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One Community thanks Shradha Bhadrannavar for her contributions as a Volunteer/Consultant on the Administration Team!

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Shradha has hands-on experience in data analytics, software systems, and project management, working across cross-functional teams to build scalable, data-informed solutions. She specializes in transforming complex datasets into meaningful insights and user-friendly tools, with a strong focus on process improvement, automation, and quality. Shradha is passionate about using technology and data to support sustainability, collaboration, and community-focused initiatives. While a member of the One Community team, Shradha contributed to the Highest Good Network application by supporting feature development, debugging, and analytics-related improvements, including PR testing, environment setup, and helping improve the reliability and usability of reporting and promotion-related components.

 

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One Community Welcomes Sayantan Paul to the Administration Team!

One Community welcomes Sayantan Paul to the Administration Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

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Sayantan is a computer science graduate from Texas A&M University–Kingsville with a background in deep learning and generative AI. Through his academic research, he developed analytical and testing skills by designing validation methodologies and evaluating experimental results. As a member of the One Community team, Sayantan contributed to software development efforts by supporting a development team’s workflow and monitoring progress to support timely delivery. He contributed to the Application and Jobs Posting component by testing features, documenting defects, and confirming their resolution to support quality standards within the Highest Good Network software.

 

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DIY Sustainable Construction Models – One Community Weekly Progress Update #671

At One Community, we are developing DIY sustainable construction models as part of a larger open source framework for building resilient and regenerative communities. Created by an all-volunteer team, our solutions integrate housing with food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture, all free-shared to support global replication. Designed to evolve into a network of teacher/demonstration hubs, this work promotes fulfilled living, planetary regeneration, and a world that works for everyone, always guided by 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 January 26, 2026 edition (#671) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

 

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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This week, Fangting Xu (Interior Design Intern) continued working with ADA codes related to building connections for the ADA 3-dome cluster of the Earthbag Village. She wrote and refined the building elevations, sections, wall sections, and construction details for the 3-dome cluster ADA project. Fangting exported the drawings from the SketchUp model and discovered scale inconsistencies caused by the model being exported in an incorrect camera projection, requiring careful rescaling in AutoCAD to ensure dimensional accuracy and code-compliant documentation. Her attention to precision strengthens DIY sustainable construction models through accessible and compliant design documentation. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

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Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager) worked on the open source Climate Battery design cost analysis by updating and expanding the Google sheet template to match the current project structure and planning requirements. She revised the README sheet to clarify its purpose, scope, and use for cost estimation and construction planning. The Summary sheet was updated with project information, component listings, and cost rollup structures, while the Assumptions sheet was created to document design, pricing, and scope considerations. Line items were organized across materials, excavation, insulation, airflow, controls, and sensors, with defined units, quantities, costs, and references. In parallel, Iteesha collaborated with a general contractor to refine layout, formatting, and usability based on real-world construction workflows. Her work supports DIY sustainable construction models by making cost planning transparent and replicable. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

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Kaustubh Kadam (Construction Engineering and Management Professional) continued working on the Highest Good housing project by updating the cost estimate templates based on Jae’s feedback. This included adjusting the color coding to better match the reference format, adding clear example references in the detailed estimate lines so non-industry users understand what to enter, and correcting formula issues that were causing errors and incorrect rollups. He also cleaned up the layout and formatting to improve readability and presentation, contributing to DIY sustainable construction models by simplifying construction cost estimation for broader use. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Malhar Solanki (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He attended the weekly mechanical team meeting to monitor progress, discussed obstacles, and evaluated FEA results. Malhar updated the Bill of Materials with final adjustments and pricing data. Because FEA analysis showed that AL 6061 was unsuitable for the application, he identified a different material and updated the BOM. He added technical content and images to the dumping assembly section of the report. The report now includes three types of FEA analyses to justify the material selection. His contributions reinforce DIY sustainable construction models through evidence-based engineering decisions. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. He completed his section of the signoff on the Bill of Materials for the dumping mechanism and the main unistrut structure, with verification that all listed parts, including fixtures, were properly identified, sourced, quoted, and available. The reports for the sensor selection and analysis, as well as the manual winch and drawer stress analysis, were also completed and prepared for inclusion in the project documentation. His validation work supports DIY sustainable construction models by ensuring reliability and build-readiness. Visual examples from his work are presented below.

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Sai Bhuvanesh Nandipati (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village by reviewing the CAD drawings and correlating the geometric and layout information with the water management calculations provided in the Excel file. He focused on aligning drainage paths, flow lengths, and surface characteristics shown in the drawings with the assumptions used in the calculations. In parallel, Sai updated the existing simulation setup by introducing an appropriate turbulence model into the sheet flow analysis to better represent flow behavior under the defined conditions. This work supports the development of DIY sustainable construction models. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

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This week, Ariana Virginia Gutierrez Doria Medina (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center window and door framing by researching insulation materials to inform material selection and compatibility with the current design. In parallel, the support structure was modified to address fit and stability requirements identified during development activities. The 3D CAD design was updated to reflect the structural changes and the selected insulation approach, ensuring alignment between components. The updated CAD model serves as a reference for defining cut layouts, estimating material and fabrication costs, and preparing assembly instructions, allowing the design to be used consistently across planning and fabrication tasks. This open-source Duplicable City Center project is dedicated to developing DIY sustainable construction models. Please see the illustration below for more specific information.

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Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work on the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He worked on developing the Bill of Materials for the spa assembly, focusing on both layout definition and material quantification. The cinder block assembly was rearranged to accommodate R30 rockwool insulation that is currently available in the market. To support the Bill of Materials, Bevan created drawings that documented the layout and identified each component with corresponding quantities. In parallel, he prepared an Excel spreadsheet to calculate material quantities and costs, including detailed calculations for items such as rebar and other construction materials required for the assembly. This open source Duplicable City Center project is currently developing DIY sustainable construction models. For more details, refer to the image below.

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Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on finite element analysis of the pulley holder and carabiner, including cost analysis and material selection. Discussions were held with a teammate regarding the FEA results and cost considerations. In addition, structural load analysis for both the pulley holder and carabiner was started, and preliminary calculations were performed to determine load distribution and identify critical points for further evaluation. This open source Duplicable City Center project is developing DIY sustainable construction models. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

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Shreyas Nagaraj (Design Engineer) made more updates to the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering and beams for the Duplicable City Center. He spent his hours on the Duplicable City Center project, focusing on setting up and verifying finite element analyses for the dome assembly under multiple load conditions. He set up the analysis environment in Inventor and checked the dome assembly model across various load cases, ensuring all relevant loads were considered. Additionally, Shreyas continued performing finite element analysis checks under different load conditions to validate the model’s structural behavior. This open source Duplicable City Center project focused on developing DIY sustainable construction models. For more details, refer to the image below.

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HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large-scale GardenBotanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. The team completed the Master Document comparisons for the Automotive Shop (ASHP), General Storage & Inventory (GSI), Metal Shop (MSHP), and Wood Shop (WSHP). All entries within these sections were alphabetized for improved organization. Additionally, descriptive paragraphs were developed for various tools, including general purpose and multi-use items, incidental tools for both metalworking and woodworking, automotive incidental tools, safety and organizational tools, and drywall tools such as the mud pan, hawk, taping knife, banjo, and automatic taper. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on DIY sustainable construction models and exemplifying the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency food and inventory tracking software plans. She addressed technical issues affecting the project while managing the onboarding of several new software developers. The addition of new developers enabled broader testing of Bhanu’s work and increased visibility into existing code, while also creating some uncertainty regarding task ownership and the delegation of work within the team. Chelsea worked to clarify roles, responsibilities, and expectations to reduce overlap and confusion. Throughout the week, she focused on identifying and resolving blockers as they arose, coordinating with team members to address questions and align next steps, with the goal of maintaining steady progress and avoiding disruptions to the software development workflow. As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports open sourcing DIY sustainable construction models. The following images provide a view of her contributions.

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Japneet Kour (Volunteer Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. She worked on updating the SketchUp model of the Walipini 3 tropical house, focusing on design changes that included adding more people, expanding outdoor spaces, incorporating greater diversity within the scene, adding a table as part of the layout, and integrating all updated SketchUp renders into the project document. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting DIY sustainable construction models. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

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Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued developing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. Jay worked on completing the missing data required for the standardization of the lighting energy calculations for Walipini 1. The effort involved reviewing calculation sections, filling in incomplete values, verifying consistency across inputs, and ensuring the information aligned with the established documentation format. These updates were made to support clarity, accuracy, and consistency within the lighting energy calculation document. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open-source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development and the open sourcing of DIY sustainable construction models. See below for pictures related to this work.

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Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Aquapini and Walipini renders and layout graphics. The work focused on developing the axonometric drawing of the Zen Aquapini. Updates were made to improve clarity, alignment, and overall layout while maintaining the design intent. Attention was given to detailing roof members, glazing, and structural elements, and this information was incorporated into the axonometric view. The drawings were refined by improving line work, colors, and layout to make them easier to read and understand. Explanatory text was added to describe key elements, materials, and systems. Sectional drawings were also prepared to show construction details, levels, and internal connections between different parts of the design. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting regenerative and participatory development while supporting DIY sustainable construction models. Images below showcase his contributions.

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Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting web details. She continued adding Walipini 1 content based on Gayatri Pandkar’s work, making updates in response to feedback from Jae, including editing and incorporating revised images. Pallavi also added a table of contents for the Zenapini section to improve structure and navigation. In addition, Jae assigned her a new web page focused on integrating all related content for the Aquahaven Southwest Area web design, and Pallavi began organizing and preparing the materials needed for this integration work. The Highest Good Food project integrates DIY sustainable construction models into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

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Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation, currently focused on the Aquapini and Walipini masterplan render. She detailed the Aquapini feature graphics for the Differences diagram and edited the distinctions between Aquapini, Walipini, and Zenipini. She also coordinated with the architect volunteer to align on the outstanding graphics needed for the Open Source Hub page. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on DIY sustainable construction models. Below are visuals highlighting this work.

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HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. The core team reviewed and corrected the financial documents attached to the business plan, examined the earthbag village dome construction documents, and began drafting questions for Michaela based on that review. They made formatting changes to Ayushman’s future work instructions to improve clarity and consistency, and compared the six-dome earthbag construction documents with the four-dome example to identify differences and areas requiring attention. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on DIY sustainable construction models. Below are images related to this project.

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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

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HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team completed over 44 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, and identifying and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network. The team also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, which highlights how DIY sustainable construction models serve as a foundational element of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

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Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and key components of the Highest Good Network. He tested multiple pull requests of components in various parts of the HGN Software. He created action items for the HGN Phase 1 Software. He tracked updates in software team management documents to support task management. As a member of the pull request review team, he reviewed submissions from the volunteer team assigned to him. This work supports One Community’s commitment to DIY sustainable construction models. The images below highlight his contributions.

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Pooja Kulkarni (UI/UX Designer) continued working on UX and UI design of the Highest Good Network. She focused on designing and refining a governance platform experience, creating a complete set of mid-fidelity wireframes that cover the end-to-end lifecycle of community decision-making. She designed the core dashboard to surface active proposals, participation metrics, voting power, announcements, and recent activity, ensuring information hierarchy and clarity for frequent users. Pooja also designed the proposal creation flow as a multi-step process, including purpose definition, implementation planning, budgeting, risks, and accountability, with clear progress indicators and form guidance to reduce cognitive load. Additional work included proposal review and voting screens that display proposal details, timelines, expected impact, real-time participation data, voting actions, and confirmation states after a vote is submitted. This work supports developing DIY sustainable construction models.

She designed analytics views to visualize community engagement trends, proposal distribution, delegation status, and contributor activity. Supporting screens such as login, governance education, and a process flow walkthrough were also created to help onboard users and explain how decisions move from discussion to voting. Across all screens, Pooja emphasized consistency in layout, typography, spacing, and component usage to support usability and scalability of the system. This project supports One Community’s commitment to DIY sustainable construction models. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) continued working on Google Ads management and strategy evolution of the Highest Good Network. She completed administrative work for the Highest Good Food and Highest Good Energy volunteers and reviewed work submitted by other volunteers by adding comments and checking all required parts. She worked on understanding Deliverable 2 by identifying possible tasks to add and discussed these ideas with Prudhvi to confirm what could be included. Rajrajeshwari read through the document for the listing and bidding platform, checked for errors, reviewed merged comments, and replied to comments that required responses. She rechecked administrative work and explained the process and expectations to Shreya in detail to ensure clarity and consistency. She completed the review of Manish’s work and left clear and structured comments so that the feedback could be easily understood and applied. Rajrajeshwari also created a document for Shreya and future AdWords team members to follow, providing guidance to help them understand workflows and maintain consistency in their work. This project supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating DIY sustainable construction models. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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ADMINISTRATION TEAM

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

This week, Anusha completed Level 2 Software Testing and QA for HGN Software Development, handling 45 pull requests across approvals, change requests, and re-reviews while identifying UI, responsiveness, functionality, and regression issues. She also covered administrative duties by reviewing submissions, creating image collages, editing summaries, updating tracking documents, and reviewing admin blog posts with structured feedback. Ashutosh tested Chatbot UI front-end changes, validating light and dark modes, preparing the Team Dev Dynasty report, and building reusable components. He also redesigned video and audio workflows after technical analysis and explored a CLIP- and Whisper-based proof of concept. Divanshu managed the end-to-end Mastodon content workflow, publishing and monitoring four daily posts while maintaining brand standards. He also built a Python automation to normalize analytics data and integrated it into the reporting dashboard. Together, these efforts support developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Keerthana handled administrative responsibilities by reviewing summaries, updating Step 2 and Step 4 tracking documents, reviewing new admins’ work, and preparing the weekly blog. She also added action items to Phase 3 documentation for follow-up. Leo audited weekly summaries for compliance, combined approved content into a team blog, and created aligned photo collages. He also organized and analyzed social media datasets across platforms to identify engagement trends. Manish coordinated team documentation by consolidating summaries, maintaining tracking tables, and updating the WordPress blog while ensuring formatting, accessibility, and SEO compliance. Mridul coordinated Moonfall team deliverables for Weekly Progress Update #670, resolving missing submissions and ensuring consistency across reporting artifacts. He also managed Twitter/X analytics, scheduled posts through January 31, 2026, and reviewed dry-run admin work. This coordinated administrative and publishing work advances developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Neeharika reviewed task assignments, followed up on progress, tested pull requests in development, and reported findings. She also verified updated PDFs, reviewed admin work, conducted an interview, and shared outcomes with leadership. Ola updated Pinterest analytics, transferred CSV data into the KPI dashboard, monitored engagement metrics, organized admin folders, and submitted the weekly report with images. Olimpia updated LinkedIn analytics KPIs, reviewed volunteer documentation as part of her senior admin role, resolved prior admin comments, and scheduled posts for the upcoming week. Priyanshi continued Phase 2 page-by-page testing of HGN dashboards, identifying visualization, filter, and execution issues across light and dark modes and documenting findings for follow-up. This work helps advance developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Rachna revisited prior tasks, emails, comments, and reviewed One Community webpages and SEO pages, with no hiring work completed this week. Rishitha served as weekly content administrator by combining blogs, applying SEO updates, managing bio administration, maintaining Threads engagement, and updating dashboards and trackers. Sayantan completed Level 1 and Level 2 software testing across multiple portals, validating charts, filters, exports, and indicators while documenting issues and reviewing new joiner training workShreya completed weekly reporting and blog training tasks by editing summaries, creating image collages, managing WordPress updates, and ensuring publishing compliance. Sudarshan managed Alpha Software Team blog updates, applied SEO improvements, reviewed and tested multiple pull requests, and created tasks to address bugs and inconsistencies. To learn more about how this work supports developing DIY sustainable construction models, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Qinyi Liu (Graphic Designer) and Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support DIY sustainable construction models.

This week, Qinyi worked on marketing and promotion tasks, including social media and website visuals using a game character style, with content related to DIY sustainable construction models. She created and reused character assets, updated bio and announcement images, and refined posters to improve clarity and consistency across platforms. Yulin focused on visual communication, creating infographics related to DIY sustainable construction models, publishing a team collaboration announcement, maintaining assets in Dropbox, and participating in weekly reviews. Their efforts highlight DIY sustainable construction models. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

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HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

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

  • Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software and DIY Sustainable Construction Models: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team tested Highest Good Network pull requests and confirmed 11 as fixed. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment demonstrating DIY sustainable construction models.

The following PRs were not fixed: implementation of the community members list, fixes to the Volunteer Status pie chart in the Total Organization Summary, the issue preventing visibility or assignment of members to newly created teams, the horizontal bar graph comparing role competitiveness on the Job Posting Page Analytics, dark mode issues in the Total Organization Summary dashboard, and the warning prompt for users before refreshing or navigating away from the application form template on the Application and Job Posting pages. They were also not able to test several PRs due to the absence of data on the Main branch, including fixes for chart legend visibility and dark mode theming on rental cost and related report charts, the addition of a dedicated search button or icon for improved usability in Phase 3, and the multi-category selection feature for job filtering on the Job Posting Page. This work strengthens One Community’s mission of demonstrating DIY sustainable construction models. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.

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ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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

This week, Lin reviewed PR #1873 by checking the code, testing it on a local machine, and confirming that all tests passed, then reviewed weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by Alpha team members and handled routine management responsibilities for the Alpha Team. Casstiel continued work on the task to add a new card for the issue chart related to material consumption, tested new frontend logic on the local server, and added a new prop variable, variant, to address a rendering issue. During testing, it was identified that the graph needs to be placed inside the card component for proper functionality. Work continued toward resolving the existing task related to the multi-select filter solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to DIY sustainable construction models. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

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BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer) and included Taariq Mansurie (Full-Stack Developer)Aswin “Tony” Kanikairaj (Software Engineer)Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer)Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer), and Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are tracked and aligned with our mission while modeling and developing DIY sustainable construction models. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.

