences in action files and updated related files, resolving conflicts, lint errors, and issues with the isSet function and dispatch functions. Ivy also identified and corrected a branch issue, updated the backend to align with the frontend, and collaborated with team members, including Jae, to expedite the merging process, growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Ambika implemented four pull requests, addressing console errors, creating a hotfix for the Core Team’s blue square letter and unique hours additions, and resolving user profile display issues. She also documented her work through Loom videos and contributed to the frontend and backend updates. Niketha worked on the “Rotate Indefinitely After Adding Project” task, ensuring proper functionality of the rotate icon after a project is added.
Summit coordinated team efforts through Slack, finished testing for PR 2572, reviewed and tested several PRs, and continued debugging the streak badge task, focusing on code logic and functionality. Shadhrush worked on the backend PR for the “Send Emails” feature and began addressing data loading delays on the Leaderboard, planning to add a spinner for user feedback. Pranay focused on reviewing multiple PRs and resolved a bug that allowed users to assign and delete multiple teams without saving after each action. Ishan addressed a formatting bug on the user profile page and raised and submitted PRs related to dashboard summary bar behavior and Teams Table adjustments, growing the interconnectedness of human systems through these improvements. He reviewed PRs to ensure text visibility in dark mode. Chetan continued investigating an issue with the weekly summary tabs, specifically the unexpected redirection back to the main dashboard. Rama focused on Bell Icon features in the Dashboard, documented three new features with Jae, and worked on a bug related to an off-by-one start date inaccuracy, which remains unresolved. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The collage below shows some of this work.
The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer) and includes Anuj Vakil (Software Engineer), Harsh Bodgal (Software Engineer), Howie Miao (Software Engineer), Jatin Agrawal (Software Engineer), Manikrishna Sanganabatla (Software Engineer), and Sailavanya Narthu (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for growing the interconnectedness of human systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
Anuj progressed on the sort inventory button, nearing completion despite initial setup issues, which he resolved by reinstalling necessary components. Harsh updated filters to meet new API specifications, refined them according to clarified requirements, and addressed compatibility issues by testing appropriate integration packages. Howie encountered technical difficulties such as network interruptions and VSCode crashes, which hindered his progress on two new bug assignments; however, he made headway on the system date issue. Jatin dedicated 20 hours to pull requests and bug fixes, finalizing several PRs, including both backend and frontend tasks, and created pull requests for two assigned tasks. He also spent ten hours addressing an issue from HGN bug reports, resulting in a pull request currently under review, with further reviews scheduled for Saturday. All these efforts contribute to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Nahiyan compiled PR 2614, optimized the dashboard for mobile viewing, resolved alignment issues, and added a new dropdown selector for enhanced usability across devices. Sailavanya worked on resolving a blank page issue related to ‘Selecting Featured Badges’, updated the BadgeReport.jsx file, and ensured that the saved changes functionality worked correctly, with the code awaiting review. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. The collage below shows some of this work.
The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Christy Guo (Software Engineer) and includes Mohammad Abbas (Software Engineer) and Reina Takahara (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for growing the interconnectedness of human systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Christy focused on enhancing the unit tests and integration tests for the teamController. She also worked on resolving errors in the test cases to ensure their accuracy and reliability. Mohammad focused on refining the badge management’s frontend and spent time to enhance its functionality. Reina enhanced the UI for the badge management page by adding sorting icons and implementing a filtering feature to improve user experience. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.
The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Lu Wang (Software Engineer) and includes Ankit Lall (Software Engineer), Anne Zhang (Software Engineer), Gaurav Setty (Software Engineer), Satya Shanthi Tadiparthi (Software Engineer), Shrada Chellasami (Software Engineer), and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for growing the interconnectedness of human systems across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Ankit wrote unit tests for nine frontend components within the Formatted Reports module, covering various aspects including prop passing, accurate state handling, proper triggering of dispatch functions, functioning of async operations, activation and reflection of URLs, and correct display of icons and messages. Anne worked on the badge deletion issue where badges, once deleted by an admin, still appeared on the user’s profile despite their removal from the database, confirming through backend API testing that it was a frontend issue, and continued pinpointing the specific cause and effects on display, particularly focusing on edge cases, all while growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Gaurav focused on performing PR reviews and further improving his understanding of the codebase. He documented each review, captured relevant screenshots, and uploaded them to Dropbox for reference. He worked on the following PRs: #2587, #2588, #2589, #2591, #2596, #2597, #2601, #2604, #2608, #2610. Lu worked on writing and refining unit tests for the `PeopleReport/components/PeopleTasksPieChart.jsx` component. She redesigned the test cases for the selector functions to ensure data filtering and processing aligned with the latest requirements. Lu addressed issues related to rendering and data binding within the chart, improving both performance and visual accuracy. She also expanded the test cases to cover more edge cases, enhancing overall test coverage, particularly regarding state management and asynchronous data handling errors, thus contributing to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Alongside these technical tasks, Lu completed her team management responsibilities, including reviewing her teammates’ work. Satya focused on resolving a bug related to the modal efficiency for assigning teams within the application. The main issue was that the “Save Changes” button remained active after a team was assigned, which was unnecessary and confusing for users. Additionally, the modal did not close automatically after the team was added, which slowed down the workflow. Satya worked on modifying the necessary components to ensure the modal closes after a team is assigned and that the “Save Changes” button is disabled appropriately after the team assignment. Also created PR for this bug. This enhancement contributes to growing the interconnectedness of human systems by streamlining user interactions. Shrada updated past bugs on the HGN Phase I Bugs and Needed Functionalities page, focusing on resolving dropdown upload issues, worked on a new bug fix by analyzing the code and problem, and determined with Jae the best approach to prevent overlap by updating the placement of the dropdown with suggested team codes. Yili addressed an issue on the team management page where the active status indicator did not update until the page was refreshed, implementing a fix that ensured the indicator’s color changed immediately upon clicking to reflect the updated status (green for active, grey for inactive) without needing a page refresh, updated information in both confirmation and notification pop-ups to provide more specific details about the operation being performed, and fixed the related unit test while creating the pull request. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Below is a collage for the team’s work.
The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Changhao Li (Software Engineer) and includes Dhairya Mehta (Software Engineer), Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer), Hetvi Patel (Software Engineer), Gmon Kuzhiyanikkal (Software Engineer), Jinxiong You (Software Developer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full-Stack MERN Stack Developer), and Vijeth Venkatesha (Full Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and growing the interconnectedness of human systems across social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Changhao focused on unit test development and management of the software development team, assisting with issues related to test verification for `timeentry.jsx`, while also addressing review requests for previous pull requests. He updated unit tests and adjusted local tests as needed, hosted the weekly team meeting, and organized the weekly folder for photos and videos.
Dhairya worked on resolving the “Fix Projects find user function” task by identifying the root cause of the user discovery issue and developing a sort and search function for optimizing user assignment, growing the interconnectedness of human systems. Diya fixed bugs related to badge deletion and PDF export, raising PR #2604. Gmon addressed a bug on the Projects Reports page, improving the view for tasks with multiple resources and preparing a pull request with supporting media. Hetvi enhanced a script for managing relationships in the database and refined search engine forms. Jinxiong reviewed five PRs and fixed bugs in the HGN App, including timer issues on key pages, further growing the interconnectedness of human systems.
Nikhil completed 12 pull requests, contributing to both front-end and back-end development, while Peterson added a new “Members” column in the “Teams” tab of the “View Profile” section, with some functionality still in progress. Vijeth focused on team management, badge management issues, and reviewing the dashboard for bugs. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.
The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and includes, Abi Liu (Software Developer), Angela Cheng (Full Stack Developer), Gowtham Dongari (Software Engineer), and Youyou Zhang (Full Stuck Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and growing the interconnectedness of human systems on social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Abi updated the backend API for the overview reports statistics, incorporating query parameters to enable growth comparison. He adjusted the volunteer numbers statistic query to reflect these changes, updated the route, and resubmitted a pull request for the map locations unit and integration tests using the latest development branch.
Angela focused on HGN Software Development, researching the transition from OnlyWire, particularly with Pinterest, and set up a testing account while awaiting approval. She also enhanced the email function to support batch sending and worked on testing the “test send” option, allowing a preview of blog posts to be sent to a designated email before final distribution. Angela documented these updates with detailed pull requests for both backend and frontend repositories, contributing to growing the interconnectedness of human systems through these enhancements.
Keshav addressed eight pull requests, tested them in dark/light mode, and made necessary adjustments for optimal performance, with the reviewed pull requests including 2596, 2597, 2601, 2604, 2606, 2609, 2610, and 2614. Luis added an email feature to the warnings component, consulted Ivy for guidance, and resolved the issue, successfully setting up boilerplate code to send an email when a third warning is issued to a user. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to growing the interconnectedness of human systems. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.
The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with A-I and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results for growing the interconnectedness of human systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Ajay Kumar Reddy (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), Yixuan (Ethan) Han (Software Developer), Haoyue Wen (Software Engineer), and Ishan Goel (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 in growing the interconnectedness of human systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with J-Q 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 growing the interconnectedness of human systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Kurtis Ivey (Software Engineer), Lin Khant Htel (Software Developer) and Nathan Hoffman (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 in growing the interconnectedness of human systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with R-S and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Mrudula Chavali (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Sai Preetham Dongari (Full Stack Developer), Shefali Mittal (Volunteer Software Engineer), Saniya Farheen (Software Engineer), Shuddhendu Mishra (Software Engineer), Swathi Dharma Sankaran (Software Engineer), Snehal Dilip Patare (PR Reviewer). She 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 in growing the interconnectedness of human systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with T-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Samarth Urs (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of growing the interconnectedness of human systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Vishnu Priya Atheti (Software 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 will measure and assist in growing the interconnectedness of human systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team, emphasizing their efforts in growing the interconnectedness of human systems.
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Posted on August 23, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes Khushboo Parmar to the Project Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
Khushboo is an entrepreneur turned project manager. She has over 7 years of sales and customer success experience, complemented by over 1 year in event coordination. As a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), she excels in planning, executing, and overseeing projects with high organization and attention to detail. Her expertise includes managing client relationships, driving operational efficiency, and leading teams effectively. Her experience spans diverse sectors such as non-profit, healthcare, sustainable living, and retail, where she leverages her startup experience to deliver innovative solutions and strategic insights for high-impact projects. As a member of One Community team, Khushboo is currently managing the teams that are completing the Earthbag Village 4-dome home interior plumbing, electrical, and roofing plan.
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Posted on August 23, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes Pavan Swaroop Lebakula to the Software and Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
Pavan is an innovative Software Engineer with over 4 years of experience, passionate about solving complex problems and creating impactful solutions. He has a proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver cutting-edge products and services. Pavan is open-minded and eager to learn new technologies, leveraging them to their full potential in order to drive efficiency and innovation. As a member of the One Community team, Pavan is working on the Highest Good Network app and has reviewed numerous PRs, provided insightful improvements, and is currently focused on resolving UI bugs.
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Posted on August 21, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes John Sullivan to the Compression Testing Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
John has over 8 years of experience with managing team projects. From coordinating his Eagle Scout project to managing the 50 members in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers charter at his university, he is comfortable leading others to accomplish a common goal. His time as a Division 1 swimmer has given him great insight on the importance of time management and consistent effort to produce favorable results. He has also worked as an undergraduate research assistant, which has taught him how to form reasonable hypotheses, test them, and make the necessary adjustments when practicing the scientific method. As a member of the One Community team, John has been part of the Earthbag Village team testing the strength and reliability of Aircrete and has produced quantitative data associated with it.