This week, Amalesh worked on “Phase 1 Bugs: Fix PR3940 and PR1676” by fixing dark mode styling issues on the Badge Management landing page, where text was unreadable or inconsistent. He validated the changes in both light and dark themes, documented results with screenshots and videos using the required naming conventions, tracked time in the HGN timer, and completed onboarding steps to keep access to tools and documentation. Aswin updated the Post-Event Feedback Follow-Up Email template preview UI by adding a clear subject line and preview text, inserting placeholders for event name and date, converting the survey link into a “Complete Survey” button with a “Takes less than 2 minutes” helper note, grouping secondary actions into an “Other options” section to reduce conflicting calls to action, keeping footer content concise while retaining legal language and adding an unsubscribe option, and improving styling for better scannability and accessibility. This progress contributes to developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Ramsundar fixed the Member Group Check-In search bug by adding safety checks to the member filtering logic to handle missing user fields and team name data. He skipped members without valid user data and filtered again before rendering to ensure only members with valid user IDs are shown. He updated empty-state messaging to distinguish between no matches and no assigned members and opened pull requests 2017 and 4760, which also include work related to the dashboard task deletion “X” button behavior. Taariq advanced the archived projects feature by fixing a blocking bug, rewriting parts of the implementation to stabilize undo and unarchive actions, validating the behavior, and submitting code for peer review. He also made progress on the filter color refresh work by fixing regressions in the team codes dropdown, resolving repeated merge conflicts while aligning changes across branches, switching between frontend and backend branches to address caching issues and coverage test failures, and keeping active branches synchronized for merge readiness. These updates support developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Nikhil completed his handover work by resolving conflicts in previous open pull requests and submitting them for review. He produced documentation for mapping CSS modules to the related components and their pull requests. Harshavarma expanded filtering support by adding day-level filtering alongside existing weekly and monthly views. He fixed edge cases where filter state updates caused inconsistencies between list and card views, added dark mode styling for filters, improved responsiveness so that filters, cards, and lists adapt across different screen sizes, implemented and tested Today, This Week, and This Month filters, including handling date boundaries, empty states, and immediate UI updates. He cleaned up filter-related code for better readability and maintainability and tested filters like applying, clearing, and switching to confirm stable rendering and predictable behavior in both light and dark modes. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this works in developing DIY sustainable construction models. The collage below shows images of their work.

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BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager) and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer)Som Ramnani (Software Engineer), and Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer). This week Som worked on PR #4428 by updating the “Ending After” date filter to use a modular CSS approach, refactoring styles into clearly scoped and reusable classes, and adjusting layout and spacing with flexbox to ensure proper alignment of the DatePicker. As part of the DIY sustainable construction models initiative, he focused on validating placeholder behavior between native date inputs and the DatePicker component, ensuring validation error messaging displayed correctly beneath the field, and also revisited PR #4215 related to saving featured badges on the profile page by resolving extensive merge conflicts caused by branch divergence. This involved addressing a large number of yarn.lock conflicts by resetting it to match the development branch, reviewing dependency differences, reconciling configuration changes, and aligning the branch with the latest development updates to restore build stability.

Linh focused on front-end enhancements for the BM Dashboard Materials page by implementing Materials Usage Insights and visual indicators to improve visibility into stock health and material consumption within the DIY sustainable construction models framework. This included reviewing requirements and acceptance criteria, analyzing the existing Materials table, and defining front-end calculation logic for stock health based on Available versus Bought and usage percentage based on Used versus Bought with edge case handling and value formatting. To enhance the user experience for DIY sustainable construction models, he added new table columns with color-coded stock health indicators, usage percentage progress bars, and explanatory tooltips, while also planning and scoping a summary panel above the table with aggregated metrics derived from the displayed dataset, validating layout behavior for responsiveness and dark mode, and preparing a front-end pull request.

Sheetal managed this week’s summary and worked on identity and access management integration by creating an Auth0 account, configuring a Single Page Application aligned with the existing Okta-based authentication approach, initiating authentication integration for the social media module through branch creation and management, resolving merge conflicts with the autoposter branch, beginning front-end integration of the Auth0Provider for React, attempting installation and configuration of the Auth0 React SDK, and investigating an undefined dependency issue that prevented the authentication setup from functioning as expected, supporting scalable platform foundations that align with data transparency and tooling needs used across DIY sustainable construction models. Supporting images of the related work are provided below.

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CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vivek Chandra Bengaluru Suresh (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Naidu (Software Engineer)Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack)Bhanu Anish Akkineni (Software Engineer)Chaitanya Swaroop Kumar Allu (Software Engineer)Shreya Padaganur (Software Engineer) and Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software manages and objectively measures progress in DIY sustainable construction models by coordinating social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance efforts. It pioneers a prototype solution engine for global challenges and enables scalable, long-term access to regenerative lifestyles worldwide.

This week, Ajay reviewed reviewer suggestions, implemented the requested updates, and fixed a routing issue that affected navigation flows while improving dark mode behavior across application modals. He applied a consistent dark theme on the weekly report page, corrected font colors for readability, and ensured inputs, dropdowns, and related controls render with proper contrast. He standardized styling for form elements within modals, addressed cases where theme variables were not applied, and verified hover, focus, and disabled states appear as expected. He checked that layout, spacing, and typography remain stable when switching themes and that interactions do not introduce visual shifts. He published updated branches for review, requested re-review where changes had been requested, and confirmed that the revisions align with existing patterns. He also validated that the changes work across common scenarios and that the code integrates with current components without regressions. These efforts reflect One Community’s goal of developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Akshith worked on Phase 3 improvement tasks, including adding fuzzy search and typo tolerance for event searches, implementing typo tolerance for type and location searches in the activity list, fixing radio button and checkbox alignment mismatches, and updating date selection in the search filter. He created a new utility function to handle typos in search queries and updated the community portal date filter to display events based on the selected date. He also made UI adjustments to align buttons and checkboxes according to the Figma design specifications. The progress shown here reflects continued advancement toward the DIY sustainable construction models through coordinated social architecture supported by documented actions.

Bhanu worked on building API endpoints to add, update, and retrieve items from the kitchen inventory system. He created the KIInventoryItem model to support a new collection in the MongoDB database and implemented the required routes and endpoints for inventory operations. This included an endpoint to add new items to the inventory, endpoints to retrieve all items and retrieve items by category for display in the appropriate tabs, and an endpoint to retrieve preserved items by filtering ingredients with an expiry date greater than or equal to one year from the current date. He also implemented update endpoints to adjust stock based on usage, add new stock quantities, and update harvest-related details. He tested all endpoints with sample data using Postman to verify expected behavior and then raised a pull request to merge the working branch into the development branch. This progress supports One Community’s long-term goal of developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Chaitanya focused on advancing Phase 2 of the Workforce Skill-Gap dashboard within the Highest Good Network application. He reviewed the requirements and design specifications, set up the WorkforceSkillGap component structure, and implemented a Recharts-based bar chart within the Weekly Project Summary module. He defined the data model and aggregation logic to calculate required and available skill hours by construction trade and implemented useMemo-based filtering to ensure the chart updates dynamically based on selected projects and departments. On the frontend, he built a Department multi-select filter that includes worker types, an All toggle, checkbox-based selection, click-outside-to-close behavior, and styling aligned with the existing dashboard. On the backend, he designed APIs to support the chart’s data requirements and examined multiple data sources, including UserProfile, Teams, Tasks, and ExternalTeam, to determine the appropriate source of truth for construction trade availability; although ExternalTeam appears to be the most likely candidate, the final data mapping and validation are still pending due to unresolved ambiguity in the underlying data model. The progress shown here reflects continued advancement toward the DIY sustainable construction models through coordinated social architecture supported by documented actions.

Shreya continued work on the user state indicator feature across the Dashboard Tasks and Weekly Summaries Reports pages, focusing on both backend and frontend structure. The core architecture for the feature is in place, including initial logic for handling user state data and integrating it into the relevant views. Progress included implementing and refining the Summaries Reports page while aligning it with the Dashboard Tasks view to ensure consistent behavior. During implementation, issues were encountered connecting the frontend and backend codebases, particularly with state data loading and the state catalog not appearing as expected on the frontend, which has prevented the indicator from rendering for some users. A frontend execution error was identified during this phase, leading to a shift from feature expansion to debugging and issue isolation. That frontend error has since been resolved, allowing work to move back into active development. Investigation into the remaining state data loading issue is ongoing, as it continues to block full completion of the feature. Sphurthy addressed a font color styling issue in the Search Filters section on the All Events page. The section headings for Branches, Themes, and Categories appeared darker and bolder, while the selectable subtext like “Select branches,” “Select themes,” and “Select categories” appeared lighter. This reversed the intended visual hierarchy from the Figma design. The styling was updated so section headings use a lighter font color and the selectable text uses a darker, more prominent color. This change improves visual hierarchy, readability, and consistency with the Figma design specifications. The update affects only the UI presentation and does not change functionality. The progress shown demonstrates ongoing advancement toward DIY sustainable construction models through coordinated, well-documented social architecture.

Vivek Chandra requested additional time to continue work on a previously resolved task and subsequently asked for administrative updates to reflect the extended effort. The work remained focused on identifying and correcting a recurring issue, which involved modifying the controller logic and integrating it with the user interface. Despite these changes, the issue persisted. To gain clearer insight into the root cause, Vivek Chandra rewrote the entire set of models to improve clarity around the error and address potential structural issues contributing to the behavior. In parallel, he worked on integrating the frontend with the backend API endpoints, during which a blocking issue was encountered where frontend requests were not reaching the backend as expected, preventing full end-to-end functionality. These efforts help move One Community closer to developing DIY sustainable construction models. Visual examples from his work are presented below.

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DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Ashutosh Mishra (Software Engineer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer)Aditya Gambhir (Software Engineer)Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer)Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer)Sai Shravan Neelamsetty (Software Engineer)Sriamsh Reddy (Software Engineer) and Vikas Meneni (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our processes for open sourcing a better world for us all through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This progress supports One Community in developing DIY sustainable construction models.

This week Adithya focused on the HGN Software Development project by finishing the Edit Tool feature and starting search and filtering for the Materials Table, resolving an API issue caused by a mismatch between the Mongoose model and the buildingInventoryTypes collection, refactoring the controller to target the correct collection, cleaning the codebase, documenting changes, and beginning analysis of the MaterialListView component to address missing project identifiers. Aditya resolved dashboard routing 404 errors, restructured MongoDB collections into summaryDashboardMetrics, implemented the generateInitialSnapshot function, integrated Sentry logging through a centralized logger, wrote 104 unit tests to reach 90 percent coverage, fixed a status enum and date type issue in buildingIssue.js, and updated frontend dashboard behavior, modals, notifications, and linter warnings. These efforts strengthen the foundation for developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Deekshith contributed React-based dashboard components for issue and resource visualization, preparing structured usage data, integrating Recharts, Bootstrap, theming, custom CSS, and Redux-based global state management through the IssueHeader component with routing, authentication, and project data handling. Neeraj enhanced the Resource Usage Monitoring page by adding due date classification logic, visual indicators, tooltips, accessibility considerations, and integrating existing CSV and Excel export functionality, with validation across data states and refresh scenarios. This progress supports scalable solutions for developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Shravan addressed multiple Email Management UI issues including search behavior during loading, template validation flow, save logic, error messaging, draft handling, confirmation dialogs, labeling clarity, and outbox behavior, testing all fixes locally and recording demonstrations while noting remaining navigation and modal issues. Sriamsh addressed pull request feedback, investigated a non-rendering cost breakdown donut chart in the Financials view, documented findings as a separate bug item, rewired the Project Risk Profile page to the correct route, and coordinated task scope, documentation, and time tracking. Vikas delivered the Orders and Purchase Orders landing page for the Kitchen Inventory Management project, implementing stat cards, tab navigation, searchable and sorted order lists, status-based actions, responsive layouts, scoped styling, and light and dark mode support aligned with branding. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of developing DIY sustainable construction models. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.

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LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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

This week, Abhinav developed the landing page for the Kitchen Inventory Management Processing module and submitted a pull request. His work included integrating a CSS module, ensuring responsiveness, and supporting light and dark modes. He built a dashboard displaying weight totals for items canned, dehydrated, freeze-dried, and stored in cellar storage through the previous month, along with a section navbar and overview area showing processing methods, item counts, and monthly quantities. He also implemented a supply section listing inventory items by canning and storage type and applied earth-tone styling and large fonts to meet branding and accessibility requirements. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models.

Aryan worked on Phase 3 fixes within the Highest Good Network software, focusing on improving data display consistency and UI behavior. He addressed percentage calculation and display logic issues on the Activity Attendance page, fixed tooltip visibility problems, validated behavior across display modes, and corrected color rendering in dark mode. He also standardized date formatting on the Used Resources page by defining a consistent format and updating date-handling logic to ensure accurate rendering across views and timezones. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models. Chirag worked on completing the “Clear All” button styling fix on the Activities screen by updating styles, checking in the changes, and creating pull request 4737. He also updated the Activities logic to default to showing current and future events by adding a “Show Past Events” toggle and modifying the code to ensure compatibility with existing filters. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models. Shashank reviewed open pull requests to confirm required approvals and verify functionality, identifying one pull request with pending requested changes. He tested the related issue to determine its root cause and fixed an error in a previously submitted pull request by addressing review comments and resolving merge conflicts to restore the work to a usable state. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models.

Shravya worked on bug fixes related to issue 3370 by analyzing activity page theming behavior in light and dark modes and applying corrections across multiple files. She raised pull request 4756, resolved merge conflicts, and improved code readability. She also addressed issue 3824 by fixing one identified bug and validating expected behavior for a second issue, and worked on issue 3399 by resolving light and dark mode inconsistencies across its components. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models. Sohail refactored the badge achievement engine by updating pull request 1153 to replace callback-based logic with an asynchronous architecture using Mongoose. He addressed race conditions that caused duplicate badge counts, ensured tiered rewards correctly replaced lower-level achievements, implemented sequential asynchronous processing to maintain data integrity, and requested a task to address the HGN totals mismatch with the active volunteers count. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models.

Veda worked on the Listing and Bidding Dashboard by creating a line chart titled “Cancellation Impact on Vacancy” and reviewing task requirements to support data integration. She also worked on a donut chart titled “Sentiment Breakdown,” resolved mobile view visual issues, updated chart display behavior, and fixed storage and memory issues after pulling the latest development code. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models. Venkataramanan worked on frontend and backend fixes to improve usability and system behavior, including correcting interaction issues in the WBS edit task modal, fixing dropdown styling and alignment, resolving a loading error on the Team Locations page, updating button color states, adjusting icon positioning, correcting leaderboard text color, and ensuring infringement deletions persisted correctly in the database. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models.

Vinay worked on updating the Project Risk Profile Overview graph layout to match the expected visual format by addressing spacing, grouping, and structural issues. He aligned bar groupings, standardized axis scaling and labeling, refined legend placement and typography, improved filter and chart alignment, ensured color consistency across light and dark modes, and reviewed responsive behavior across device sizes. This work contributes to DIY sustainable construction models. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports DIY sustainable construction models. See the collage below highlighting the team’s work for the week.

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MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer)Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer)Sai Krishna (Software Engineer)Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer), and Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer). Their efforts support One Community by advancing the mission of DIY sustainable construction models through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

This week, Uha focused on resolving visibility and contrast issues in the Distribution of Labour Hours chart by fixing cases where text was not visible due to similar background and foreground colors in both light and dark modes, improving the readability of chart labels, legends, and headings, resolving the issue where the submit button text was not visible in light mode, and testing changes locally to ensure consistent usability. Sai worked on enhancing the main Header component by adding a new “Consumables” option to the Projects dropdown menu, routing it to the appropriate path, placing it in alignment with the existing menu structure, and ensuring consistency with dark mode styling and disabled state handling. Sudheesh progressed on Phase 2 chart visibility fixes in dark mode by identifying relocated files, reorganizing frontend styles into separate CSS files, implementing dark mode support, resolving related visibility issues, completing feature updates, pushing changes to the repository, and preparing the work for testing. These efforts strengthen the path toward DIY sustainable construction models by supporting accessible, well-structured, and reusable open source systems.

Aayush addressed multiple Phase 2 issues by analyzing the “Select Projects” dropdown redirection problem, verifying reproducibility, documenting findings, debugging the “Create New Team” page data loading issue, fixing form submission behavior, and validating solutions through local testing. Mani worked on a priority task to develop the “Conversion Funnel” Sankey Diagram by wiring interactive controls, implementing mock data logic, styling the chart with fixed layouts and dark mode support, improving responsiveness, removing unnecessary toolbars, and documenting the work in a pull request. Alisha focused on resolving reported issues in previously assigned tasks by debugging and fixing dark mode problems in Learner Knowledge Evolution views, addressing deployment failures, implementing requested changes, contributing to Posting Page Analytics with new visualizations and validations, improving error handling, resolving merge conflicts, and fixing user interface issues such as filter overflow and visibility problems across different scenarios. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports DIY sustainable construction models through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage depicted below shows the team’s efforts for the week.

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REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts team summary was managed by Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer) and Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager), and it includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer)Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer)Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer)Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer)Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer)Siva Putti (Software Engineer), and Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on DIY sustainable construction models. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems.

This week, Aseem updated PR4310 by improving the responsiveness of the expense chart through layout and styling changes to ExpenseBarChart.jsx and ExpectedVsActualBarChart.module.css, removing scroll behavior, separating the chart from the card structure, eliminating unused cards, pushing the updates to GitHub, and communicating progress to Jae. Diya resumed deactivation lifecycle work by verifying ownership of the Blue Square auto-drop item, investigating server errors related to the inactiveReason field, reviewing PR3600 for compatibility with new routes and schema and implementing a hotfix to ensure immediate deactivation behavior was consistent across the User Profile and status cell popup. She also worked on restructuring the state flow to reduce reload dependency, updating modal options for deactivation and reactivation, testing the changes, and raising PR2016 for an urgent login fix. The progress made this week contributes to our long-term goal of developing DIY sustainable construction models.

Kristin improved the Log Attendance page dark mode by refining styling for text, backgrounds, borders, and interactive elements to ensure proper contrast, and updated the JSX structure for the Drop-off rate and No-show rate insights sections so each analytics block could apply independent styling and behavior. This work supports developing DIY sustainable construction models through open source software.

Namitha resolved theme color visibility issues in the HGN Software Team Questionnaire Dashboard by adjusting text, icon, and button styles to maintain readability across light and dark modes, validating accessibility and consistency without changing existing layout or interaction patterns. Peterson enhanced the Projects page in PR4746 by adding a red toast notification to inform users when a filtered username search returns no results, improving user feedback and clarity. This work plays an important role in developing DIY sustainable construction models through coordinated, real-world implementation.