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Posted on August 21, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes Logeshwari Renu to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
With over 8 years of experience, Logeshwari excels in Angular, React, .NET, and MS SQL Server. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University. Logeshwari has successfully developed numerous Responsive Web Apps, managing the application development lifecycle and deploying to GCP cloud servers via CI/CD Tekton pipelines. Her notable work includes pilot projects for Geo Reference Asset Mapping of Government Water Supply Schemes using Google and Bing Maps. She has demonstrated her proficiency by creating complex T-SQL queries, including stored procedures, functions, views, and triggers in PostgreSQL. Logeshwari is an expert in developing optimized RESTful APIs using Node.js and MongoDB/ PostgreSQL, ensuring efficient data exchange with real-time data. As a dedicated contributor to the One Community Highest Good Network software, she has made significant contributions to the Permission Management, Team Location search and user profile pages. She efficiently handles hotfixes and has reviewed over 60 Pull Requests, ensuring high code quality and seamless integration. Logeshwari’s robust technical skills, dedication to excellence, and collaborative nature make her an invaluable asset to any team.
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Posted on August 20, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes Yili Sun to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
Yili is an accomplished software engineer with over 3 years of experience. She has developed multiple microservices using Java and Node.js, enhanced database read/write speeds by 20% through SQL performance optimizations, and played a pivotal role in launching IoT medical products that contributed to significant revenue growth. Additionally, Yili has a robust portfolio of full-stack projects, including developing an online shopping platform with cloud computing and implementing OAuth security flow. As a member of the One Community Highest Good Network software team, Yili has fixed several bugs, such as UI issues on the User Management Page and the Permissions Management info icons issue, demonstrating a commitment to improving user experience and functionality.
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Posted on August 19, 2024 by One Community Hs
At One Community, we are re-establishing abundant natural systems through sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. Created by an all-volunteer team, we are evolving sustainability into a self-replicating model that supports fulfilled living and global stewardship practices. By open sourcing and free sharing the complete process, we aim to create a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs dedicated to regenerating our planet and doing everything for “The Highest Good of All“.
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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 August 19th, 2024 edition (#596) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:
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One Community is re-establishing abundant natural systems 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:
This week, Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. The reference list in the document for the vermiculture bin maintenance report was cleaned up, and numbered references were added throughout the document. The finishing touches on the Unistrut stand were completed, including securing all bolts and screws to ensure the parts are fully secured and function as intended. Corner brackets were added to connect the struts, and the main brackets were added to connect the support structure to the chamber. Additionally, holders for the steel plate on the strut were installed, though the weight capacity is yet to be determined. This model aims to offer sustainable solutions that not only address waste processing but also enhance living standards, contributing to the model of re-establishing abundant natural systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela created the lighting plan for the 4 Dome House and created the necessary sheets and views in the Revit model. She also developed a Revit titleblock family for use by all members of One Community working on Revit-based projects. Additionally, Michaela completed her bio paragraph and provided a picture for inclusion on the website. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See her work in the collage below.
Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) also continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. This week, Yagyansh worked on designing methods for efficiently dumping compost on the ground. He made modifications to the drawer and its materials in SolidWorks, incorporating L clamps and a mechanism to assist with emptying the drawer. He also explored various options for transferring the drawer to the dumping site, finalized wheels that met the required weight capacity, and performed torque calculations for tipping the drawer. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See some of his work in the collage below.
The Aircrete Testing Team’s summary, covering their work on Aircrete Compression Testing was managed by John Sullivan (CBU Chemical Engineering Student) and includes Jonathan Crago (Civil Engineering Student), Preston Thompson (Civil Engineering Student), and Tad Matlock (Environmental Science Student). This week, Jonathan collaborated with his team to create additional aircrete cylinders and cement slurry cylinders, both with and without stucco fiberglass mesh. He also assisted in cleaning the lab and courtyard and recorded the data. The team secured more cement bags for upcoming tests. Preston and his team completed the production of all the aircrete samples needed for the summer, using a gas mixer to prepare approximately 18 samples of cement for the control group, now awaiting curing before testing. Tad reviewed and revised his previous work, reformatting and expanding the main spreadsheet for final compression testing data. He also wrote trial summaries and revised two introductory paragraphs to incorporate new information. Their work contributes to re-establishing abundant natural systems by improving building materials and sustainability practices.By improving the aircrete testing and production procedures, the team is re-establishing abundant natural systems for future developments. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
The Earthbag Village 4-dome Roof Team was managed by Khushboo Parmar (Project Manager) and includes Karthik Pillai (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) and Yusuf Thanawala (Structural Engineer). The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 villages creating One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems through sustainable housing. This week, Khushboo focused on researching Earthbag structures and Earthbag structures with roof decks to support the 4-Dome Roof Cluster Team. She also managed Michaela Silva and Adefola Madehin, and led the weekly team meeting for the 4-Dome Roof Cluster, where an issue with the support columns was identified. Karthik concentrated on understanding and evaluating the progress of the vermiculture toilet design project, gaining a clearer view of the design process and his future role. He also worked on the wooden paneling for the roof deck of the four-dome cluster roof project, which is nearing completion under Michaela’s leadership; the team will proceed with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) once the design is finished. Yusuf revisited the deck design to accommodate an irregular-shaped structure, studying additional requirements for the posts and joists. Insights from the team meeting were valuable, particularly from an architectural perspective, and he noted the need for design inputs from the owner, such as the selection of deck flooring material. The Earthbag village is an integral part of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See their work in the collage below.
One Community is re-establishing abundant natural systems 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:
This week, Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. His work involved reviewing the BIM architectural code for California (Vol-2) and studying its content. The research was focused on material selection for the U-shaped/Ring Hub Connector, with additional focus on autoclaved aerated concrete to assess its potential dead load. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design that includes the location of the Duplicable City Center. He completed a second draft of the GIS content for the webpage, adding more content for clarity, revising graphics, and incorporating detailed watershed maps. Additionally, he continued creating metadata for the feature layers in ArcGIS to facilitate easier collaboration, improve reference, and streamline the import process to QGIS, an open-source GIS software. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center renders and visualizations, focusing on the outdoor vegetation and gardening space. She also worked on the natural filtration pond, determining the appropriate water density and reflection settings, and decorated the pond with water lilies and other plants. Additionally, Clarice created a trial video of the interior space. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) began his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He researched and made adjustments to a shelf design in SketchUp, modifying its dimensions and layout to match the specifications from a video. After making the design changes, he organized and stocked the shelves to replicate the arrangement shown in the video. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She focused on expanding the final document for the dormer window instructions, inputting text and images into Google Slides and organizing them by their respective sections. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for re-establishing abundant natural systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
One Community is re-establishing abundant natural systems 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:
This week, the core team expanded the Master Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies document by incorporating additional items and continued its development, previously known as the Highest Good Food Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies document. New tools were added, and the core team collaborated with Haley to categorize and alphabetize individual tools within subcategories. The Master List is currently complete but may be expanded in the future. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open-source plans, focusing on assembling and re-establishing abundant natural systems. See their work in the collage below.
Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan. He updated the Tools and Equipment for Open Source Construction master page by adding tools from the non-powered tools section of the Highest Good Food Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies design document. This included incorporating the soil thermometer and ensuring that all links displayed correctly in the address bar when accessed. The task required resizing images and copying text from the design document. Some duplicate entries were omitted from the update. Highest Good Food is key to re-establishing abundant natural systems within One Community’s open source plans. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued updating the Highest Good Food page after discovering that her previous progress had been erased, recreating the survey team, the 3-person team, and the 20-person team. She also worked through the implementation list and details, except for adding links. Highest Good Food is a key component for assembling and re-establishing abundant natural systems within One Community’s open source plans. See her work in the collage below.
Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting. This week involved progressing through Zones 2 to 26 of Walipini 1, focusing on selecting and placing linear LED fixtures on structural beams to ensure adequate coverage for each plant species. The work included addressing specific lighting needs for various plants and ensuring compliance with sustainability criteria. Additionally, challenges with graphical issues in Revit were encountered, particularly with interior views using the camera, which were slightly resolved by using exterior section views and generating night renders to demonstrate the lighting design effectively. Highest Good Food is a key component for assembling and re-establishing abundant natural systems within One Community’s open source plans. See his work in the collage below.
Prathamesh Jadhav (HVAC Design Engineer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting while reviewing a research paper on Climate Battery design that includes an overview of battery designs, formulas, references to YouTube links, details on designing an HVAC backup system, and how AutoCAD software is used. Highest Good Food is a key component for assembling and re-establishing abundant natural systems within One Community’s open source plans. See his work in the collage below.
Ziyi Chen (Landscape Designer) began working on the design of the outdoor spaces for the Aquapini/Walipinis structures. The onboarding process was completed, and Ziyi reviewed the provided documentation and familiarized herself with the work of previous teams on this food system. The focus was on analyzing the differences between the natural environment, climate, and both indoor and outdoor environments, identifying the advantages and challenges of sustainable food landscape design, and re-establishing abundant natural systems to understand its potential impacts on community residents. Ziyi also explored precedents related to food landscapes, urban agriculture, permaculture, and food gardens to inform the detailed functional design. Additionally, existing CAD files were used to start preparing base drawings of the outdoor space. Highest Good Food is a key component for assembling and re-establishing abundant natural systems within One Community’s open source plans. See her work in the collage below.
One Community is re-establishing abundant natural systems 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. 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, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He continued working on the write-up for the report, updating the initial software and detailing each section to address any questions or changes requested, that are understood by engineers and the general public. He primarily focused on optimizing the tables for better presentation which was a challenging task due to difficulties in adjusting the column widths for each section, while re-establishing abundant natural systems to enhance the overall clarity and impact of the report. Apoorv also concentrated on formatting the calculation section following the guidelines provided by the senior engineer, Brian Muigai Mwaniki (Structural Engineer). The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of re-establishing abundant natural systems. See the collage below for his work.
Brian Mwoyowatidi (Graduate Structural Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for The Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He focused on learning and improving his detailing skills in Prokon Padds software in preparation for detailing the Foundation section of a proposed calculation report by the team. He also began finalizing the Ultimate Classroom Footer, Foundation, and Flooring Design Tutorial and Report, addressing all questions and suggestions to make this tutorial more relatable to engineers and the general public. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of re-establishing abundant natural systems. See the collage below for his work.
One Community is re-establishing abundant natural systems 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:
This week, the core team completed over 69 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 re-establishing abundant natural systems and how re-establishing abundant natural systems is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.
Arun Chandar Ganesan (Volunteer Data Analyst and SEO and Social Media Assistant) focused on improving webpage SEO, reviewing numerous pages, including some previously abandoned ones. He also improved the scores of his previous web pages. Additionally, Arun managed and coordinated the scheduling of posts on One Community’s social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, and regularly updated the tutorials. This work helps One Community’s mission of re-establishing abundant natural systems. The following images show his work for the week.
Jia Shu (UX Designer) continued her work on the Highest Good Network phase 3 development that focuses on organizing and tracking the Fulfilled Living aspect of the Highest Good Society component. This week, she worked on refining existing elements and defining separate workflows for organizers and members, each with distinct functions such as recording attendee information and scanning QR codes for registration. Based on feedback from Joe’s video, she made several adjustments, including incorporating a QR code scan feature into the check-in process, updating the notification system to a pop-up style with options to decline, accept, or ignore, enhancing the visual UI for activity attendance rates, and adding filter and rating options to the comments section, along with other minor UI refinements. Jia also collaborated with John on refining the design of Phase 3, focusing on epics, user stories, tasks, and priorities. Feedback on low-fidelity prototypes led to the creation of mid-fidelity versions, and she studied web design and iOS/Android design systems to optimize the user experience. Additionally, she emphasized re-establishing abundant natural systems in the design, ensuring that the user interface promotes environmental sustainability and harmony with nature. The design system was structured around six epics and their respective user stories, with tasks for each epic. The design work was initiated in Figma, where a basic layout for each function is currently in place. The UI system which includes colors and icons, was also halfway defined and is awaiting John’s confirmation. This work helps One Community’s mission of re-establishing abundant natural systems. The picture below shows some of this work.