Siva advanced the Node 20 upgrade by updating configuration and resolving workflow merge conflicts, continued improving create-new-team functionality by fixing ESLint errors and preserving AddTeamPopup behavior in PR3658. He also resolved dashboard merge conflicts to retain a simplified CPDashboard layout and proper alignment of the Show Past Events button in PR4311, and ensured filter alignment consistency in PR4388. Siri Sudheeksha Vavila worked 20 hours on implementing dark mode styles for the HGN Skills page, iterating on file updates, troubleshooting errors encountered during pull request creation, and progressing toward completing and submitting the changes. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports developing DIY sustainable construction models. See below for the picture collage of the work done by the Reactonauts team towards developing DIY sustainable construction models.

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SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Marcus Yi (Software Engineer) and Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software objectively tracks and manages progress, supporting social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that foster sustainable and thriving ecosystems, while developing DIY sustainable construction models that can be replicated and improved through open collaboration.

This week, Anthony completed additional git merges and resolved merge conflicts for PR#3600 and PR#1447, updated the PR descriptions to provide clearer and more accurate testing steps and prepared them for review pending any remaining issues or approval for merging. He also reduced and refactored code related to the reordering task to improve efficiency and reviewed the associated functions to confirm the feature continued to operate as intended. In addition, he continued work on PR#3917 and PR#1668 by updating code, resolving merge conflicts, recording a video to document the process and clarify parts of the task that were adjusted based on received feedback. This progress reflects continued momentum in delivering DIY sustainable construction models through open, collaborative development.

Marcus rolled back prior commits that were interfering with the Facebook connection and focused on stabilizing the integration. He rewrote and clarified testing instructions to support validation of the pull request, continued adding finishing touches to the Facebook connect page and began preparing a demo video to aid testing and review, with the work tracked in PR#4714. This effort supports the growth of DIY sustainable construction models through consistent, actionable development practices.

Swathi modified backend logic for the edit functionality to store material update history and added a new collection to the schema to support inventory history tracking. She implemented both frontend and backend logic to view update history, fixed dark mode issues on the Materials and Consumable pages, resolved a dropdown issue on the Consumable page, added the add consumable functionality and enabled filtering on the Consumable page by both project and consumable. By addressing these challenges, the Skye team’s work reinforces long-term stability in stewardship tracking features and supports evolution of DIY sustainable construction models by strengthening scalable, transparent systems within the broader Highest Good Network (HGN) infrastructure.

See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contribution aligns with One Community’s goals by advancing DIY sustainable construction models within the Highest Good Network open source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–N, managed by Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), highlights their contributions to the Highest Good Network software. This platform forms the foundation for measuring our results in developing DIY sustainable construction models. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer)Abhinav Tharamel Baiju (Software Engineer)Carl Bebli (Software Developer)Ganesh Gadicherla (Software Engineer)Julia Ha (Software Engineer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They supported the project by reviewing all pull requests shared this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward developing DIY sustainable construction models in the Highest Good Network open source hub. This work supports developing DIY sustainable construction models. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

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The PR Review Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results in developing DIY sustainable construction models. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer)Carl Bebli (Software Developer)Ganesh Gadicherla (Software Engineer)Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer)Rohan Rastogi (Software Engineer)Sundar Machani (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 open source hub measures progress towards our goal of developing DIY sustainable construction models. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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Open Sourcing the Golden Age – One Community Weekly Progress Update #670

At One Community, we are open sourcing the Golden Age of sustainable living by freely sharing complete systems for food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. Built by an all-volunteer team, our work focuses on transparency, replicability, and collaboration to support a model that is self-replicating and scalable worldwide. By developing solutions for fulfilled living and regenerating our planet, we aim to help create a world that works for everyone—always doing this for The Highest Good of All.

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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This week, Ajay Adithiya Kumar Elancheliyan Tamilalagi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the ventilation system design for the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He finalized the Bill of Materials for the Earthbag Village project and completed the vermiculture duct ventilation design. Structural analysis included finishing Finite Element Analysis for two material cases, specifically comparing aluminum and stainless steel components to evaluate weight and structural integrity. Calculations for the factor of safety were performed for both materials to verify that performance requirements were met. The technical report was updated to include the aluminum section, reorganized for consistency, and finalized with all required photos and visual documentation for the vermicomposting ventilation system, supporting open sourcing the Golden Age through transparent and replicable engineering work. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

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Baraka Minja (Civil and Environmental Engineer Pr. Eng.) continued working on the Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Toilet drawings. He worked on the vermiculture CAD drawings, updating them to align with the standard connection details used in the communal Earthbag Village drawings. These updates ensured consistency across the design portfolio. In addition, he adjusted the setting out drawing and incorporated changes into the layouts to reflect the updates, contributing to open sourcing the Golden Age by improving coordination and design consistency. See below for some of the pictures.

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Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home final MEP report by addressing feedback from the initial draft and applying revisions across the mechanical and electrical sections to improve calculation logic, clarity, and alignment with overall project intent. He advanced work on the MEP final report by finalizing the MEP cost analysis spreadsheet. He updated the spreadsheet to clearly separate mechanical, electrical, and plumbing scopes, ensuring each discipline was organized consistently. The spreadsheet was structured with individual rows for each fixture, component, and system element associated with each discipline. Columns were arranged to document unit pricing, total cost, quantity expressed as counts or linear footage, and a corresponding image for reference. These updates improved clarity, traceability, and consistency between the cost analysis and the supporting design documentation, reinforcing open sourcing the Golden Age. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Fangting Xu (Interior Design Intern) continued working with ADA codes related to building connections for the ADA 3-dome cluster of the Earthbag Village. She produced construction documents for the 3-Dome Cluster ADA project and reviewed and commented on Baraka’s work using the checklist as a reference. In addition, Fangting hosted the weekly meeting with Baraka and followed up on Baraka’s tasks and priorities for the week, further supporting open sourcing the Golden Age through inclusive and well-coordinated documentation. She also asked Jae some questions to clarify the review comments on Baraka’s work. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

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Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager) completed initial onboarding and training activities related to becoming a One Community administrator and spent the remainder of the time reviewing technical source material required to begin cost and needs analysis. Building on this foundational context, the work this week focused on translating reviewed energy documentation into structured cost analysis and planning tools. She worked on building a cost analysis template for the open source Climate Battery design by completing a full review of the webpage content and associated technical sections. She finished and provided feedback on topics including heating design, validation methods, 2D and 3D modeling, boundary conditions, simulation inputs, thermal simulation cases, references and results. This work reflects One Community’s goal of open sourcing the Golden Age.

In parallel, she created a basic cost analysis template in Google Sheets designed to be readable and replicable, with a summary page and populated sections covering documented assumptions, tubing and material unit costs and quantities, excavation and backfill, insulation, fans and airflow, controls and sensors, installation labor, operating energy costs, and maintenance and lifecycle considerations. She also developed a reusable set of cost estimate and construction planning and tracking templates, formatting and color coding sections for clarity while collaborating with a general contractor to align layout and usability. Iteesha also completed administrative work for the Reactonauts software development team, supporting open sourcing the Golden Age through scalable tools and organized knowledge sharing. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Kaustubh Kadam (Construction Engineering and Management Professional) worked on cleaning and improving the formulas in the cost estimation template and started building the planning and tracking template to support Highest Good Housing projects by adding more tabs to the planning sheet and making updates based on the items discussed with Iteesha. He improved all the sheets by applying both minor and major changes recommended by his teammate. He fixed issues in the formulas used in the estimating sheets and updated them to improve accuracy and reduce manual work. He also added additional estimation sheets to make the template easier to use and better organized. He continued working on a Gantt chart to improve clarity and readability of the planning timeline. He also applied recommendations shared by Jae and made related updates across the templates, advancing open sourcing the Golden Age through improved construction planning tools. Visual examples from his work are presented below.

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Malhar Solanki (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He updated the BOM for dumping and cross-checked the data with teammates to ensure all items were accounted for. During the weekly mechanical team meeting, the status of report writing was discussed, and he revised his previously added content during the call. He also assisted Ajay with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of alternative materials for the project and wrote portions of the report concerning material selection. Following the FEA testing of Al 6061, he updated the cost of materials based on the revised analysis, contributing to open sourcing the Golden Age through data-driven decision-making. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. This week, final updates were made to the dumping mechanism CAD model, including the addition of bolts, nuts, and other required fixtures to complete the assembly. An exploded view of the full assembly was also created and added to the master report to clearly show part relationships and assembly order. The Bill of Materials was updated to reflect the finalized design, with all components reviewed to confirm accuracy and completeness, reinforcing open sourcing the Golden Age through clear and shareable documentation. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Sai Bhuvanesh Nandipati (Mechanical Engineer) continued focusing on understanding the scope of the assigned work and clarifying the technical expectations associated with the project. He reviewed and interpreted the LEED strategies applied to the Earthbag Village model to understand their intent and relevance to the analysis. This background supported the applied flow modeling and simulation setup completed during the week. He identified and documented the key factors affecting sheet flow and incorporated them into the modeling approach. He set up a sheet flow simulation in ANSYS Fluent using an assumed travel time of 12.6 minutes as the initial condition for evaluation. The simulation was initiated and was running at the time of this update, with model settings and assumptions established to support evaluation and comparison of results, contributing to open sourcing the Golden Age. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He worked on the plumbing access panels, focusing on both design development and documentation updates. This included creating CAD models for larger HDPE panel options and defining panel layouts that accommodate the spa cover equipment. He incorporated a locking solution using a recessed ring handle to address access and security requirements. In parallel, he updated the DIY assembly instructions by adding step-by-step images and diagrams to clarify the cinderblock layouts. Bevan also documented the manufacturing process steps for the cinderblock assembly. This open source Duplicable City Center project is dedicated to open sourcing the Golden Age. For more details, refer to the image below.

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Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued developing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He focused on the Spa Project by completing high-fidelity structural simulations of the upper shell assembly and validating its performance under combined loading. He finalized a quarter-symmetry finite element model to balance accuracy and computational efficiency and evaluated two simultaneous load cases: bolt pretension to represent assembly clamping forces and hydrostatic pressure corresponding to a base water pressure of approximately 0.00747 MPa. The results show that the structure remains well within allowable limits, with von Mises stresses largely in the low-stress range (approximately 20–62 MPa) and localized peaks occurring at expected fastener locations, consistent with bolted Unistrut behavior. These efforts reinforce the focus on open sourcing the Golden Age.

Displacement results indicate a maximum deflection of about 3.13 mm at the center of the largest unsupported panels, which is minimal for a structure of this scale (approximately 130 in × 105 in) and confirms adequate stiffness of the hybrid cork–steel shell. No yielding or excessive deformation was observed that would threaten the cement waterproofing layer or overall structural integrity. With the upper shell validated, Sandesh has begun transitioning to analysis of the lower foundation assembly, including modeling the rebar-reinforced cinder block base to assess compressive capacity under the full system water load of approximately 14,787 lb, while also preparing to integrate upper and lower results and extract a Bill of Materials based on the validated component dimensions. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which is dedicated to open sourcing the Golden Age. See the visuals below for a closer look.

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Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on understanding assigned responsibilities related to finite element analysis of the pulley holder and hook, along with associated cost analysis tasks. Time was spent clarifying the scope of FEA requirements and how cost considerations integrate with the overall design and analysis process. Discussions were held with a teammate to align on approaches for finite element analysis and cost evaluation, ensuring consistency in assumptions and methodology. Research was carried out on material selection to support both structural performance and cost objectives, with attention given to suitability for the intended loading conditions. Initial work was started on finite element modeling and structural load analysis for the pulley system, including identifying load cases and boundary conditions relevant to the pulley operation. This open source Duplicable City Center project is pioneering the concept of open sourcing the Golden Age. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

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Shreyas Nagaraj (Design Engineer) made more updates to the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering and beams for the Duplicable City Center. He spent many hours on the Duplicable City Center project, focusing on finite element analysis setup and verification for the dome assembly under multiple load conditions. The required files were received from Srujan, and the analysis environment was set up in Inventor. The dome assembly model was checked for different load cases, and work continued on evaluating all relevant loads while creating a proper assembly. This involved addressing issues with multiple part files that were not correctly linked in the model. Finite element analysis checks on the dome assembly were continued across the various load conditions to validate the structural behavior of the model. This open source Duplicable City Center project exemplifies open sourcing the Golden Age. For more details, refer to the image below.
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This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large-scale GardenBotanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. They incorporated a mechanic’s creeper for the Auto Shop (ASHP) and bench dogs, rolled workbenches, and fixed workbenches across the ASHP, General Shop & Inventory (GSI), Metal Shop (MSHP), and Wood Shop (WSHP) documents. Furthermore, additional items were integrated into all fencing projects, including a fence post sealer for the above-ground portion of the seven-inch diameter Douglas fir posts, a four-inch brush for sealer application, and a come-along for post alignment. Air compressors were also added for the four shop areas. This progress continues building toward open sourcing the Golden Age.

The General Purpose Storage (GPS) acronym was updated to General Storage Inventory (GSI) across 74 entries, and new photos were included for all recent modifications. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on open sourcing the Golden Age and exemplifying the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency food and inventory tracking software plans. Chelsea worked with Bhanu to coordinate and advance the inventory management software development, focusing on alignment of priorities and next steps. She also met with Bhanu and Jae to discuss her perspective on onboarding additional developers to the project to increase delivery capacity and accelerate progress. The development team tested several completed pages of the application, and those pages met approval criteria. Ongoing work emphasized maintaining continuity across features, supporting steady progress on the existing codebase, and ensuring that recently approved components can be extended as development continues. As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports open sourcing the Golden Age. The following images provide a view of her contributions.
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Japneet Kour (Volunteer Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. Japneet completed the design portion of the Walipini 3 tropical house, focusing on functional requirements, incorporating moss on selected walls to suit a humid climate, adding seating areas to improve usability, adding the vines on the walls and creating scenes in SketchUp to support the next phase of rendering and design visualization tasks. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while open sourcing the Golden Age. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

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Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued developing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. He reviewed the lighting energy calculation document for Greenhouse Walipini 1 to identify and address missing information required for accurate calculations. This included checking incomplete data entries, verifying assumptions and fixture details, and updating the documentation to ensure the calculation sections are complete, consistent, and aligned with project standards. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while open sourcing the Golden Age. See below for pictures related to this work.

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Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Aquapini and Walipini renders and layout graphics. The work focused on developing the axonometric drawing of the Zen Aquapini. Updates were made to improve clarity, alignment, and overall layout while keeping the design intent the same. Special attention was given to details such as roof members, glazing, and structural elements, and this information was added into the axonometric view. Further work will include refining the visuals, adding explanatory text, and preparing supporting sectional drawings. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting regenerative and participatory development while open sourcing the Golden Age. Images below showcase his contributions.

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Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting web details. She developed new content for blog 669 and worked with teammates to incorporate their suggestions and feedback to ensure clarity and consistency in the final version. Pallavi continued adding Walipini 1 content based on Gayatri’s work and made updates in response to feedback from Jae, including editing text and incorporating revised images. She also added a table of contents to the Zenapini section to improve structure and navigation. This contribution supports the vision of open sourcing the Golden Age.

Additionally, Jae assigned her a new web page focused on integrating all related content for the Aquahaven Southwest Area web design, and she began organizing and preparing the required materials for this effort. Pallavi also completed five interviews for the software and admin teams and submitted the related details as required. The Highest Good Food project integrates open sourcing the Golden Age into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

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Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation, currently focused on the Aquapini and Walipini masterplan render. She finalized the shrubs and planters across the full landscaped site and finalized the layout for Walipini 3, began detailing the landscape for the Aquapini structure, continued developing landscape details for Zenapini layout, and added updates to the three structure typologies across the HGF project based on feedback received. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on open sourcing the Golden Age. Below are visuals highlighting this work.

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HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. They monitored feedback on Ayushman’s work related to hub connector future task descriptions and provided comments that reinforced prior guidance. The team also spent time reading the Earthbag Village construction documentation and materials related to the One Community Business Plan to build familiarity with the content and context in preparation for future work associated with those materials. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on open sourcing the Golden Age. Below are images related to this project.

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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

This week, Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) continued developing the Highest Good Education software platform, concentrating on Phase 4: marketing, promotion, and administrative activities. He worked on Phase 5 governance by meeting with the Figma developer and a development administrator to review governance-related Figma designs, clarify design requirements, and identify required updates. He updated Deliverable action item descriptions in the Phase 5 document to reflect the agreed design direction and coordination outcomes. He also supported Phase 4 software management by reviewing Deliverable 4 action items, updating GitHub review statuses, and communicating required and follow-up pull request reviews to developers. In marketing and promotion, Prudhvi scheduled weekly BlueSky content through Buffer and updated tracking tables in the social media dashboard and BlueSky analytics visualization sheets. He also supported OC administration by updating the weekly blog and providing feedback on administration team submissions for the reporting period. Through these activities, he supported One Community’s commitment to open sourcing the Golden Age. The images below highlight his contributions.

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HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team completed over 28 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, and identifying and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network. The team also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, which highlights how open sourcing the Golden Age serves as a foundational element of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

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Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and key components of the Highest Good Network. He tested multiple pull requests across different components of the Highest Good Network software. He also updated action items related to the Food Inventory Management Dashboard and tracked progress in software team management documents to support task coordination. As a member of the pull request review team, he reviewed submissions from assigned volunteer teams and provided feedback based on testing outcomes. This work supports One Community’s commitment to open sourcing the Golden Age. The images below highlight his contributions.