Shireen Kayal (Humanitarian Program Developer & Data Manager) completed the onboarding checklist, checked the boxes, and added comments where required. She reviewed the action items, put together a sample video to assess the quality of work, created an intro and outro for the weekly progress video, and captured footage of the weekly progress. This work helps One Community’s mission of re-establishing abundant natural systems. The following images show her work for the week.
The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for re-establishing abundant natural system was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst), Ivy Yuwei Li (Project Manager and Team Administrator), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Michael Juma (Administrative Assistant), Mrudula Chavali (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst), Praneeth Reddy Guduru (Data Analyst), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Riddhisha Chitwadgi (Administrative Assistant), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant) and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Durgeshwari continued her work on phase three of the Highest Good Network Application, collaborating with team members and scheduling weekly meetings for updates from the UI/UX team. She also handled administrative tasks, such as editing weekly blogs and optimizing the website, and re-establishing abundant natural systems within the project framework. Hritvik completed weekly reviews and feedback for both of his teams, updated their summaries in the Step 2 documents, and worked on the weekly blog update. He also organized collages in the Dropbox folder, reviewed Ivy’s training work, provided feedback, checked various PRs, and started reviewing Nithin’s training work. Ivy completed her initial setup and orientation, reviewed weekly summaries of five individuals, provided feedback, used tracking tables to monitor changes, and wrote the team summary. She also logged into WordPress, edited a blog post, and focused on post-training action items. Jessica continued her work on the Highest Good Food Infrastructure Rollout Plan, researched and updated articles, and completed her weekly administrative tasks, including reviewing summaries and recording feedback. Kishan worked on the weekly update blog, focusing on SEO optimization and reviewing SEO pages, all while aligning efforts toward re-establishing abundant natural systems.. Michael prepared team summaries for the Reactonauts and Skye software development teams, improved SEO titles for blogs, and reviewed the progress of the Climate Battery project and GIS Project. Mrudula incorporated changes into her weekly blog, scheduled and interviewed new volunteers, and provided feedback on their work. Praneeth submitted action items for review, created a testing account for frontend testing, and discussed these items with Jae. Rachna scheduled interviews, assigned additional SEO pages, and dealt with timeout errors that impacted her progress, all while re-establishing abundant natural systems in her work approach. Ratna prepared the weekly summary and collages, interviewed candidates, updated and reviewed blogs, and scheduled posts for One Community’s Facebook and Instagram pages. Riddhisha focused on optimizing SEO for various blogs, corrected errors in administrative documents, and provided feedback on others’ work. Ruiqi completed the review process for the Dev Dynasty and Git-R-Done Teams, ensured the inclusion of all members in reports, and worked on DIY Earth Dam Design & Construction Disaster Mitigation Content. Saumit handled interviews with potential volunteers, worked on the PR review process, and focused on frontend software testing. Sneka reviewed her teammates’ work, including SEO pages and timelog entries, added weekly summaries and collages to the webpage, and met review table conditions. Samarth managed the PR review team, assessed their work, and summarized it in a blog post. Vibhav carried on his administrative duties, reviewed the PR Team’s work, created group summaries and collages, and continued to work on SEO optimization. Zuqi organized the weekly summary for the Graphic Design Team and Alpha Team, assisted with Alpha Team management, reviewed optimized blogs, and followed up with admins regarding feedback. One Community’s model for re-establishing abundant natural systems includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team, which plays a crucial role in re-establishing abundant natural systems and ensuring their success. You can see the work for the team in the image below.
The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Anusha Tariq (Graphic Designer), Ashlesha Navale (Graphic Designer), Helen Ma (Graphic Designer), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer) and Maomao Ding (UI/UX Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for re-establishing abundant natural systems. This week, Anusha completed all website upload tasks, following video instructions to ensure SEO links were correctly implemented. She addressed and fixed remaining changes, cross-checked the work, informed Sara about the updates, wrote a summary, and uploaded the relevant pictures to Dropbox. Ashlesha focused on creating a volunteer announcement, including a bio image, announcement image, and web content. She also researched and curated a collection of nature-based and theme-based images for social media, creating five images titled Better-World Collective Application, Better-World Harmony, Better-World Sustainable Practices, Better-World Together, and Better-World Tomorrow. Helen worked on the third infographic concept to engage readers with content about reusing, recycling, and repurposing materials, ensuring it adhered to social media image size requirements and included all essential facts within the image. Junyuan explored different styles for social media images to align with One Community’s promotional approach, focusing on the layout and flow of HGN Phase 3. He worked on the FAQs page and Comments section of Epic5, studying their structure, considering the functionality of the Comments section, and developing a new layout for it. Maomao onboarded the team, learned her major tasks, including social media graphic creation and contributing ideas for HGN Phase 3’s UI/UX design. She created six graphics and sourced related free-stock images from Unsplash. See the Highest Good Society page for more on how this contributes to re-establishing abundant natural systems. See the collage below to view some of their work.
One Community is re-establishing abundant natural systems 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 continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs. The resolved HGN PRs included a margin correction within report details views (PR #2493). Unresolved issues targeted task dropdowns on project reports (PR #2376) and identified UI inconsistencies on smaller screen sizes (PR #2391) and a detailed report with descriptions, images, and videos documenting five specific problems was submitted. Additional activities included setting up a test account for time tracking (PR #996) and core team functionalities (referencing PR #958), as well as further investigation into link overflow issues within team weekly summaries. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. The collage below shows some of their work.
The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Carlos Gomez (Full-stack Software Developer), and Jordy Corporan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and measure our processes for re-establishing abundant natural systems across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Anand focused on adding unit tests for the BadgeManagement.jsx page, testing key areas such as rendering the component with various props and states, verifying tab switching functionality, ensuring proper interaction with the Redux store, testing the interaction with the EditableInfoModal, and confirming that the component renders when dark mode is toggled. Additionally, he performed a final review of PR 2517. Carlos addressed and resolved GitHub comments and new conflicts in FPR #2503 with the development branch. He also tested Abi’s BPR #1062, which related to queries regarding volunteer hours stats and work distribution stats. The initial review indicated that the endpoint functioned correctly, though the totalHoursWorked array was empty. A subsequent review revealed inconsistencies between the results in workDistributionStats, volunteerHoursStats, and the totalHoursWorked value. Jordy continued making progress on the unit tests for the emailController, completing the tests for the first function inside the controller. He is now focused on working through the remaining controller functions, encountering some blockers but remaining committed to finding solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Min Sun (Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Peizhou Zhang (Software Engineer), Sandhya Adavikolanu (Software Developer), Sri Sudersan Thopey Ganesh (Software Engineer), and Vijay Anand Pandian (Full Stack Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for re-establishing abundant natural systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
This week, Aaryaneil focused on creating unit tests for several components, including WeeklySummaryOptions, DeleteBadgePopup, and PeopleTasksPieChart. These tests were designed to cover various scenarios, such as rendering in different modes, handling user interactions, and verifying accessibility attributes. Aaryaneil finalized these tests and submitted the necessary pull requests to ensure the components functioned correctly across different conditions. Deepthi concentrated on PR reviews, UI updates, and documentation. She addressed styling consistency in PR2554, improved input field padding and responsive design in PR2426, and updated the user manual by incorporating new images and addressing feedback from Tatyana to keep the documentation accurate and current. Her work ensured that the UI remains consistent and user-friendly across different devices and screen sizes. Huijie resolved a bug related to user permissions that resulted from previous merge conflicts, preparing PR#1004 for merging. She also submitted PR#2584, addressing issues with the role distribution pie chart. Additionally, Huijie worked on fixing the ability to edit start and end dates in forms, resolving issues with alerts after each keyboard input and addressing limitations related to date selection, while continuing to implement form validation, contributing to re-establishing abundant natural systems.
Peizhou addressed an issue related to project category management, ensuring that the category remained specific when adding new projects and allowed changes to current project categories. He solved the issue and submitted a tested pull request, contributing to better project management functionality within the system. Sandhya made significant progress in stabilizing the HGN Software Development project by integrating the TaskCompletedBarChart component with the Redux store. She refined error handling, improved authentication flow by encapsulating token management logic, and resolved critical issues such as API errors, memory leaks, and process environment configurations. Her work enhanced the application’s stability, security, and overall performance, all while re-establishing abundant natural systems in the process. Sri worked on enhancing an existing API by adding a comparisonPeriod parameter to improve statistical analysis of volunteer activities. This enhancement required modifications to the API’s logic and data processing functions to handle the new comparison feature effectively. Sri laid the groundwork for these changes, but the task is still in progress as further adjustments are needed. Vijay worked on enhancing the user experience within the HGN Software Development project by adding a search-by-name feature to the leaderboard component and disabling the assign badge button unless a name is typed. He also did PR reviews on several issues, including enabling time entry deletion permissions, fixing email validation and success message placement, addressing dark mode label issues, and resolving a mobile view problem related to text color updates. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jingyi Jia (Software Engineer, Team Manager), and includes Imran Issa (Software Developer), Jay Srinivasan (Software Engineer), Parth Rasu Jangid (Software Developer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), and Vishavdeep Kaur (Full stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for re-establishing abundant natural systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Jingyi completed the “time-off indicator on the leaderboard” feature, ensuring it now displays when a person has scheduled time off and grays out the names of members who are currently on time off. The feature also introduces a “+num” indicator for members with additional weeks off and displays the weeks until a member’s future scheduled time off, visible only to users with roles at or above manager level. Meanwhile, Jay focused on providing individual feedback to Team Blue Steel on their summaries and media folders, resolved pie chart color discrepancies in people reports, and completed reviews for PR 2558, PR 2508, PR 2530, and PR 2536. Ramakrishna tackled failing test cases using React Testing Library and Jest, resolving one of the issues. Parth developed test cases for the taskController, focusing on the postTasks function and reviewed four pull requests. Imran completed the automation of code assignments to teams and addressed merge conflicts in preparation for merging his PRs. Lastly, Vishavdeep verified functionalities against the HGN Bugs document across various screen sizes, reviewed and tested multiple PRs, addressing errors and providing feedback to ensure all functionalities are up to standard without further issues. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to re-establishing abundant natural systems. See below to view images of their work.
The Code Crafters Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer) and includes Ambika Kabra (Software Engineer), Chetan Sunku (Software Engineer), Ishan Miglani (Software Engineer), Niketha Anand (Software Engineer), Pranay Netha Guda (Software Engineer), Shadhrush Swaroop (Software Engineer), Rama Srikanth Kotaru (Software Engineer), and Xiaoyu (Ivy) Chen (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for re-establishing abundant natural systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
Ambika implemented six pull requests across both the backend and frontend repositories, addressing a bug related to intangible time with PR #1059 and collaborating on troubleshooting merge-related issues in the development branch. Chetan completed minor changes, uploaded the email validation bug fix, and began investigating an issue with the weekly summary tabs, specifically focusing on a redirection problem when the summary button is clicked twice. Ishan resolved a redirection bug related to the earned badges purple icon, added logic to modify timelog tabs based on the URL, and addressed a similar issue with the tasks icon, submitting PR #2578 for these fixes, while also reviewing PR #2515. Niketha focused on writing test classes, seeking guidance on editing existing test cases and working on the reload icon. Pranay concentrated on reviewing numerous pull requests, logging a bug, and identifying potential bug fixes, while also contributing to re-establishing abundant natural systems within the project’s scope.