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Pooja Kulkarni (UI/UX Designer) began working on UX and UI design of the Highest Good Network. She reviewed the Phase 4 Highest Good Education documentation to understand existing access controls, role structures, and platform goals and used that context to inform initial Phase 5 planning. She designed and refined four governance-related user interface screens covering authentication and access gating, inactive account messaging, governance dashboards, and onboarding flows. Pooja also aligned screen logic of Phase 4 requirements related to authentication, permissions, and transparency and translated those requirements into structured, user-centered layouts appropriate for large-group governance and education workflows. This project supports One Community’s commitment to open sourcing the Golden Age. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) continued working on Google Ads management and strategy evolution of the Highest Good Network. She completed administrative steps one through four for nine volunteers by adding comments, rechecking submissions, and cross-verifying related work and images. She performed campaign checks, prepared the weekly report, and added Google Ads recommendations. She also worked on low-fidelity design tasks by creating a group and coordinating a meeting, and met with Prudhvi to discuss deliverables, review Figma files, and align on design ideas. Rajrajeshwari connected with Pooja and Prudhvi to clarify design requirements and explain design elements. She updated Deliverable 1 for Phase 5 by revising the Google Sheet, adding tasks based on the agreed structure, and incorporating required document changes. She then finalized and proofread the deliverables, developed five new chart concepts, created two new chart types with explanations and images, and added key charts for design reference in Figma. This project supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating open sourcing the Golden Age. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Yagna Reddy Badvel (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued working on the Summary Dashboards and Weekly Report page on the Highest Good Network. He audited the Phase 2 Materials, Equipment, Tools, and Project Tracking System tab by correcting task categorization, dropdown usage, priorities, formatting issues, links, and filters to maintain accuracy and consistency. He also completed weekly administrative tasks by reviewing team submissions to confirm summaries met writing standards, media requirements were met, tracking logs were added where needed, and images were optimized and uploaded to WordPress with correct SEO attributes, formatting, and title fields while confirming that all eligible contributors were included. This work supports One Community’s commitment to open sourcing the Golden Age. The images below highlight his contributions.

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ADMINISTRATION TEAM

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

This week, Anusha completed extensive Level 2 frontend and backend software testing and quality assurance by reviewing and validating a high volume of pull requests, updating shared tracking documents, and documenting issues related to regressions, environment setup gaps, UI alignment, dark mode behavior, and backend dependencies. Ashutosh advanced AI and frontend development by updating wireframes for video clip workflows, building interfaces to manage multimedia assets, implementing video slicing for embedding models, and beginning work on an automated ingestion pipeline, while also refining layout structure and usability. Divanshu managed end-to-end Mastodon operations by preparing, publishing, and monitoring daily posts, documenting feature issues and enhancement ideas, processing analytics data through Python-based transformations, and validating dashboard accuracy through structured testing. Together, these efforts support open sourcing the Golden Age.

Keerthana coordinated administrative workflows by reviewing team summaries for accuracy and formatting, updating Step 2 and Step 4 tracking documents, compiling and validating the weekly blog, and assigning Phase 3 action items to developers. Leo compiled team summaries, created visual collages, verified cross-platform analytics consistency, and scheduled Meta posts to maintain the publishing calendar. Mridul reviewed and consolidated blog content, refined collage alt text, resized images to meet publishing standards, completed Twitter/X moderator training, scheduled posts, and logged engagement metrics across dashboards. This coordinated administrative and publishing work advances open sourcing the Golden Age.

Neeharika supported task management and testing by reviewing software team documents, following up on assigned tasks, testing pull requests, and verifying updated PDFs. Ola monitored KPI dashboards, scheduled Pinterest content, created weekly admin folders, and organized Google Workspace to improve workflows for the PR and admin teams. Olimpia updated LinkedIn analytics KPIs, completed senior admin reviews, resolved prior comments, identified cases requiring warnings or blue squares, and scheduled upcoming posts. Priyanshi continued Phase 2 project management testing by validating financial tracking dashboards, identifying chart loading and filter interaction issues, and documenting contrast and visibility problems for follow-up. This work helps advance open sourcing the Golden Age.

Rachna focused on routine administrative and SEO-related tasks, while Rajeshwari conducted extensive endpoint testing, documented UI, CSS, and data inconsistencies, managed blog administration, and maintained SEO keywords. Rishitha consolidated blogs, optimized SEO, maintained bios, supported Threads engagement, and updated dashboards and trackers, while Sayantan tested merged pull requests, logged usability improvements, assigned tasks from the bugs and features tracker, and reported UI behavior issues. Sudarshan managed the Alpha Software Team blog, reviewed pull requests, and created tasks to address bugs and system improvements. To learn more about how this work supports open sourcing the Golden Age, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Qinyi Liu (Graphic Designer) and Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support open sourcing the Golden Age.

This week, Qinyi worked on marketing and promotion tasks, creating social media and announcement visuals and web designs using a game-character style aligned with open sourcing the Golden Age. She generated and reused character assets, created bio images and announcements, and revised posters based on feedback to meet project requirements. Yulin focused on visual communication and coordination, creating infographics based on feedback, preparing a team collaboration announcement, and managing assets in Dropbox aligned with open sourcing the Golden Age. She also participated in weekly discussions to ensure tasks were completed on time. Their efforts highlight a open sourcing the Golden Age. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

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HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

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

This week, the core team tested Highest Good Network pull requests and confirmed 7 as fixed. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment demonstrating open sourcing the Golden Age.

The following PRs were not fixed: issues related to manually adding lost hours for past years, improvements to mobile functionality, missing color-coding for event status in Phase 3, the force logout issue when permissions change, and dashboard view fixes. They were not able to test 11 PRs because there was no data available on the Main branch. This work strengthens One Community’s mission of demonstrating open sourcing the Golden Age. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.

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ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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

This week, Lin reviewed PR #1991 by checking the code, testing it in a local environment, and confirming that all tests passed, then reviewed the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by Alpha team members and handled Alpha Team management responsibilities. Casstiel continued work on enhancing the multi-select filter solution, completing the backend logic implementation, which still needs to pass checks in the local environment. The clicking error on the filter box remains unresolved because the related fix has not yet been merged into the main branch. He also began a new task to add a new card for the issue chart related to material consumption and is analyzing the existing code base while reviewing similar logic to maintain consistency across the implementation. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to open sourcing the Golden Age. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

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BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer) and included Sourabh Bagde (Software Developer)Taariq Mansurie (Full-Stack Developer), Aswin “Tony” Kanikairaj (Software Engineer)Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer)Sumedh Kumar (Full-Stack Developer)Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer), and Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are tracked and aligned with our mission while modeling and pioneering open sourcing the Golden Age. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.

This week, Aswin enhanced the BM Dashboard Issues Chart by adding Select All and Clear All actions for the Issue Type and Year filters, showing selected counts for better visibility, ensuring keyboard accessibility, refining hover tooltips to clearly display Issue Type, Year, and Count, adjusting the x-axis labels’ rotation and spacing to reduce overlap, confirming that legend interactions support toggling year-based series, and adding Export CSV and Export PNG options with disabled states when no data is available, along with a “No data for selected filters’ message, all while maintaining consistency across light and dark modes. This development contributes to open sourcing the Golden Age.

Sourabh improved the MySpace auto-poster by completing the tabbed interface with validation, preview, copy helpers, local scheduling, edit support, localStorage persistence, and badge updates, wiring backend support through router, controller, and model layers, and implementing shared badge logic via a reusable component that updates reactively with capped display values. He shifted schedule persistence to localStorage with UI messaging indicating that schedules are stored per browser session, enhanced the edit workflow to restore fields, clamp date and time values to prevent past scheduling, reset validation and preview state, and guide users into the Schedule tab with feedback. Additionally, he updated the save logic to prevent duplicates, validate required data, normalize payloads, update local state on success, and handle failures by storing local copies and resetting the form for retries. This work reflects One Community’s goal of open sourcing the Golden Age.

Sumedh added dark mode support to PR4302, resolved new merge conflicts, and tested for alignment with existing behavior and design. He fixed merge conflicts in PR4462, implemented custom calendar styling for consistent dark mode behavior, and updated the daily activity log page to prevent selecting past dates for check-in and check-out based on review feedback, while confirming integration with existing logic. He continued working on PR4656 by resolving merge conflicts and addressing review comments. Ram prepared a pull request for the dashboard change related to the task “X” button, but encountered a 500 “Permission update failed” error affecting owner and admin flows, blocking progress due to the Add button not being available. He compared behavior against prior results and permission logs, coordinated with Anusha to isolate the cause, and began investigating the “Fix Search Error in Member Group Check-In” task by checking backend endpoint request parameters and response structure for project-based filtering, with work still ongoing. These efforts reinforce focus on open sourcing the Golden Age.

Taariq worked on both frontend and backend tasks by finalizing remaining code changes, submitting updated implementations, investigating a local loading issue in Microsoft Edge, and continuing debugging on auto-scroll, BioStatusToggle, and auto-refresh with repeated local testing and cache investigations before preparing a handoff due to persistent issues. He refined the weekly summary email logic to include only active users, resolved merge conflicts, and aligned with the development baseline for team testing. He cleaned up and validated the archived projects feature locally and completed the filter refresh feature with final fixes prepared for submission after confirming expected behavior. This progress continues building toward open sourcing the Golden Age.

Amalesh worked on “Phase 1 Bugs: Fix PR4548” by implementing frontend fixes, submitting a new pull request, documenting testing with screenshots and videos using required naming conventions, tracking time with the HGN timer, and completing onboarding steps to maintain access to tools and documentation. Nikhil resolved conflicts in previously open pull requests and submitted them for review, raised PR4690 for modularizing src/Common components, and prepared it for merging. He also documented the CSS-to-module-CSS tasks while mapping components to their respective pull requests. This work helps advance open sourcing the Golden Age.

Harshavarma improved filter logic to keep data consistent across card and list views, added dark mode support to the calendar UI, integrated updates with the Events flow’s Landing Page, improved responsiveness, and addressed small-device layout issues. He continued resolving filter synchronization issues between views, began implementing ‘Load More Events’ with frontend and backend changes for incremental loading, added backend APIs for landing page sections to support events, filtering, and pagination, and validated initial data retrieval and UI rendering across light and dark modes. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this works in pioneering open sourcing the Golden Age. The collage below shows images of their work.

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BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager) and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer)Som Ramnani (Software Engineer), and Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer). This week, Som revisited PR #4428 related to the “Ending After” date filter Figma UI mismatch, resolving extensive merge conflicts caused by the branch falling behind the development branch by resetting it to the latest development state and reapplying only the intended changes aligned with the current codebase, while confirming that no unrelated files were modified and that updates remained limited to relevant Community Portal components. He also addressed incorrect routing for Other Links that were directing to the root instead of Community Portal paths by updating several dashboard routes under /communityportal. Open sourcing the Golden Age informed continued alignment with shared standards and maintainable structures as he resolved merge conflicts in CPDashboard.jsx introduced by recent development updates, ensured the hours logging dashboard loads correctly from profile routes, and created a new pull request reflecting the cleaned set of changes along with updated demo videos showing current dashboard behavior.

Linh reviewed and updated task documentation for the Materials dashboard enhancement focused on usage insights and visual indicators, clarifying functional requirements, calculation logic, and UI expectations. This work included analyzing existing Materials table fields such as Bought, Used, Available, Wasted, and Hold to determine their role in supporting stock health indicators and usage calculations. Relevant backend APIs were tested to confirm data availability and accuracy. Based on these findings, Linh mapped required indicators to existing data structures, identified areas where UI components need extension, aligned proposed visuals with existing dashboard patterns, and began initial development by preparing the Materials table structure to support additional columns, visual indicators, and tooltips while maintaining compatibility with responsive layouts and light and dark modes. These updates support the mission of open sourcing the Golden Age.

Sheetal worked on fetching secret values from Bitwarden in cases where existing code returned only secret identifiers, tested Secrets Manager and Password Manager using a restricted endpoint to validate retrieval behavior, verified correct secret access, and committed the implementation to the appropriate branch. In addition, she explored Okta integration for OAuth-based authentication and role-based access control by reviewing documentation, identifying suitable services and configurations, and evaluating how the integration would fit within the current system architecture, open sourcing the Golden Age. Supporting images of the related work are provided below.

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CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vivek Chandra Bengaluru Suresh (Software Engineer) and includes Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack)Bhanu Anish Akkineni (Software Engineer)Chaitanya Swaroop Kumar Allu (Software Engineer)Shreya Padaganur (Software Engineer), and Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software manages and objectively measures our progress in open sourcing the Golden Age by coordinating social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance efforts that pioneer a prototype solution engine for global challenges and support scalable, lasting access to regenerative lifestyles worldwide.

This week, Akshith completed several Phase 3 UI fixes, including resolving the overlap of the “No events available” message with the search filters, adding missing Apply and Clear buttons, implementing pagination for the activity list, and correcting missing year information in event dates. These updates were completed through targeted styling improvements and added filter functionality to meet UI requirements. Anish completed the inventory page for the Kitchen and Inventory portal by implementing required UI components, adding dark mode support, and ensuring responsiveness across screen sizes. He raised a pull request to merge the frontend work into the development branch and then began backend development for inventory management, creating API endpoints, routes, controller logic, and schemas to support adding, updating, and deleting inventory items. This work supports open sourcing the Golden Age.

Chaitanya advanced Phase 2 dashboard features and stabilized the MailChimp Replacement workflow. He implemented the Workforce Skill-Gap bar chart with multi-select filters, integrated it into the Weekly Project Summary dashboard with Redux-based data handling, and resolved build and linting issues. He also finalized the Material Stock-Out Risk Indicator by fixing backend logic, improving frontend scalability, and submitting related pull requests. In parallel, he reviewed and improved the MailChimp Replacement email workflow by resolving logic issues, standardizing error handling, and improving test compatibility. Shreya reviewed the codebase and internal documentation to take ownership of PR4157 and PR1772, analyzed feature requirements, and began frontend development. Her work focuses on building a configurable user state indicator for the Dashboard Tasks and Weekly Summaries pages, including emoji-supported states, date tracking, real-time updates, and permission-based controls. Relevant Week 4 screenshots were uploaded for documentation. These updates support the mission of open sourcing the Golden Age.

Meanwhile, Vivek Chandra continued work on resolving issues related to displaying resolved tasks, investigating a long-standing underlying issue, and supporting Shreya by clarifying task requirements. The collage below highlights this team’s progress. These efforts collectively reinforce One Community’s mission and long-term commitment to open sourcing the Golden Age. Visual examples from his work are presented below.

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DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Ashutosh Mishra (Software Engineer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer)Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer)Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer) and Sriamsh Reddy (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our processes for open sourcing a better world for us all through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This progress supports One Community in open sourcing the Golden Age.

This week Adithya worked on the HGN Software Development project by completing the Back button fix on the Lessons page and progressing the non-functional Edit Tool feature, resolving remaining linting issues, verifying backward navigation, pushing updated code with documented changes, and implementing a Redux-based asynchronous update action along with a new UpdateToolModal component using Reactstrap with pre-filled data and validation, while also preparing weekly documentation and reviewing uploaded images. Deekshith developed a React-based issue or dashboard header component integrated with Redux to consume global state such as theme, user, and project data, managed local UI state for tabs and search behavior, triggered project data fetching on component mount, and implemented a CSS module to style a centered, card-like container with responsive support for light and dark themes. These efforts align with One Community’s vision of open sourcing the Golden Age.

Neeraj focused on frontend enhancements to improve data usability by adding client-side export functionality in CSV and Excel formats to multiple pages, ensuring exported data reflected visible columns and current views, handling row selection, excluding action elements, adding loading and disabled states to prevent repeated actions, making minor UI spacing adjustments, updating dependencies, resolving linting issues enforced by pre-commit hooks, and preparing detailed pull request descriptions with testing instructions. Sriamsh completed validation and submission of user experience improvements for the Equipment Daily Activity Log by verifying project-based filtering, submission handling, empty-state messaging, layout behavior, and related network activity before raising a pull request, and also investigated the Project Risk Profile task by identifying a routing issue where the intended path redirected to the main dashboard, locating an existing ProjectRiskProfileOverview component within another view, and communicating findings to clarify whether a new route or restoration of prior behavior was required. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of open sourcing the Golden Age. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.

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LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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

This week, Aryan worked on Phase 3 fixes for the Activity Attendance page by correcting percentage calculation and display logic to resolve rounding and floating-point precision issues. He updated the donut chart to ensure all segments summed to 100 percent, improved label spacing and tooltip clarity, and implemented dynamic re-rendering so chart data updated automatically when attendance values changed. Multiple scenarios were tested to confirm correct calculations and visual accuracy. These frontend updates contribute to open sourcing the Golden Age. Chirag worked on adding the Attendance Confirmation message on the Database Design screen.

He implemented a toast notification that displays a confirmation message when the button is clicked and disables the button to prevent multiple registrations. After confirming with Jae that the page should redirect to the registration screen, he worked on fixing the related route and applied a temporary solution to support end-to-end testing of the confirmation message functionality. This work contributes to open sourcing the Golden Age. Shashank reviewed the current implementation and reproduced a filtering issue locally, identifying incorrect use of .includes() instead of .startswith(). He refactored the code by extracting mock data into a separate file, added placeholder API logic with fallback handling, corrected autocomplete behavior, and updated event display logic to ensure only properly filtered events were shown. These refinements contribute to open sourcing the Golden Age.

Shravya resolved merge conflicts in pull request 3926 and addressed bugs identified through review comments. She continued investigating issue 3824 related to lost time discrepancies by identifying missing team name capture during submission and delayed data reflection, applying fixes for identified issues and documenting remaining findings. These backend updates contribute to open sourcing the Golden Age. Sohail refactored the badge assignment system to correct logic errors affecting badge counts and replacement behavior. He converted callback-based badge utilities to promise-based asynchronous functions, implemented sequential processing to ensure correct badge replacement, and updated streak and personal record logic to prevent race conditions during database updates. These improvements contribute to open sourcing the golden age.

Veda worked on the Listing and Bidding Dashboard by creating a donut chart titled Sentiment Breakdown within the Reviews section. She integrated the chart structure with test data, fixed rendering issues, refined dark mode compatibility, adjusted layout and spacing for mobile responsiveness, and ensured visual consistency with existing dashboard components. These updates contribute to open sourcing the Golden Age.

Venkataramanan worked on frontend and backend fixes to improve usability and system behavior, including correcting header logo alignment, fixing blue square ordering and display logic, updating leaderboard styling, improving WBS navigation behavior, prioritizing email delivery logic, and ensuring only active members appeared in resource dropdowns. These fixes contribute to open sourcing the Golden Age. Vinay worked on improving chart visibility in the Total Construction Summary dashboard by addressing a hover-triggered rendering issue. He introduced a visible placeholder state when filters were not applied, ensured charts rendered immediately after filters changed, limited hover behavior to tooltips, and reviewed accessibility and contrast behavior. This refinement contributes to open sourcing the Golden Age. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports open sourcing the Golden Age. See the collage below highlighting the team’s work for the week.

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MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer)Sai Krishna (Software Engineer)Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer), and Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer). Their efforts support One Community by advancing the mission of open sourcing the Golden Age through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

This week, Uha addressed multiple UI visibility issues in the Distribution of Labour Hours chart by resolving low-contrast text problems in both light and dark modes, improving percentage label readability using theme-aware styling without changing placement, fixing invisible Submit button text in light mode, and correcting text visibility across chart labels, legends, and tooltips to ensure consistent readability. This contribution supports the long-term goal of open sourcing the Golden Age. Sai focused on backend performance, security, and code quality improvements for the labor hours functionality by implementing caching with a five-minute time-to-live to reduce repeated database queries, integrating JWT authentication, applying role-based access control to restrict access to authorized users, and refactoring an oversized controller by extracting helper functions for aggregation, validation, and formatting logic to meet linting requirements.

Sudheesh worked on resolving dark mode chart styling and visibility issues by updating frontend components for the Supplier Performance Chart, improving readability and visual consistency, resolving remaining UI issues, merging changes into version control, documenting a testing strategy, and aligning updates with existing coding standards. These efforts strengthen the path toward open sourcing the Golden Age.

Aayush worked across multiple Phase 2 tasks by fixing an issue where the Create New Team page was not displaying through requirement review and local bug resolution, documenting progress with screenshots, attempting to set up BM Dashboard work related to the Equipment Update form and Tool Detail data binding while requesting clarification due to routing uncertainty, and addressing a CI workflow issue associated with an existing backend pull request. Mani worked on a high-priority task to build a Sankey Diagram conversion funnel by configuring the testing environment with URL createObjectURL and revokeObjectURL mocks in Vitest to prevent Plotly-related test failures in jsdom, implementing the mocks across both Node and window contexts for broader test coverage, and developing the Sankey-based conversion funnel component with interactive filters, Plotly rendering, and a mock data generation system. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports open sourcing the Golden Age through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage portrayed below depicts the team’s efforts for the week.

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REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts team summary was managed by Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer) and Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager), and it includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer)Guna Pranith Reddy Cheelam (Software Developer)Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer)Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer)Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer)Siva Putti (Software Engineer)Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), and Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on open sourcing the Golden Age. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems in order to work towards open sourcing the Golden Age.

This week, Akshay added a sorting option to the community portal database design feature by extending state management to support sortable fields, implementing client-side sorting logic for multiple data types, integrating the control into the existing user interface, and opening PR47250. He also prepared the weekly team review, tracking contributor progress, and hosting the weekly team call. Aseem updated PR4354 to improve bar chart responsiveness across screen sizes by aligning the implementation with review feedback and began Phase 2 work on improving the Financials Dashboard by defining color-based indicators to highlight cost overruns and underspends. Guna Pranith continued refining the listings home page frontend by addressing review feedback on PR3999, focusing on image GET request error fixes and corrected tab heading behavior, and advanced the Phase 3 Re-Engagement Strategies task by investigating a Page Not Found error affecting the log attendance route in the development environment. The progress made this week contributes to our long-term goal of open sourcing the Golden Age.

Kristin completed the calendar view dropdown implementation on the community calendar, added dark mode support for the weekly view grid, refactored related frontend code, tested the changes, opened PR4717, and reviewed approximately a dozen existing pull requests by applying updates, resolving merge conflicts, and ensuring automated checks passed. Namitha implemented comprehensive filter functionality for the Listing and Bidding Dashboard by adding date range selectors, comparison type selection between Villages and Properties, a Listing and Bidding toggle with validation, grouped metric selection across Demand, Revenue, and Vacancy categories, and conditional disabling of auction-only metrics, delivering the work in PR4718. Peterson improved the responsiveness of the User Permission Management page in PR4711 by ensuring action buttons maintain consistent sizing and reposition below the role list on smaller screens while remaining aligned beside it on larger screens. This work supports collaborative progress in open sourcing the Golden Age.

Siva resolved merge conflicts and added a minimum date constraint to prevent past date selection in PR4338, addressed code quality issues by removing unused imports and fixing routing conflicts in PR4553, and refactored ActivityAgenda.jsx to reduce cognitive complexity, apply safer data access, and replace legacy checks in PR4434. This work plays a role in open sourcing the Golden Age through coordinated, real-world implementation.

Sudheeksha worked 20 hours across three days on Phase 2 tasks to add separate inputs for tools and equipment, troubleshooting pull request issues and ultimately completing and submitting the finalized pull request. Suparshwa Patil refined the chatbot prompt to restrict responses strictly to provided documentation, began developing an orchestration layer for managing persistent conversational memory, and modified application-layer endpoints to support these changes. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports open sourcing the Golden Age. See below for the picture collage of the work done by the Reactonauts team towards open sourcing the Golden Age.

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SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Marcus Yi (Software Engineer) and Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software objectively tracks and manages progress, supporting social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that foster sustainable and thriving ecosystems and plays a major role in open sourcing the Golden Age.

This week, Marcus worked on the frontend and backend branches for the Facebook auto poster feature. He implemented dark mode changes, resolved merge conflicts, addressed failing tests across both codebases, and submitted the frontend and backend pull requests. While the Facebook posting workflow awaited external approval, he shifted focus to developing posting functionality for X and continued progress on that integration during the wait. This progress reflects continued momentum in advancing open sourcing the Golden Age through open, collaborative development.

Swathi implemented the edit functionality for the “Edit name/measurement” button in the materials page in bmdashboard, added form validations and handled error scenarios on both the frontend and backend. She provided user feedback through toast notifications for error messages, resolved the filtering issue on the materials page, updated the filters to allow users to filter by project and material and began work on the view update history feature for the selected material. This work contributes to advancing open sourcing the Golden Age through practical, repeatable development.

Anthony worked on the pull requests for changes to default permissions applied to users. He provided feedback on PR#3600 and PR#1447 by updating the permission change logs to vary text styling and column emphasis based on the reason for each change. He pushed these updates and coordinated with a colleague regarding a recent code change that introduced an issue when saving user updates. He also continued work on PR#3917 and PR#1668, reviewing and testing the code to better understand the flow, made incremental changes to ensure role permissions were displayed in the modal during initial viewing, and added star icons carried over from PR#3600 to visually indicate differences between role permissions and the permissions a user would have after a role change. By addressing these challenges, the Skye team’s work reinforces long-term stability in stewardship tracking features and helps realize open sourcing the Golden Age by strengthening scalable, transparent systems within the broader Highest Good Network (HGN) infrastructure.

See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contribution aligns with One Community’s goals by enabling and accelerating open sourcing the Golden Age within the Highest Good Network open source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–N, managed by Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), highlights their contributions to the Highest Good Network software. This platform forms the foundation for measuring our results in open sourcing the Golden Age. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer)Abhinav Tharamel Baiju (Software Engineer)Carl Bebli (Software Developer)Ganesh Gadicherla (Software Engineer)Julia Ha (Software Engineer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They supported the project by reviewing all pull requests shared this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward open sourcing the Golden Age in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members with names starting from O–Z, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results in open sourcing the Golden Age. This week’s active members of this team were: Rohan Rastogi (Software Engineer)Sai Shravan Neelamsetty (Software Engineer)Sundar Machani (Software Engineer)Vikas Meneni (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 open source hub measures progress towards our goal of open sourcing the Golden Age. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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At One Community, we are pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges by designing and demonstrating open source approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, social architecture, and fulfilled living. Created entirely by an all-volunteer team, everything we develop is free-shared to support a self-replicating model intended to grow into a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs. Through evolving sustainability and global stewardship practices, we work to regenerate our planet and help create a world that works for everyone, always for The Highest Good of All.

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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This week, Baraka Minja (Civil and Environmental Engineer Pr. Eng.) continued working on the Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Toilet drawings. He worked on the communal shower CAD drawings, updating them to align with the standard connection details used across other earthbag drawings. He modified the door details within the building sections to reflect the updated drawings, ensuring consistency across the design. In addition, he updated the setting out drawings and placed them on layouts to show the relative positioning of the communal shower in relation to other structures, supporting a prototype solution engine for global challenges through replicable and coordinated site design. See below for some of the pictures.

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Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home final MEP report by addressing feedback from the initial draft and applying revisions across the mechanical and electrical sections to improve calculation logic, clarity, and alignment with overall project intent. He revisited previously developed mechanical and electrical content to better define terminology and update introductory text that precedes the calculations included in the report. Revisions focused on refining explanations of core mechanical and electrical concepts, adjusting language to reduce ambiguity, and clarifying technical terms through reference to applicable code provisions. In parallel, he began updating the MEP cost analysis spreadsheet to capture all equipment, materials, and systems referenced throughout the construction drawings and written report, ensuring consistency between the documented scope and associated cost items. His work supports a prototype solution engine for global challenges by strengthening transparency and cost alignment in system documentation. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Fangting Xu (Interior Design Intern) continued working with ADA codes related to building connections for the ADA 3-dome cluster of the Earthbag Village. She prepared the construction documents for the 3-dome cluster using the AutoCAD file of the 3-dome cluster as the reference. During this process, Fangting Xu identified several inconsistencies and requested clarification and guidance from Jae. She also held a weekly meeting with Baraka to follow up on progress and coordination. Her attention to accessibility and documentation consistency supports a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager) completed initial onboarding and training activities related to becoming a One Community administrator and spent the remainder of the time reviewing technical source material required to begin cost and needs analysis. The primary focus was a detailed review of the Open Source Climate Battery and Highest Good Energy report content to understand system scope, design assumptions, engineering calculations, and cost drivers. Building on this foundational review, the work this week focused on deeper evaluation and structured feedback across the energy documentation. This work supports One Community’s commitment to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through open-source collaboration and measurable progress.

She reviewed the Open Source Climate Battery Design webpage content for clarity and accuracy, completing approximately 70 percent of the material, and added comments with questions, clarification requests, and suggestions for improvement across sections covering system purpose, use cases, and technical topics including airflow, tubing, soil, insulation, fan selection, validation methods, and results related to stress, strain, and thermal behavior. In parallel, she read the Highest Good Energy Report to better understand One Community’s approach to open source energy systems, net-zero infrastructure goals, energy self-sufficiency targets, and the role of climate battery systems within broader strategies for scalable community hubs. Based on this context, she provided feedback and helped redefine the scope of work needed to create reusable templates for cost estimation and construction planning, contributing to a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Kaustubh Kadam (Construction Engineering and Management Professional) worked on cleaning and improving the formulas in the cost estimation template and started building the planning and tracking template to support Highest Good Housing projects by adding additional tabs to the planning sheet and making updates based on items discussed with Iteesha. He improved the sheet structure and organization to better support planning and tracking needs. He also added a new version of the estimation template to provide an additional option that enables comparison of formats and evaluation of usability. Within the templates, formulas were added and adjusted to reduce manual entry and improve consistency, supporting a prototype solution engine for global challenges through scalable planning tools. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Malhar Solanki (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He participated in the mechanical team’s weekly meeting to discuss blockers and define objectives for the documentation. He prepared and organized relevant mathematical formulas for inclusion in the waste dumping finite element analysis section of the report. He worked on report writing related to material selection, including a comparison between two different sets of materials based on FEA results. He added content to the unistrut assembly section, along with appropriate reference images to support the written material. He completed an additional section of the waste dumping mechanism to align with the overall system documentation. He also checked and verified the report sections prepared by Ajay and Rishi to ensure consistency and accuracy. Updates to the project BOM were verified and incorporated, and the dumping mechanism documentation was completed, strengthening a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. His work focused on completing the reports that received feedback from Jae, with revisions made to address the noted comments and requirements. He completed additional research to expand the points of comparison included in the sensor selection report, with an emphasis on improving clarity and technical justification for the selected options. An exploded view of the dumping mechanism was developed in SolidWorks to better illustrate component relationships and assembly order. An additional GIF animation was also created and added to the report to support the visual explanation of the mechanism’s operation. His work enhances a prototype solution engine for global challenges through clear visual and analytical documentation. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Sai Bhuvanesh Nandipati (Mechanical Engineer) focused on understanding the scope of the assigned work and clarifying the technical expectations associated with the project. He reviewed and interpreted the LEED strategies applied to the Earthbag Village model to understand their intent and relevance to the analysis. This context supported the detailed modeling and verification work completed during the week. He clarified the scope of the assigned work and reviewed the calculations used to support LEED points based on the methods documented in the Excel file. He set up and ran a flow analysis simulation for the sheet flow model and confirmed that the run was producing results. He also identified the need to optimize the model and verify the computed travel time for water flow over a 300 ft path length. His analytical work supports a prototype solution engine for global challenges through data-driven sustainability validation. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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This week, Bevan Chiu (Mechanical Engineer Volunteer) continued his work finishing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He worked on updating the CAD model and the DIY assembly instructions. The CAD work focused on developing plumbing access panels, including defining the panel structure with an HDPE sheet on the top surface and pressure-treated wood on the bottom for support. A hinge mechanism was added to the design and positioned to attach directly to the HDPE sheet, allowing the panel to open as intended, and a pull handle was integrated for opening the hinged panel. In parallel, he prepared draft DIY assembly instructions that outline the sequence of steps for preparing the ground foundation and assembling the cinder blocks, with attention to clarity and order so the steps can be followed by an end user. This open source Duplicable City Center project is pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. For more details, refer to the image below.

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Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued developing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He focused on high-fidelity structural validation of the Eco-Spa assembly using HyperMesh and Abaqus. He completed the bolt pretension analysis and verified that the primary frame can withstand the hydrostatic pressure load case using a quarter-symmetry model to improve computational efficiency. During solution runs, he identified contact shattering and convergence challenges arising from complex interactions between the hybrid materials and interfaces, which increased solution time. Sandesh is actively stabilizing these contacts and refining solver settings to achieve consistent convergence. Once these issues are resolved and the full simulation is finalized, the results provide a high level of confidence in the safety and structural integrity of the design. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which is pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See the visuals below for a closer look.

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Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on understanding assigned responsibilities related to finite element analysis and cost analysis, including clarification of expected scope and deliverables. Time was spent working on cost analysis tasks to estimate and organize relevant expenses, while also discussing approaches, assumptions, and division of work with a teammate to align on both FEA and cost analysis activities. Initial work began on finite element analysis and structural load analysis for the pulley system, with attention given to identifying load conditions, boundary assumptions, and analysis objectives to support further modeling and evaluation. This open source Duplicable City Center project is pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

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HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large-scale GardenBotanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. They worked on completing the color coordination of the acronyms related to the Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies for the Automotive Shop (ASHP), General Storage Inventory (GSI), Metal Shop (MSHP), and Wood Shop (WSHP). Subsequently, toolboxes and all chainsaw-related items were added to the required projects. This included the primary chainsaw and 13 separate accessories and associated entities integrated into those projects that require chainsaw utilization. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on a prototype solution engine for global challenges and exemplifying the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Anuneet Kaur (Administrator) continued her focus on the design of the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan components of the Highest Good food initiative. She continued working on the Food Procurement and Storage, Food Self-Sufficiency Transition Plan, Sustainable Food Nutrition Calculations, Vegan Rice, Omnivore Rice, Vegan Potato, and Omnivore Potato webpages. Anuneet ensured each webpage followed updated formatting guidelines, corrected inconsistencies, and optimized all links for SEO across the recipe sections. She also reviewed titles, spacing, and layout alignment to maintain consistency throughout the Food Web Project. These efforts strengthen One Community’s mission of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through replicable systems and free-shared resources.

Additionally, she ensured all team members were included in the live blog task and identified any missing participants. She reviewed Yulin’s infographic on sustainable research and provided detailed, constructive feedback. Anuneet also fulfilled administrative responsibilities by editing summaries and collages for the Highest Good Society, Highest Good Education, and Core Teams, and reviewed fellow admin submissions to ensure completeness and accuracy. Her work contributes to a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Below are some images showcasing her work.

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Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued working on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency food and inventory tracking software plans. Chelsea coordinated with Bhanu to assign him a new task within the HGN software focused on developing a dark and light mode inventory management page, with an estimated effort of 30 hours. She discussed current blockers, confirmed the expected timeline, and identified the need for additional resources to support progress. Chelsea also contacted Jae to request the assignment of additional software developers to work on other components of the software to support a faster pace of delivery. As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The following images provide a view of her contributions.

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Japneet Kour (Volunteer Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. Japneet added Walipini 1 renders to the report and updated the SketchUp file for the Walipini 3 Tropical House by adjusting the placement of ground plants and trees, adding pathways to improve circulation, and testing Lumion to review visualization options and ensure the project files reflect the most current design information. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

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Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued developing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. He worked on standardizing the calculations related to the lighting fixtures used in Greenhouse Walipini 1, with a focus on aligning inputs, assumptions, and outputs across the dataset. In parallel, Jay prepared instructions outlining the logic, data requirements, and calculation steps needed to support the development of a calculator intended to automate lighting energy calculations for other greenhouse projects. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See below for pictures related to this work.

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Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Aquapini and Walipini renders and layout graphics. His work focused on developing the axonometric drawing of the Zen Aquapini. Changes were made to improve clarity, alignment, and overall layout while keeping the design intent intact. Adjustments helped show spatial relationships and system elements more clearly. Ongoing work includes refining visuals, followed by post-production, adding explanatory text, and preparing supporting sectional drawings. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting regenerative and participatory development while supporting a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Images below showcase his contributions.

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Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting web details. Pallavi developed new content for blog 668 and collaborated with teammates by incorporating their suggestions and feedback to maintain clarity and consistency in the final version. She continued adding Walipini 1 content based on Gayatri Pandkar’s work, making updates in response to feedback from Jae, including editing and incorporating revised images. Pallavi also added a table of contents for the Zenapini section to improve structure and navigation. In addition, Jae assigned her a new web page focused on integrating all related content for the Aquahaven Southwest Area web design, and she began organizing and preparing the materials needed for this integration work. The Highest Good Food project integrates a prototype solution engine for global challenges into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

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Shivangi Varma (Architectural Designer and Planner) continued the redesign of the Highest Good Food overall presentation, currently focused on the Aquapini and Walipini masterplan render. She updated the Highest Good Food Infrastructure masterplan render based on the latest feedback received, continued edits to the west section of the masterplan render, revised the layout for the Zenipini structure in response to Loom video feedback, and added detail to the Walipini and Aquapini renders. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Below are visuals highlighting this work.