Rama worked on new features for the Bell Icon section in the Dashboard, collaborated with Jae to detail these features, and began addressing an off-by-one start date inaccuracy, though this task remains incomplete. Shadhrush fixed a bug in the ‘Send Emails’ option by adding new permission and creating new routes under the “Announcement” section. Summit assisted a badge team member in locating the badge delete feature, detailed the Badge and Actions Components, tested total hours for each category, and reviewed and tested team members’ pull requests. Ivy focused on resolving technical issues, reintroducing the badge controller code, adjusting the toggle switch per Jae’s requirements, exploring coding problems related to timer issues, and working on the final day email and deactivation email tasks. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. The collage below shows some of this work.
The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer) and includes Anuj Vakil (Software Engineer), Harsh Bodgal (Software Engineer), Howie Miao (Software Engineer), Jatin Agrawal (Software Engineer), Manikrishna Sanganabatla (Software Engineer), Nandini Yelmela (Software Engineer) and Sailavanya Narthu (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for re-establishing abundant natural systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
Anuj made changes to the Sort Inventory button development and reviewed the BMS Dashboard codebase to identify existing components while addressing issues with the current Node.js version. Additionally, he uploaded images and videos to Dropbox. Harsh analyzed the totalorgsummary comparison functionality, discussed findings with Jae, and explained the code to a teammate to support API development. He also designed a custom Time period selection dropdown filter component. Howie focused on software development and bug fixing, including updating a previous PR #2524, documenting bugs, completing an email insert bug, and submitting a pull request for it, followed by a hotfix for a dark mode error. Jatin worked on multiple pull requests and bug fixes, completing work on various PRs, fixing merge conflicts in PR #2374, and continuing to address two bugs that are taking longer than expected. Manikrishna worked on several pull requests, fixing issues in PR #2524, reviewing multiple other PRs, providing feedback, and identifying a new bug in the HGN bug document while continuing to search for additional bugs, all with the goal of re-establishing abundant natural systems. Nahiyan worked on two pull requests, resolving issues related to the tasks and timelog component in dark mode, and fixing a numbering issue and delete icon on the projects page. Nandini addressed alignment issues in the PieChart section by improving the dark mode experience through harmonizing background and text colors, refactoring code for consistency, and testing the component’s performance before merging updates into the development branch. Sailavanya made progress on the Selecting Featured Badges task, identifying inconsistent behavior with badge displays, communicating with the team for clarification, and continuing efforts to diagnose and fix the issue to ensure a consistent user experience. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. The collage below shows some of this work.
The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Christy Guo (Software Engineer) and includes Mohammad Abbas (Software Engineer) and Reina Takahara (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for re-establishing abundant natural systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Christy focused on enhancing the unit tests and integration tests for the teamController. She also worked on resolving errors in the test cases to ensure their accuracy and reliability. Mohammad worked on the hour delay task, spent 5 hours to refining the frontend of the progress bar and managing the state to enhance the project’s functionality. Reina focused on tracking her progress on PR#2566, addressing a request for changes after reaching out to the commenter and resolving the identified issue. In addition, she worked on updating and debugging two new pull requests, PR#722 and PR#2566, both of which required a new developer and involved updating conditional statements to allow managers and higher-level users to submit weekly summaries on behalf of others. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.
The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Lu Wang (Software Engineer) and includes Anne Zhang (Software Engineer), Gaurav Setty (Software Engineer), Shrada Chellasami (Software Engineer), Varun Kumar Reddy Guntaka (Software Engineer) and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for re-establishing abundant natural systems across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Anne focused on resolving a bug related to badge management in the admin account system. The issue involved the deletion of badges from the admin view, which were not being correctly removed from users’ profiles. Even after badges were deleted at the admin level, they continued to appear under the “New badges earned” section on user profiles. The bug affected how badge data was filtered and displayed, requiring adjustments in the front-end logic to ensure that once a badge was deleted, it was no longer visible to users. The process involved debugging the filtering function and addressing how the badge list was rendered. Re-establishing abundant natural systems, Gaurav continued his work on PR reviews and concentrated on deepening his understanding of the codebase. He documented each PR review, captured screenshots, and uploaded them to Dropbox for easy access and future reference. By engaging with different parts of the code, he enhanced his familiarity with the project’s structure and functionality. He worked on the following PRs: #2576, #2578, #2575, #2572, #2569, #2566, #2561, #2585, #2579, #2584. Lu focused on writing and refining unit tests for the `PeopleReport/components/PeopleTasksPieChart.jsx` component. She redesigned the test cases for the selector functions to ensure accurate data filtering and processing according to the latest requirements, contributing to re-establishing abundant natural systems by improving the reliability of data-driven decisions. Lu also addressed issues related to rendering and data binding within the chart, improving performance and visual accuracy. She expanded the test cases to cover more edge cases, enhancing overall test coverage, particularly in relation to state management and asynchronous data handling errors. In addition to these technical tasks, Lu completed her team management responsibilities, including reviewing her teammates’ work. Shrada resolved a merge conflict for the task of multiple UI issues on the Projects page, focusing on screen resolutions of 375px and above, as detailed in PR2451. She addressed the problem where the loading spinner appeared alongside loaded projects and repositioned the spinner to the center. At 991px and below, she corrected the right margin, aligned the up and down arrows in the second column, and ensured the project search bar maintained consistent length with the table. She fixed the left padding issue for the two cards at 768px and below and adjusted the search bar input size at 375px. The task involved resolving a complex merge conflict with significant changes to the Projects page, which took approximately 20 hours, all while re-establishing abundant natural systems through meticulous and thoughtful design adjustments. Varun transitioned to the Development team, reviewed bugs and managerial documents, and claimed a bug related to archived projects not updating lists correctly. He made code changes to address the problem and verified the implemented changes. Yili completed 8 tasks on the User Management Page and created a PR on GitHub for these updates. These tasks included reducing the font size of the user table to minimize side scrolling, ensuring more content fits on the screen. Yili also addressed the issue with the dropdown filter next to the show button, adjusting it to display a darker background when active. In the setup invitation history modal, Yili added a bordered table and placeholders for inputs. Additionally, in the Setup New User modal, Yili resolved an issue where the full placeholder was not visible at 375px. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. Below is a collage for the team’s work.
The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Changhao Li (Software Engineer) and includes Dhairya Mehta (Software Engineer), Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer), Hetvi Patel (Software Engineer), Jinxiong You (Software Developer), Nikhil Pittala (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full-Stack MERN Stack Developer), and Vijeth Venkatesha (Full Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and re-establishing abundant natural systems across social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Changhao focused on unit test development for `timeentry.jsx`, managed the software development team, and addressed various development-related issues. He reviewed several previous PRs and worked on requested fixes. Changhao also hosted the weekly team meeting, created the weekly team folder for uploading photos and videos, and monitored time logs and task progress, all while re-establishing abundant natural systems through effective project management and team coordination.
Dhairya identified and resolved the root cause of a user discovery issue within the projects section by developing a sort and search function to improve user assignment processes, contributing to re-establishing abundant natural systems. Diya fixed issues related to badge export functionality, including the Reports Page Notification Checkbox Issue, and raised Pull Request #2569 with visual references. Hetvi completed database insertion, established section relations, tested search engine flow, and linked old data.
Jinxiong completed five PR reviews, specifically PR 2585, 2578, 2576, 2569, and 2558. He identified and addressed two bugs in the HGN App related to changing the system date, thus, allowing users to log time incorrectly on non-current dates. Secondly, he solved a problem on the team management page altering the team’s active status caused the page to freeze. Through his efforts, Jinxiong contributed to re-establishing abundant natural systems by ensuring the software functions smoothly and accurately, supporting the project’s broader goals.
Nikhil completed 13 pull requests, covering front-end, back-end, and unit testing tasks, enhancing his understanding of the HGN app’s codebase. Peterson enhanced the “Leaderboard” filter with a dark theme and fixed a table header issue. Vijeth researched Docker environment improvements for image deployment, addressed a timer clock issue in the HGN application, and added visual updates to the Dropbox folder. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.
The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and includes, Abi Liu (Software Developer), Angela Cheng (Full Stack Developer), Gowtham Dongari (Software Engineer), and Youyou Zhang (Full Stuck Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and re-establishing abundant natural systems on social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Abi developed the volunteer reports statistics API, resolving multiple bugs in the queries and aligning his team by documenting changes and testing procedures in a pull request. He also created a hotfix to address a production issue affecting the timer and intangible hours functionality, restoring the git state for both frontend and backend applications. His efforts are integral to re-establishing abundant natural systems within our project framework and re-establishing abundant natural systems through meticulous technical solutions.
Angela completed the MailChimp replacement for the HGN Software Development project, implementing “Send Email to Specific Person” and “Broadcast Weekly Update” functionalities, and addressed image display issues in Gmail through adjustments in TinyMCE and Cheerio package versions. Gowtham refined the carry-forward logic for core team members and finalized the fix for the 5-letter-codes-dropdown, ensuring reliable functionality through extensive testing, all while re-establishing abundant natural systems as a core focus of the project.
Luis finalized his pull request, created a hotfix allowing owners to post warnings, and made the five warnings permanent. Youyou set up a local workspace on a new PC, reviewed a bug document, and collaborated with a developer to reproduce and confirm the bug locally. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to re-establishing abundant natural systems. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.
The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with A-I and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results for re-establishing abundant natural systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Aditya Sure (Software Engineer), Aishwarya Ramesh (Software Engineer), Ankit Lall (Software Engineer), Arshak Badalyan (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), Yixuan(Ethan) Han (Software Developer), and Gmon Kuzhiyanikkal (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 in re-establishing abundant natural systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with J-Q 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 re-establishing abundant natural systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Kurtis Ivey (Software Engineer), Lin Khant Htel (Software Developer) and Nathan Hoffman (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 in re-establishing abundant natural systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with R-S and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Mrudula Chavali (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of Re-establishing Abundant Natural Systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Sai Preetham Dongari (Full Stack Developer), Shefali Mittal (Volunteer Software Engineer), Shengwei Peng (Software Engineer), Swathi Dharma Sankaran (Software Engineer), Satya Shanthi Tadiparthi (Software Engineer), Snehal Dilip Patare (PR Reviewer). She 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 in Re-establishing abundant natural systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with T-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Samarth Urs (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of re-establishing abundant natural systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Xiao Wang (Software 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 will measure and assist in re-establishing abundant natural systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
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Posted on August 17, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes Jinxiong You to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
With a robust background in software engineering, Jinxiong has accumulated over 2 years of experience in designing and developing software solutions. Specializing in backend systems and data architecture, he has excelled in environments demanding rigorous structure and problem-solving skills. Jinxiong is passionate about creating scalable and efficient software that not only meets the immediate needs of clients but also anticipates future growth and challenges. As a member of the One Community team, he has been instrumental in architecting resilient software infrastructures and optimizing the Highest Good Network systems to enhance performance and reliability. Jinxiong also plays a critical role in maintaining high code quality standards by conducting thorough peer reviews and ensuring best practices in code development across his team.
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Posted on August 15, 2024 by One Community Hs
One Community welcomes Christopher Blair to the Design Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
With a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Design and a minor in Horticulture, Christopher has over a decade of experience in the horticulture and landscaping industry. Through his employment with a diverse range of landscaping companies, he has gained valuable insights into how nurturing a garden extends beyond its literal meaning to encompass broader concepts of environmental stewardship. Christopher’s passion is investigating how people can live in mutually beneficial ways with their environment. He is currently completing a Geographic Information Science (GIS) certification from the University of Utah, as a natural progression of his interest in organizing, analyzing, and visualizing efforts related to our interactions with the environment. His dream is to contribute to the development of self-sufficient and environmentally conscious communities worldwide. While a member of the One Community team, Christopher has accomplished geospatial analysis of the Master Plan as part of our Permaculture Design to find improvements in the placement of the 7 Villages and the Duplicable City Center.
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