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HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

highest good energy, off-grid energy, solar power, wind power, water power, energy efficiency, hydronic, electricity, power, fuel, energy storageOne Community is pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

This week, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. They reviewed and edited the formatting of the Hub Connector Manufacturing and Assembly document so the material could be read and referenced more easily. The team then read some of the Earthbag Village construction documents again to improve familiarity with the expectations, scope of work, and guidance provided to volunteers in that area, paying attention to how tasks and responsibilities are described. In addition, they began reading the One Community Business Plan to gain a clearer understanding of the information presented, including how the material is organized and how it relates to ongoing and future project activities. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Below are images related to this project.

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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

This week, Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) continued developing the Highest Good Education software platform, concentrating on Phase 4 marketing, promotion, and administrative activities. He focused on Highest Good Network software development, marketing, and administration. He worked extensively on Phase 5 governance by updating Deliverable 0 content, defining and refining the Deliverable 1 action items table, and adding an overview section to the Phase 5 document, then shared the updates with Jae for review and feedback. Prudhvi coordinated with development administrator Rajeshwari through discussions to align on deliverable structure, incorporate review suggestions, and explore initial ideas for the governance portal design. He also supported Phase 4 software management by reviewing Deliverable 3 items, updating review statuses, and communicating next steps to developers. In marketing and promotion, he updated current and upcoming BlueSky posts through Buffer and refreshed analytics in the BlueSky visual tracking sheet. In addition, he supported OC administration by updating the weekly blog and providing feedback on the administration team’s work for the week. Through these activities, he supported One Community’s commitment to demonstrating a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The images below highlight his contributions.

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HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

a new way to life, living fulfilled, an enriching life, enriched life, fulfilled life, ascension, evolving consciousness, loving lifeOne Community is pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needsCommunity, and making a difference in the world:

This week, the core team completed over 34 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, and identifying and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network. The team also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, highlighting how demonstrating a prototype solution engine for global challenges serves as a foundation of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

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Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and key components of the Highest Good Network. He tested multiple pull requests of components in various parts of the HGN Software. He created new action items to develop new components in the Food Inventory Management Dashboard and created wireframes for some graphs. Jaiwanth tracked updates in software team management documents to support task management. As a member of the pull request review team, he reviewed submissions from the volunteer team assigned to him. This work supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The images below highlight his contributions.

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Pooja Kulkarni began working on UX and UI design of the Highest Good Network. She worked on UX and UI design for a consensus-based governance and collaboration tool aligned with One Community’s “Consensus with Large Groups” model. She designed and refined multiple governance screens, including the main dashboard, proposal management views, proposal creation flow, and reports and analytics screens, with a focus on clarity, neutrality, scalability, and human-centered design. She defined end-to-end user flows for creating proposals, managing discussions, vetting, and readiness for voting, and documented how users move between overview dashboards and detailed views. She also created detailed wireframe prompts for Figma and UX Pilot, specifying layout structure, filters, dropdown options, interaction states, and accessibility considerations. Pooja also outlined access requirements for governance portals, including authenticated login, active user checks, and redirect behavior for unauthorized users, ensuring governance participation remains secure and accountable. Her work emphasized reducing cognitive load, improving data visualization clarity, and maintaining transparency and trust across governance workflows. This project supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) continued working on Google Ads management and strategy evolution of the Highest Good Network. She completed the weekly administrative work for the Highest Good Food and Highest Good Energy volunteers, including all required steps from one through four. She watched Jae’s video and documented the changes and edits that needed to be applied. She communicated with Prudhvi to discuss the division of responsibilities and collaboration workflow, and messaged Pooja to coordinate timelines for collaboration on Phase 5. This progress highlights One Community’s commitment to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through practical, buildable solutions.

Rajrajeshwari also had a meeting with Pooja to discuss the overall design plan, during which the concepts, purpose, and creation process of low-fidelity designs were explained. Following this, she researched low-fidelity design principles to better understand their structure and application before beginning work on them. She implemented the requested changes, verified deliverables against user stories, and worked on creating the low-fidelity designs. She read through and cross-verified Deliverable 0 and Deliverable 1, focusing on the overview sections and the action items table to ensure accuracy and alignment with project requirements. Rajrajeshwari responded to comments related to task creation and progress updates and provided instructions related to Phase 2. In addition, she completed the weekly analysis tasks, which included checking multiple Google Ads campaigns for broken links, evaluating campaign strength, and reviewing overall setup quality and consistency. This project supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Yagna Reddy Badvel (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued working on the Summary Dashboards and Weekly Report page on the Highest Good Network. He reviewed and validated multiple dashboard metrics by comparing the Total Org Summary and Leaderboard views, identifying inconsistencies across HGN totals, active volunteer counts, mentor counts, deactivated volunteer logic, and total hours worked. He examined how zero-hour volunteers, mentor-tagged users, inactive accounts, and historical data were being included in different calculations, documented the logic gaps, and created corresponding tasks in the HGN Phase 1 Bugs document. In parallel, he reviewed Jae’s walkthrough videos, captured structured validation notes, raised several related issues, and flagged additional items for follow-up as the review progresses. This work supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The images below highlight his contributions.

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ADMINISTRATION TEAM

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

This week, Anusha completed Level 2 frontend and backend software testing and quality assurance by reviewing and validating a high volume of pull requests, approving those that met functional and UI requirements, and requesting changes where issues such as dark mode visibility, pagination logic, validation failures, and integration constraints were identified. She documented blockers related to external service configurations, environment discrepancies, and missing commits, while also completing OC Administration work by reviewing fellow administrators’ blog posts and providing feedback aligned with guidelines. This work contributes to building a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Ashutosh focused on advancing AI chatbot development by aligning the chatbot wireframe with backend updates, separating chatbot access into lightweight and high-load applications, and performing load testing on generation patterns. He debugged LCEL chains for text generation, evaluated confidence issues from Hugging Face models, and tested multiple prompt variations to compare output confidence across scenarios. Divanshu managed end-to-end Mastodon operations by publishing and monitoring daily posts, documenting feature issues and enhancements, processing analytics data through Python-based transformations, and validating dashboard accuracy through schema and metric reconciliation. Together, these efforts support a pioneering approach to building a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Keerthana handled administrative coordination by reviewing team summaries for accuracy and formatting, updating Step 2 and Step 4 tracking documents, compiling and validating the weekly blog, and assigning Phase 3 action items to developers. Leo reviewed team summaries and collages, compiled blog content, scheduled Facebook and Instagram posts, and verified platform analytics consistency as Master Manager. Mridul supported Team Moonfall by consolidating blog content, adjusting images to meet publishing requirements, generating alt text, and resuming Phase 2 software testing by identifying and logging defects. This coordinated work supports a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Neeharika supported task management and testing by reviewing software team documents, following up on assigned tasks, testing pull requests, and verifying updated PDFs. Ola monitored Pinterest KPIs, organized admin folders, and scheduled weekly content, while Olimpia updated LinkedIn analytics KPIs, completed senior admin reviews, resolved prior comments, identified cases requiring warnings or blue squares, and scheduled upcoming posts. These contributions reflect ongoing momentum toward pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through consistent iteration and team collaboration.

Priyanshi continued Phase 2 project management testing by validating dashboard visualizations and documenting loading issues, while Rachna focused on routine administrative tasks during a reduced interview period. Rajeshwari conducted endpoint testing, documented bugs, and managed blog administration, while Rishitha consolidated blogs, optimized SEO, maintained bios, supported Threads engagement, and updated dashboards and trackers. Sayantan completed software testing across dashboards and logged UI visibility issues, and Sudarshan managed the Alpha Software Team blog, reviewed Phase 3 pull requests, and created tasks to address bugs and system improvements. To learn more about how this work supports pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Qinyi Liu (Graphic Designer) and Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

This week, Qinyi worked on social media marketing visuals using a game character style, including a prototype solution engine for global challenges, by generating and reusing character designs in poster-style formats and adapting them for consistent promotional layouts. Yulin focused on visual communication and coordination, including a prototype solution engine for global challenges, by updating infographics based on feedback, publishing a team collaboration announcement for the Highest Good Network software team, managing shared assets in Dropbox, and participating in weekly review discussions. Their efforts highlight a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

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HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

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

This week, the core team tested Highest Good Network pull requests and confirmed 16 as fixed. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

The following PRs were not fixed: the community portal activity comment section and the ability to add a user with the same first and last name. They were also not able to test several PRs because there was no data available on the Main branch, including the grouped quantity of materials used chart fix and the skills dashboard user card updates. This work strengthens One Community’s mission of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.

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ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer), who currently serves as the team’s sole member. The Highest Good Network software is a key part of sustainable and free-shared eco-solutions, helping track and measure progress toward pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The software supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to the open source project and resilient ecosystems. Designed to be portable and scalable, the Highest Good Network software is well suited for off-grid and sustainable living communities. This project reflects One Community’s open source commitment to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

This week, Lin reviewed PR #1804, examined the code, ran it on a local machine, and confirmed the results matched expectations, reviewed and checked the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by Alpha team members, carried out management duties for the Alpha Team. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

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BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer) and included Apoorva Jain Ramapura Prashanth (Software Engineer)Sourabh Bagde(Software Developer)Taariq Mansurie (Full-Stack Developer)Aswin “Tony” Kanikairaj (Software Engineer), Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer)Sumedh Kumar (Full-Stack Developer)Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer)and Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are tracked and aligned with our mission while modeling and pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.

This week, Aswin improved the user experience of the Paid Labor Cost section in the BM Dashboard’s Total Construction Summary by fixing a Dark Mode contrast issue in the Tasks, Project, and Dates filters through CSS Module updates to input backgrounds, borders, and text/hover/focus states, aligning the styling with existing BM Dashboard filters and checking common viewport sizes for regressions. Sourabh completed end-to-end work on the Myspace autoposter by building a responsive card-based scheduling UI with subtabs, inputs, validation, and matched light/dark mode styling, and by adding Express routes for GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to deliver a full CRUD API while addressing SonarCloud security findings by replacing Math.random() with a cryptographically secure ID generator and rewriting slugify as a linear sanitizer to reduce ReDoS risk. Nikhil resolved conflicts in older open pull requests, submitted them for review, raised PR 4690 for modularizing src/Common components, and completed managerial handover by training the current manager and transferring processes. The outcomes of this work align with the ongoing goal of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Sumedh resolved merge conflicts in PR4298, PR4336, PR4330, and PR4302 with verification to avoid functional impact, updated PR4473 to refine date filtering, enhanced the map view to show project end dates and render locations via Leaflet country lookup from coordinates, implemented authenticated-only access control in PR4302, and improved modularity while addressing SonarQube issues in PR4463. Ram updated the dashboard task “X” button so users without permission cannot use it, changed it to unassign a person instead of deleting a task, verified People Report behavior after unassigning, and investigated a 500 error tied to userProfile validation before sharing details with Diya. This section highlights how focused execution contributes to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Taariq worked on frontend and backend tasks, including implementing weekly summary email user inclusion logic for active users, debugging and stabilizing archived projects’ undo/unarchive behavior after merge-conflict impacts, completing remaining issues in a filter color refresh feature, and testing auto-scroll and BioStatusToggle behavior while reviewing active pull requests. The results achieved this week reinforce the direction of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Apoorva resolved Mailchimp merge conflicts, fixed bugs, and addressed remaining technical requirements for the final code push and applied UI improvements to Mastodon based on reviewer feedback. She implemented requested enhancements to the Truth Social Autoposter for testing to avoid regressions. Harshavarma implemented dark mode for the Members List tab, added reducers/actions/constants to support mock data, fixed import and reference issues affecting app runtime, validated action-to-reducer data flow and table rendering across member statuses in both themes, and raised PR 4699 for review. This work plays a role in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through coordinated, real-world implementation.

Amalesh finished work on PRs 704 and 1831 and created updated PRs (frontend 4679, backend 1990), delivered the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard weekly progress line chart with PRs (frontend 4320, backend 1878), started “Phase 1 Bugs: Fix PR4548” with frontend PR 4694, and tracked time and onboarding tasks while documenting testing artifacts in the shared folder. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this works in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The collage below shows images of their work.

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BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager) and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer), and Som Ramnani (Software Engineer). This week, Linh worked on the front-end implementation of bulk actions and multi-select functionality for the Materials table, adding a checkbox column for row-level selection, a Select All option limited to visible items, and selection state handling to support multiple rows. A bulk actions dropdown was added to appear only when items are selected and to support actions such as marking items on hold, marking items as reviewed, adding or updating notes through a modal interface, and exporting selected items as CSV or PDF. His work supported ongoing development priorities aligned with a prototype solution engine for global challenges and included adding visual indicators for selected rows with styling verified in both light and dark modes, checking layout behavior across screen sizes to maintain responsiveness, adjusting the ItemsTable component to remain reusable across Materials and Reusables, and wiring the front-end export functionality while noting that remaining bulk update actions depend on backend endpoints and supporting data fields.

Som worked on PR #4585 to stabilize and improve the Activity Comments feature by fixing sorting behavior between Newest and Oldest, resolving upvote and downvote issues so vote counts update correctly, and addressing feedback-related bugs affecting helpful counts. Som updated the PR description, added demo videos to show expected behavior, and submitted the PR for review. He also addressed a Phase-3 task to redirect profile routes to the Hours Logging Dashboard instead of the Application Portal by resolving merge conflicts in CPDashboard.jsx, integrating development branch changes while preserving the new dashboard behavior, updating CPDashboard.jsx to ensure the dashboard loads correctly from profile routes, creating a new pull request for these changes, and updating demo videos to reflect the current dashboard behavior in support of a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See below images of their work.

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CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack)Bhanu Anish Akkineni (Software Engineer), and Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software manages and objectively measures our progress in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges by coordinating social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance efforts while supporting scalable and lasting access to regenerative lifestyles worldwide.

This week, Akshith worked on Phase 3 enhancements by improving interactivity on the Event Participation page through the addition of filters, updating the data structure with new fields to support filtering, and implementing date range, time-of-day, and event-type filters to improve user experience. He also enhanced the Event Popularity page by adding more detailed data displays and hover-based interactions that allow users to view contextual information tied to chart visuals, followed by testing and raising a pull request for review. Anish focused on the Kitchen and Inventory Management portal by implementing the header and tab-based navigation bar for the inventory page, with an emphasis on layout structure and usability. He improved responsiveness through an interactive search bar and adaptive action buttons, and advanced dark mode support and media queries to ensure consistent behavior, visibility, and interaction across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. The progress shown here continues the path of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through documented action.

Meanwhile, Sphurthy completed the Community Portal participation reports feature by addressing user questions around insight bar meanings and percentage calculations, adding an information icon with hover tooltips to the no-show rate insights section, defining clear explanatory tooltip content for average no-show percentage calculations grouped by event type, time, or location, implementing dynamic tooltip updates based on the active insight tab, and managing tooltip state, positioning, and visibility using React to ensure consistent interpretation of no-show rate data across reports. These efforts collectively strengthen One Community’s mission and commitment to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The collage below shows an overview of this team’s work.

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DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vamsidhar Panithi (Software Engineer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer)Deekshith Kumar Singirikonda (Developer)Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer), and Sriamsh Reddy (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our processes of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This progress supports One Community in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

This week Adithya completed the Lessons page Back button fix by resolving linting issues, verifying backward routing, pushing updated code with documentation and images, then began the Edit Tool feature by creating a new branch, identifying the root error, adding an async Redux update action for backend PUT requests, and building an UpdateToolModal with Reactstrap that pre-fills tool data and validates required fields. Deekshith delivered a full-stack flow for wishlist management with Node.js and Express endpoints that enforce ownership, prevent duplicate listing IDs, apply an upsert strategy for one wishlist per user, and return consistent error responses, alongside React utilities for safe date parsing, percentage handling, time-bucket categorization, and hook-based state management that drives a dashboard with theme-aware styling, filters, and role-based props. The work completed this week adds clarity and depth to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Neeraj added client-side export to the Used Resources page with CSV and XLSX support reflecting current or selected rows, introduced row-selection state without altering layout, preserved column order in exports, generated date-based filenames, applied small spacing changes between action buttons, tested locally, and documented considerations for large datasets pending paginated APIs. Sriamsh reworked the Daily Equipment Log flow by adding an inline confirmation banner with Cancel and Confirm actions, separating confirmation from execution logic, adding post-submission feedback, checking project selection behavior when no data is expected, reviewing small-screen layout issues such as overlaps, and validating user flows around project selection, log type changes, and confirmation. These efforts collectively move the project forward in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Vamsidhar fixed Time Log Visibility on the Member Group Check-In page by creating a Time Log Summary component that refreshes on stop actions, handling nested and flat member arrays, ensuring timers start from zero, keep paused and resumed states via React refs, and retain final values. On the backend, he added a project time log retrieval endpoint, corrected route ordering, updated aggregation pipelines to reference userProfiles with proper ObjectId conversion, removed extra console logs, and verified that time logs now appear immediately without page refresh. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.

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EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer) and includes Casstiel Pi (Software Engineer). This effort supports One Community’s goal of a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

This week, Casstiel continued work on enhancing the multi-select filter solution. The frontend portion is complete, and efforts are now focused on developing the backend logic, including adding a new optimized controller and implementing new pagination options for better display. The clicking error still occurs when users interact with the box, as the related fix has not yet been merged into the dev branch. Backend logic is being tested in the local environment, where some logical errors have been identified due to incorrect data being returned. Rahul focused on improving the BMDashboard activity log by optimizing performance and resolving identified bugs, followed by additional fixes within the same component to improve stability. The dashboard was reviewed after each change to verify that updates functioned as expected. Further work was carried out to optimize the BMDashboard by identifying remaining issues and outlining areas requiring correction. In parallel, team management responsibilities were completed, including reviewing weekly summaries and assessing submitted videos and images to ensure alignment with ongoing work and standards. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work contributes to a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

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LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator) and Sohail Uddin Syed (Software Engineer). The team includes contributions from Chirag Bellara (Software Engineer)Shashank Madan (Software Engineer)Shravya Kudlu (Software Development Engineer)Veda Bellam (Software Engineer), Venkataramanan Venkateswaran (Software Engineer) and Vinay Krishna (Software Engineer). Their work supports One Community’s goal of a prototype solution engine for global challenges through cross-functional software development and ongoing system improvements.

This week, Chirag worked on fixing merge errors in PR 4304 by reapplying changes after overlapping updates in related pull requests. He added a Capacity filter to events in the Database Design tab, updated the filtering logic to run on the client side, implemented dark mode support, improved filter alignment, and created pull request 4687 with the completed updates. This work contributes to a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Shashank focused on improving dark mode styling across relevant components, resolving merge conflicts from an older pull request, and enhancing code quality. He implemented logic to dynamically display attendance statistics based on event progress and completion timing, refactored inline styles into a module.css file for maintainability, updated no-show charts to support dark mode, tested the changes, resolved additional conflicts, and raised a pull request for review. This backend and frontend progress contributes to a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Shravya completed the teacher-facing student group feature, enabling educators to create groups, manage student membership, and remove groups or individual members. She resolved blocking issues in data models and controllers related to missing validation, sanitization, and incorrect route mappings, and submitted the fixes under pull request 1997. She also addressed a previously reported registration page error by resolving extensive merge conflicts and aligning the code with current standards while ensuring compliance with SonarQube requirements. These backend updates contribute to a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Sohail resolved badge category count and assignment discrepancies related to pull requests 2877 and 1153 by correcting backend calculation logic, synchronizing badge distribution, and fixing historical data inconsistencies. He also resolved merge conflicts for pull request 1788 related to Blue Square email automation, which was tested and reviewed before being merged. This backend refinement contributes to a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Veda worked on the Listing and Bidding Dashboard by creating a stacked column chart titled Review Volume Over Time within the Reviews section. Her work included resolving frontend issues, implementing sentiment-based stacked bars, date range filtering, category-based grouping, consistent sizing with existing dashboard visuals, fixing MongoDB connection issues affecting data availability, refining mobile responsiveness, and ensuring consistent behavior across light and dark modes. These updates contribute to a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Venkataramanan resolved multiple frontend and backend issues across the HighestGoodNetworkApp and HGNRest repositories, addressing UI alignment problems, duplicate and misordered blue squares, bio status filtering behavior, WBS resource dropdown logic, timelog submission validation, and related controller updates while coordinating testing and reviews. These fixes contribute to a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Vinay addressed a hover-triggered chart visibility issue on the Injury Severity by Category of Worker Injured dashboard by refactoring render logic so charts display immediately after filters change, restricting hover behavior to tooltips, and validating behavior across datasets and filter combinations. This refinement contributes to a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The collage below highlights the team’s work for the week.

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MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer)Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer)Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer)Sai Krishna (Software Engineer), and Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer). Their efforts support One Community by advancing the mission of a prototype solution engine for global challenges through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

This week, Sai built the backend infrastructure for the Distribution of Labor Hours pie chart by creating a controller to aggregate labor hours from the timeentry collection using MongoDB pipelines grouped by team, project, and project category. He implemented router endpoints to fetch distribution data and supported category types, registered routes in the central configuration, validated date formats and category values, and calculated percentage values for accurate visualization. The outcomes of this work align with the ongoing goal of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Sudheesh worked on Phase 2 Summary Dashboard tasks by fixing pending issues in the material utilization ratio chart, resubmitting the updated work for testing, and updating dark mode styling on the Supplier Performance Chart through CSS adjustments and frontend component updates to ensure consistent appearance.

Aayush resolved merge conflicts across multiple frontend and backend pull requests, addressed sonar code analysis feedback, fixed dark mode issues related to an existing pull request, prepared changes for branch integration, captured screenshots for documentation, uploaded supporting visuals, and submitted the weekly summary. The results achieved this week reinforce the direction of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Mani developed a horizontal bar chart titled “Winning bid vs Average bid” by mapping listing identifiers against USD values with dual series for winning and average bids. He added a color-coded legend, integrated a calendar-based date range selector and a Top N filter, implemented conditional grouping by village or property with dynamic filter enablement, and ensured responsive design aligned with other dashboard components.

Uha fixed visibility and accessibility issues in the Utilization Chart across light and dark modes by improving contrast for chart values, axis labels, legends, and button text, correcting Apply button visibility in light mode, and ensuring hour labels remain readable in dark mode. Alisha completed work on the listing and bidding platform by implementing and refining wishlist functionality through CSS modularization, updating the Wishlist component to correctly display amenities and pricing, fixing routing between wishlist and item overview pages, resolving an issue caused by a null userId from localStorage by updating reducer logic and API URLs, rebasing her branch with the latest codebase, correcting the remove-from-wishlist endpoint, configuring a missing form, and adjusting styling to align with updated functionality. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports creating a prototype solution engine for global through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage below paints the team’s efforts for the week.

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REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts team summary was managed by Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer) and Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager), and it includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer)Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer)Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer)Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer)Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer)Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), Siva Putti (Software Engineer), and Suparshwa Patil (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems in order to work towards pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

This week, Akshay enhanced the Community Portal database design page by adding a Sort by Date filter that allows events to be ordered from earliest to latest or latest to earliest. He implemented client-side sorting based on event date data from MongoDB, integrated the feature with existing type and location filters, ensured proper reset behavior with Clear Filters, and updated filter state handling, while also submitting the weekly team review, tracking contributor progress, and hosting the weekly team call towards pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Aseem addressed requested updates for PR 4310 by adjusting the layout so charts, buttons, and filters remain contained within the Financials card on smaller screens, making the card responsive, and pushing the updates to GitHub. Diya resolved final-day inconsistencies discovered during validation of PR 1986 by fixing failing tests related to Mongo session handling after Jest teardown, refactoring the user lifecycle model to introduce explicit lastActivityAt and deactivatedAt tracking, separating paused and separated states, moving end-date derivation and notifications to a cron-based process, refining edge cases around same-day activity, validating behavior across lifecycle flows, enforcing access restrictions after finalization, documenting lifecycle rules and test scenarios, and consolidating all changes into PR 1993. The progress made this week contributes to our long-term goal of pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Kristin completed sorting functionality for the Resources Management page, resolved merge conflicts, applied reviewer feedback, and opened frontend PR 4675. She also began implementing a dropdown on the Community Portal calendar to support year, week, and day views with initial weekly grid structure updates. Namitha fixed issues from PR 4197 affecting Listing and Bidding Dashboard bar graphs by improving dark mode tooltip visibility, adding mobile responsiveness, updating chart theming for light and dark modes, enabling and configuring data labels, standardizing axis usage, setting final graph titles, and ensuring consistent layout across viewports. Peterson improved the PR Promotions modal styling by correcting dark and light theme color usage to improve readability, contrast, and overall accessibility, and submitted the changes in PR 4678. Each step forward supports One Community’s focus on pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges thereby paving way for a better future. Sudheeksha spent 20 hours across three days completing Phase 2 work to fix the Lesson List Filter not updating results, resolved the underlying errors, finalized corrections, and raised the pull request. Siva updated feedback sorting to use the createdAt field, added null safety for date handling, restructured feedback search logic, added unit tests, resolved SonarQube issues by modernizing NaN checks and improving error logging, removed unused state, simplified nested logic, and fixed text contrast issues for accessibility across PRs 4662, 4633, and 4553. This work plays a role in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through coordinated, real-world implementation.

Suparshwa refined the chatbot prompt to restrict responses to provided documents and began developing an orchestration layer for persistent chat memory, defining logic for storing, retrieving, and using prior interactions to maintain conversational context. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports the modeling and pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. See below for the picture collage of the work done by the Reactonauts team towards building a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

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SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Lavanya Lahari Nandipati (Software Developer)Marcus Yi (Software Engineer), and Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software objectively tracks and manages progress, supporting social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that foster sustainable and thriving ecosystems, while playing a major role in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

This week, Lavanya investigated and resolved an issue affecting the 40-hour badge by testing badge behavior across multiple weekly scenarios, including partial weeks, mixed hour entries, and boundary conditions. She traced data flow through hour aggregation and badge eligibility logic to identify where incorrect evaluation occurred, implementing a targeted code change to correct the calculation while preserving related badge behavior, validating the fix across multiple scenarios, removing temporary diagnostic logs, and preparing the change for review with documented findings. This progress reflects continued momentum in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through open development.

Marcus worked on finishing the Facebook and Facebook Groups poster and scheduler by fixing image-only posting so standalone images can be published. He extended the same functionality to scheduled posts, implementing photo scheduling, verifying that scheduled image posts process correctly, pushing frontend changes to the main branch, preparing a pull request, coordinating with users to identify alternative testing approaches due to platform limitations, investigating remaining issues with scheduled posting validation, and outlining next steps to enable reliable end-to-end testing. These efforts reflect One Community’s ongoing dedication to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges.

Swathi worked on adding functionality to the bm dashboard materials page by implementing required behaviors aligned with existing workflows, addressing dark mode issues across the consumable page, materials page, and add material dropdown to ensure consistent styling and visibility. She also updated the materials dropdown to display the latest available values to support accurate selection and interaction within the dashboard. This work contributes to pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges through practical, repeatable development.

Anthony worked on a fix to prevent the warning tracker list from failing to update when viewing a user’s warnings after any modifications were made. He enabled the list to be retrieved correctly, then continued investigating ways to improve the speed of the process before finalizing the changes. He investigated an issue where a user could not assign a warning despite having the required permissions and determined that removing and re-adding the permission resolved the problem. By addressing these challenges, their work supports long-term stability in stewardship tracking features and contributes to advancing and pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges within the broader Highest Good Network (HGN) infrastructure. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contribution advances One Community’s goals by pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges within the Highest Good Network open source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N

The PR Review Team’s summary for members with names starting A–N, managed by Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), highlights their contributions to the Highest Good Network software. This platform forms the foundation for measuring our results in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. Active team members included Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer)Abhinav Tharamel Baiju (Software Engineer)Carl Bebli (Software Developer)Julia Ha (Software Engineer), and Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer). They supported the project by reviewing all pull requests shared this week. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network tracks progress toward pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below showcases a compilation of this team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members with names starting from O–Z, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results in pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. This week’s active members of the team were Rohan Rastogi (Software Engineer)Sai Shravan Neelamsetty (Software Engineer)Shreya Padaganur (Software Engineer)Sundar Machani (Software Engineer)Vikas Meneni (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 open source hub measures progress toward pioneering a prototype solution engine for global challenges. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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Aditya is a software engineer and data scientist who earned a Master of Science in Computational Data Science from the University of California, Riverside. He specializes in full-stack development and machine learning, with a focus on building scalable applications and optimizing backend architectures. Aditya utilizes automation and testing to maintain software reliability, applying his experience with CI/CD pipelines to improve development workflows. As a member of the One Community team, Aditya has implemented a mentor-tracking system for the volunteer statistics Highest Good Network dashboard, resolved data double-counting errors to improve reporting accuracy, and developed dynamic filtering for the Issues Breakdown Chart to enable sorting by project, date, and issue type.

 

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Chirag is a versatile software and AI engineer with over three years of hands-on experience building scalable systems and end-to-end product features across both industry and research environments. With a background spanning full-stack development, cloud-native architectures, and applied machine learning, he has delivered solutions that improve performance, reliability, and user experience across complex technical ecosystems. As part of the One Community team, Chirag contributes to the Highest Good Network project by reviewing and merging pull requests across both the React frontend and Node.js backend, maintaining code quality and consistency throughout the platform. Chirag also creates structured bug- and feature-tracking workflows that improve team coordination and release planning, and develops features and resolves defects such as project and tool filtering on the Community Portal and time-based activity filtering for user productivity views.

 

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World-Changing Ideas – One Community Weekly Progress Update #668

At One Community, we are championing world-changing ideas through the hands-on demonstration of open source DIY Highest Good living. Built entirely by an all-volunteer team, we design and freely share sustainable solutions for food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture as part of an evolving, self-replicating model. This work is intended to grow into a global network of teacher/demonstration hubs that support fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, planetary regeneration, and the creation of a world that works for everyone, always 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 January 5, 2026 edition (#668) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

 

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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This week, Ajay Adithiya Kumar Elancheliyan Tamilalagi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the ventilation system design for the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He worked on several components of the Earthbag Village project, beginning with evaluating HVAC duct suspension options and identifying a cost-effective solution using galvanized threaded rods with angle-iron trapeze hangers. He then completed a report summarizing the modeling approach, loading assumptions, and results from recent calculations and simulations, preparing it for submission. Ajay updated the full CAD model based on feedback from Malhar and Jae, incorporating all required adjustments. He also improved clarity, structure, and technical accuracy across the Unistrut Assembly documentation by refining explanations, formatting, and supporting details. In addition, Ajay resolved issues related to missing CAD files, reorganized the file structure to support easier access for future contributors, cleared multiple SolidWorks warnings and errors, and continued refining project reports. His detailed engineering work contributes to world-changing ideas through practical, open-source system development. Below, you’ll find some images of this work.

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Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home final MEP report by addressing feedback from the initial draft and applying revisions across the electrical sections to improve clarity and consistency. He revisited electrical content previously incorporated into the report and reorganized portions to better align definitions, assumptions, and terminology with the intended level of technical detail. Updates included refining explanations of electrical concepts, adjusting language to reduce ambiguity, and clarifying technical jargon through reference to applicable provisions of the National Electrical Code. His refinements support world-changing ideas by improving accessibility and accuracy in technical documentation. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Fangting Xu (Interior Design Intern) continued working with ADA codes related to building connections for the ADA 3-dome cluster of the Earthbag Village. She refined the ADA compliance summary for the Earthbag Village by clarifying the scope, organizing requirements, and adding cited references with linked source documents. The update is based on federal ADA guidelines, CBC chapters, and applicable local standards, and was organized for review and incorporation into the construction documents. Her structured approach supports world-changing ideas through inclusive and compliant design practices. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager) completed initial onboarding and training activities related to becoming a One Community administrator and spent the remainder of the time reviewing technical source material required to begin cost and needs analysis. The primary focus was a detailed review of the Open Source Climate Battery and Highest Good Energy report content to understand system scope, design assumptions, engineering calculations, and cost drivers. This included reviewing climate battery concepts, design elements, airflow and ventilation requirements, tubing materials and dimensions, burial depth considerations, soil thermal properties, insulation strategies, fan selection criteria, controls and automation approaches, and heating and cooling methodologies. This foundational review supports world-changing ideas by enabling informed planning and analysis of regenerative energy systems. Based on this work, Iteesha developed the background knowledge needed to identify inputs, dependencies, and assumptions that form the basis of cost and needs analysis for the Climate Battery and energy components. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Kaustubh Kadam (Construction Engineering and Management Professional) worked on cleaning and improving the formulas in the Highest Good housing cost estimation template and started building the planning and tracking template. He created and organized several planning sheets, including a task sheet, lookahead schedule, and daily log, and identified additional sheets that could support tracking and reporting. He also researched and began adding practical formulas to make the templates easier to use and reduce manual entry. Kaustubh continued refining both templates by improving layout, adjusting sheet structure, and adding information where needed to enhance usability and consistency. His work contributes to world-changing ideas by strengthening scalable project planning and execution tools. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Malhar Solanki (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet component of the Earthbag Village. He completed and refined the Bill of Materials and related documentation. This work included completing the PDF collection for the BOM, updating images to align with the latest model, and creating STEP files to support easier viewing during structure construction and assembly. The BOM was submitted to Jae for review, updated based on team feedback, and adjusted to reflect requested changes. Additional content was added to the report, and preparation continued for further report development. His documentation efforts reinforce world-changing ideas by enabling clear, replicable, and open-source engineering workflows. After incorporating Jae’s feedback, the BOM was updated, and PDFs were created for the associated references. The revised BOM was then shared with other team members for a second review to confirm accuracy and consistency. A weekly mechanical team meeting was held to discuss next steps and share the completed BOM with the group. Review the latest updates in the images below.

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Rishi Chakrapani (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet. His work focused on completing reports that received feedback from Jae, with revisions made to address the noted comments and requirements. This week, the animation showing the drawer being pulled out was added to the report, and progress continued on the animation depicting the slider being actuated by the same winch. The CAD files referenced during the weekly meeting were also reviewed, and updates were made to address interference constraints identified during that discussion. His detailed refinements support world-changing ideas through improved clarity and shared technical understanding. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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Sai Bhuvanesh Nandipati (Mechanical Engineer) focused on understanding the scope of the assigned work and clarifying the technical expectations associated with the project. He reviewed and interpreted the LEED strategies applied to the Earthbag Village model to understand their intent and relevance to the analysis. In parallel, he initiated the setup of a flow analysis model in ANSYS Fluent, establishing the required geometry, boundary conditions, and solver framework. The simulation work progressed to the physics setup stage, where governing models, material properties, and relevant flow assumptions were defined. His early technical groundwork supports world-changing ideas through data-driven sustainability analysis. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

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DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

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This week, Ayushman Dutta (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering and DIY manufacturing. He reviewed feedback for the report and made corrections to the overall structure of the hub connector documentation. His focus included resolving issues in the manufacturing and assembly process documents by attaching source images and links and reformatting the material for improved clarity. Ayushman addressed feedback received for the work structure document and also contributed to the overall dome structure cost analysis. He completed the work structure report and corrected formatting errors in the manufacturing and assembly documents to ensure that all documentation met project standards and requirements. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates how to develop and champion world-changing ideas. Review the connector analysis visuals below for more details.

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Sandesh Kumawat (Mechanical Engineer) continued developing the City Center Eco-spa Designs. He focused on troubleshooting convergence issues in the structural simulations while documenting progress for Jae through a structured status report. His investigation addressed solver instability related to contact gaps, incorrect or inconsistent element type assignments, and incomplete bulk data entries, along with a review of solver warnings to isolate root causes. To resolve these issues, Sandesh refined contact definitions, corrected element formulations where required, and verified material cards, boundary conditions, and load definitions against solver requirements. He also referenced solver manuals and best practice guidelines to validate modeling assumptions and convergence controls, documenting corrective actions and open items for traceability. The updated report captures current findings, decisions taken, and remaining risks to guide the next iteration toward a stable, converged solution. Discover One Community’s open source Duplicable City Center, which demonstrates the process of championing world-changing ideas. See the visuals below for a closer look.

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Shivarama Krishna Revanuru (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He focused on understanding assigned responsibilities related to finite element analysis and cost analysis, including the scope of work, expected deliverables, and how these tasks align with broader project objectives. Time was spent conducting cost analysis activities, identifying relevant cost components, organizing data inputs, and reviewing assumptions to ensure alignment with project requirements. In parallel, discussions were held with a teammate to clarify roles, coordinate efforts, and exchange information related to both the finite element analysis and cost analysis tasks. This open source Duplicable City Center project demonstrates the process of championing world-changing ideas. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

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Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) continued his work on developing the dynamic simulation setup for earthquake analysis updates for the City Center Dome Hub Connector Engineering. He focused on consolidating documentation and improving accessibility of the FEA-related work for the updated City Center dome. Srujan reviewed and refined the main report, adding summaries and linking relevant supporting documents to enhance clarity and traceability. He completed and standardized the spreadsheets used for part counting and verification, ensuring that references, comments, and results were consistent throughout. He also organized and uploaded dome files to the correct folders and prepared a clear background summary explaining the project context and progress to support onboarding of new team members and future updates to the project webpage. The Duplicable City Center champions world-changing ideas through accessible open source solutions designed to guide people. The images below illustrate aspects of this work.

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Tianxiang Huang (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center design. He completed all remaining documentation and organized project materials in preparation for handover. Tianxiang placed the finalized files into the shared Dropbox folder, including a Word document and an Excel file converted from the original Google Docs and Google Sheets formats. He also created a text file to record file-sharing information for reference. In addition, he organized the ANSYS simulation archive files and uploaded them to the same folder to ensure that simulation data, models, and results are clearly structured and accessible. This open source Duplicable City Center project contributes to championing world-changing ideas. For more details, refer to the image below.

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HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued working on the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials and Supplies List for the Large-scale GardenBotanical Garden, and other Highest Good Food components. The team integrated items across numerous project documents. This work involved adding sandpaper to all projects utilizing orbital sanders, incorporating additional spirit levels, and placing metal and wood lathes and monkey wrenches into the appropriate woodshop and metal shop documents. In addition, a general storage inventory was included within the shop documentation, and a process was initiated to color-code all shop entries to distinguish between the automotive shop (ASHP), general storage inventory (GSI), metal shop (MSHP), and wood shop (WSHP). The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on world-changing ideas and exemplifying the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some images showcasing this work.

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Japneet Kour (Volunteer Architect) continued contributing to the Highest Good Food initiative. She worked on completing the 3D model of Walipini 3, the tropical house, and added all plants, trees, and shrubs based on the tropical environment described in the report. Vegetation was arranged to represent plant types suitable for a tropical climate, with consideration given to spacing, size, and placement relative to the house and surrounding areas. All elements were positioned to align with realistic growth patterns and the environmental conditions described in the report. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting world-changing ideas. Visual examples from her work are presented below.

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Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued developing the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting documents. Jay worked on standardizing the document containing lighting energy calculations for Walipini 1, ensuring that the data structure, formatting, and terminology were consistent with project documentation requirements. The updated calculations and organized datasets were prepared to support future development efforts, with the intent that this information informs the design of calculator software aimed at simplifying and streamlining lighting energy calculations for similar greenhouse projects. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, focused on sustainable and participatory development while supporting world-changing ideas. See below for pictures related to this work.

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Nitin Parate (Architect) continued contributing to the Aquapini and Walipini renders and layout graphics. His work focused on developing the axonometric graphical representation of the Zen Aquapini. Updates were made to improve visual clarity, alignment, and overall composition while maintaining consistency with the design intent. Adjustments helped better communicate spatial relationships and system components within the axonometric view. Ongoing efforts involved refining visual elements to enhance readability and accuracy. The next stage includes post-production tasks, adding explanatory text within the axonometric drawing, and preparing supporting sectional details to clearly convey design and system information. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key part of One Community’s open source platform, promoting regenerative and participatory development while supporting open source world-changing ideas. Images below showcase his contributions.

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Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting web details. She developed new content for blog 667 and collaborated with teammates by considering their suggestions and applying feedback to maintain clarity and consistency in the final version. Pallavi continued integrating Walipini 1 and Zen Aquapini 1 material from Gayatri’s work into the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting page, edited images to meet stated inclusion requirements, checked the full page using Jae’s feedback, and submitted the page for review. open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates world-changing ideas into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

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HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team continued contributing to the Highest Good Energy initiative. They examined the Hub Connector Manufacturing and Assembly document, providing comments on areas where changes could improve clarity and usability, and making formatting edits where consistency or layout issues were identified. In addition to the document review, the team reviewed a set of images related to sustainable building elements and provided feedback on selection and presentation for windows, lighting, insulation, paints, and urinals, with a focus on relevance and alignment with sustainability criteria. The Highest Good Energy initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform by promoting sustainable and participatory development, focused on world-changing ideas. Below are images related to this project.

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

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

This week, Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) continued developing the Highest Good Education software platform, concentrating on Phase 4 marketing, promotion, and administrative activities. He supported Highest Good Network software development, marketing, and administrative efforts across multiple phases. Prudhvi worked on Phase 5 governance by updating the HGN document based on feedback from Jae, including revisions to user structures and user class naming. He also coordinated with development administrator Rajeshwari through calls and discussions to review updates to user class structures and user stories, making required adjustments to align with review requirements. In addition, Prudhvi supported Phase 4 software management by updating the status of required action items, tracking pull requests, and communicating review and Git-related updates to relevant developers. For marketing and promotion, he updated scheduled BlueSky content using Buffer and maintained weekly tracking data across the BlueSky data sheet and the Social Media Master Dashboard. He also contributed to One Community administration by updating the weekly blog and reviewing administration team tasks, providing feedback for the current reporting period. Through these activities, he supported One Community’s commitment to demonstrating world-changing ideas. The images below highlight his contributions.

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HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

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This week, the core team completed over 33 hours managing volunteer work reviews, handling emails, overseeing social media accounts, supporting web development, and identifying and integrating bug fixes for the Highest Good Network. The team also interviewed and onboarded new volunteer team members. Additionally, they produced and integrated the video above, highlighting how demonstrating world-changing ideas serves as a foundation of One Community’s broader mission. The following images showcase highlights of this work.

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Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and key components of the Highest Good Network. He tested multiple pull requests of components in various parts of the HGN Software and created new action items to develop components in Phase 1. He familiarized himself with the Food Inventory Management Dashboard and created wireframes for about a dozen graphs. Jaiwanth tracked updates in software team management documents to support task management. As a member of the pull request review team, he reviewed submissions from the volunteer team assigned to him. This work supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating world-changing ideas. The images below highlight his contributions.

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Rajrajeshwari Gangadhar Sangolli (Data Analyst) continued working on Google Ads management and strategy evolution of the Highest Good Network. She completed administrative work for eight volunteers, including creating collages, preparing SEO keywords, organizing folders, adding comments, and checking for errors. Submission checks were completed for eight admins, with issues identified and documented. Feedback materials were reviewed through Jae’s video, and coordination took place with Prudhvi, along with email communication with Pooja to begin Phase 5 work. Chart designs were updated for clarity, simplified, and shared for review. Multiple ad campaigns were checked for links, ad strength, logos, business names, and accuracy, with updates made across more than twenty ads. Document settings and formatting were revised, ownership access was shared, user stories were completed for five profiles, and Phase 5 documentation was updated with new roles and a permissions table based on feedback. This project supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating world-changing ideas. The images below highlight key aspects of her work.

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Yagna Reddy Badvel (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued working on the Summary Dashboards and Weekly Report page on the Highest Good Network. He audited the Phase 2 “Materials, Equipment, Tools, and Project Tracking System” tab by correcting task categorization, dropdown selections, priorities, formatting issues, links, and filters to maintain accuracy and consistency. He reviewed weekly team submissions to confirm that summaries met writing standards, media requirements were completed, and tracking logs were added where needed. This work helps advance One Community’s mission of championing world-changing ideas.

Yagna also optimized and uploaded images to WordPress with appropriate SEO settings, formatting, and titles, ensured all eligible contributors were included, and organized folders and documents for the next review cycle. In parallel, he reviewed components of the Volunteer Status dashboard by watching the walkthrough video and taking detailed validation notes up to the 8-minute mark, documenting logic gaps related to totals, mentor and volunteer counts, hours, and team activity, and cross-referencing his findings with the Bugs & Validation tracker to prepare follow-up items. Additionally, he reviewed Iteesha Vishalakshi’s Admin-in-Training document across all four steps, checking progress, completeness, and alignment with current guidelines, and provided targeted feedback to improve formatting, clarity, and process adherence. This work supports One Community’s commitment to demonstrating world-changing ideas. The images below highlight his contributions.

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ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Prudhvi Marpina (Data Analyst) and includes Anusha Gali (Software Engineer)Ashutosh Mishra (Software Engineer)Divanshu Bakshi (Team Admin)Indra Anuraag Gade (Software Engineer and Team Administrator)Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator)Leo Lishin Shiu (Software Engineer)Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst)Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support)Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator)Priyanshi Sharma (Data Analyst and Team Administrator)Rachna Malav (Data Analyst)Rajeshwari Bhirud (Administrator)Rishitha Adepu (Administrator), Sayantan Paul (Volunteer Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator), and Sudarshan Raju Chintalapati Venkata (Data Analyst). The Administration Team supports the Highest Good Network, a tool designed to track and measure progress while developing systems that contribute to championing world-changing ideas. Through administrative support, documentation, testing, training, recruiting, analytics, and content management, the team helps advance this mission, aligning with One Community’s commitment to demonstrating world-changing ideas

This week, Anusha focused on Level 2 frontend and backend software testing and quality assurance by reviewing and tracking a high volume of pull requests, approving those that met functional and UI requirements, and requesting changes where issues such as dark mode inconsistencies, configuration problems, inaccessible URLs, broken filters, and unmet requirements were identified. She documented testing outcomes, blockers, and dependency-related delays, confirmed merge statuses, and communicated detailed status updates to leadership while also supporting administrative tasks across multiple teams. This work aligns with our purpose of championing world-changing ideas through transparent and replicable solutions.

Ashutosh contributed to Dev Dynasty development by debugging the video slice ingestion workflow, preparing quick fixes for delayed responses, refining document refactoring strategies through optimized chunking, defining prompt templates, and building automated LCEL pipelines to streamline deployment and demos. Divanshu managed Mastodon operations by publishing and monitoring daily posts, documenting feature issues and enhancements with full reproduction details, processing analytics data using Python, transforming raw exports into structured datasets, and validating dashboard accuracy through schema and metric checks. These efforts strengthen collaborative systems that support championing world-changing ideas.

Indra supported analytics and content operations by maintaining X/Twitter dashboards, posting and logging content, labeling datasets for ML models, rerunning pipelines to evaluate engagement improvements, and validating updated data. He also tested job posting analytics components, created reusable action item templates based on completed Figma designs, supported admin training, and contributed to the Code Crafters weekly blog update. Keerthana handled administrative coordination by reviewing team summaries for accuracy and formatting, updating Step 2 and Step 4 tracking documents, compiling and validating the weekly blog, and assigning Phase 3 action items to developers. Leo managed social media coordination by reviewing team summaries, creating blog collages, preparing to take over Facebook and Instagram workflows, managing weekly posts, and uploading Meta performance data to the Social Media Master Dashboard. Together, this work strengthens systems that support world-changing ideas.

Neeharika supported task management and administrative oversight by reviewing software team documents and PR dashboard action items, following up on task progress, testing pull requests, verifying updated PDFs, reviewing admin work, and conducting an interview with details forwarded to leadership. Ola organized the admin workspace, managed scheduling and verification tasks, and conducted a detailed review of Pinterest analytics, documenting key performance indicators related to performance, engagement, and pin clicks. Olimpia updated LinkedIn analytics KPIs, completed senior admin reviews of volunteer documentation, resolved prior admin comments, identified individuals requiring warnings or blue squares, and scheduled LinkedIn posts with relevant images, hashtags, and links. These combined efforts improve coordination, accountability, and clarity in support of world-changing ideas.

Priyanshi continued Phase 2 project management testing by validating dashboard graphs, filter behavior, and visual clarity across multiple pull requests, documenting page load failures and visualization issues for follow-up. Rachna focused on routine administrative tasks by reviewing emails, comments, and SEO pages while monitoring website updates during a holiday-reduced interview period. Rajeshwari completed blog administration by reviewing software submissions, editing WordPress content with SEO alignment, incorporating team updates and collages, conducting CSS and functionality testing across dashboards, and updating admin feedback tracking. Rishitha managed content administration by consolidating blogs, optimizing SEO, maintaining bios, supporting Threads engagement, updating dashboard data, and maintaining volunteer trackers. Sayantan validated dashboard updates, reviewed admin training materials, provided structured feedback, and finalized Team Skye’s weekly summary, while Sudarshan managed the Alpha Software Team blog, reviewed Phase 3 pull requests, created and documented bug-related tasks, and supported multi-page system improvements. This work supports championing world-changing ideas. To learn more about how this work supports championing world-changing ideas, visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages. Highlights of the team’s contributions are shown in the collage below.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary includes Qinyi Liu (Graphic Designer) and Yulin Li (Graphic Designer), who focused this week on creating graphic designs that support world-changing ideas.

This week, Qinyi worked on marketing and promotion tasks, creating social media images and announcements with a game character visual style. She generated and edited designs with ChatGPT and ensured all visuals aligned with world-changing ideas. Qinyi also reused existing characters to produce posters, bio images, and assets for social media and website use. Yulin focused on visual communication and coordination, creating social media images and volunteer announcements based on feedback to improve clarity and consistency while ensuring alignment with world-changing ideas. She published a team collaboration announcement, managed assets through Dropbox, and participated in weekly reviews. Their efforts highlight world-changing ideas. See the Highest Good Society pages and the collage below for examples of their work.

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HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

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

  • Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software and world-changing ideas: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team tested Highest Good Network pull requests and confirmed 16 as fixed. This effort highlights One Community’s commitment to demonstrating world-changing ideas.

The following PRs were not fixed: the community portal activity comment section and the ability to add a user with the same first and last name. Several PRs could not be tested because no data was available on the Main branch, including the grouped quantity of materials used chart fix and the skills dashboard user card updates. This work strengthens One Community’s mission of championing world-changing ideas. See the Highest Good Society and The Highest Good Network pages, and the collage below, for an overview of the team’s contributions.

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BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nikhil Routh (Software Engineer) and included Apoorva Jain Ramapura Prashanth (Software Engineer)Taariq Mansurie (Full-Stack Developer)Ramsundar Konety Govindarajan (Software Engineer)Sumedh Kumar (Full-Stack Developer)Harsha Rudhraraju (Software Engineer)and Amalesh Arivanan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is our tool for managing and objectively measuring progress, ensuring that all contributions are tracked and aligned with our mission while modeling and championing world-changing ideas. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that contribute to open-source projects and resilient, sustainable ecosystems.

This week, Amalesh continued work on pull requests 704 and 1831 by addressing existing issues and reviewing changes for alignment with the current codebase, contributed to the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard by implementing a responsive line chart showing weekly task progress with filtering, improved mismatched team code detection and filtering on the Weekly Team Summaries page, completed the disconnected timer refresh button in pull request 4459, resolved merge conflicts, merged the Replicate Task function, fixed integration test conflicts for the reasonSchedulingController, and documented and tracked work per project requirements. Apoorva focused on resolving four critical issues in the MailChimp replacement email system by adding support for a video variable type across frontend and backend, fixing the Clear Draft state reset issue, resolving persistent offline notification banners after reconnection, correcting preview layout issues caused by large images, and validating fixes locally across frontend and backend pull requests.

Harshavarma added routes, reducers, and actions for the tool replacement graph, implemented an engagement members list table using mock data, added status badges and dark mode support, refined layout and responsiveness, and continued UI polishing while preparing the frontend for future backend integration. Nikhil worked on the Weekly Report Summary and Weekly Summaries modules by updating imports and correcting class mappings for the CSS Modules migration, updated pull requests 3770 and 3662 based on review feedback, collaborated with teammates on Phase III database and backend workflow discussions, and completed handoff activities related to managerial responsibilities and task transition. This work aligns with our purpose of championing world-changing ideas through transparent and replicable solutions.

Ram cleared merge conflicts for older pull requests 3925 and 1672 related to task interaction permissions, identified incorrect behaviors around volunteer access and task deletion, clarified expected functionality with stakeholders, noted missing logic related to People Report visibility after unassignment, and requested time to address the gaps. Sumedh fixed a high-priority submit button issue in the BM Dashboard affecting equipment status updates, investigated dark mode problems and identified the need for broader styling changes, raised frontend and backend pull requests 4656 and 1984, addressed dark mode issues in the equipment list by resolving style conflicts and adding a new hook, raised pull request 4663, and documented limitations around image upload due to missing API access.

Taariq worked across the HGN Software Development effort focused on stabilizing the filters-on-refresh feature by fixing frontend and backend bugs, validating behavior across tabs, resolving merge conflicts, performing code cleanup, resuming Phase 4 Assign Lesson Plan UI work, reporting a browser-specific issue, reviewing assigned tasks and recent repository changes, and documenting the incomplete state of the auto-scroll, auto-refresh, and BioStatusToggle work for reassignment. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this works in championing world-changing ideas. The collage below shows images of their work.

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BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Software Team, working on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Divanshu Bakshi (Product Manager), and includes Linh Huynh (Software Engineer), and Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer). This week, Linh worked on improving the usability of the Materials table in the Building Management Dashboard, focusing on frontend functionality and user experience. He added global search to filter materials by project, name, PID, and measurement, expanded column sorting to include project, name, and inventory-related numeric fields, and introduced pagination with configurable page sizes and navigation to better support large datasets. These updates provide clearer visibility into operational data that underpins world-changing ideas. Linh also updated the table layout to include a sticky header so column labels remain visible during scrolling and adjusted the layout of the Time, Project, and Material filters to improve alignment, responsiveness, and visual consistency across screen sizes and light and dark modes.

Linh synchronized his work with the latest development branch, resolved unintended local dependency file changes, and pushed the updated implementation to a dedicated feature branch for lead review and traceability. He also monitored team feedback, investigated potential bugs, and addressed UX and UI issues such as layout inconsistencies and interaction edge cases identified from previous tasks. This work aligns with our purpose of championing world-changing ideas through transparent and replicable solutions.

Sheetal worked on integrating Bitwarden login retrieval based on specified search criteria and addressed issues with the Bitwarden search command not returning expected results by analyzing Bitwarden CLI behavior to determine the correct approach for fetching specific login details. She discovered that the command used to list vault items was returning an empty array and debugged the issue by focusing on Bitwarden session handling, resolving problems related to how the application was retrieving, managing, and passing the session key. After correcting these session-related issues, she validated that the login retrieval logic returned the expected vault items and completed code cleanup by removing temporary or unnecessary logic added during development, improving code clarity and maintainability, and preparing the finalized changes for commit in support of world-changing ideas. The collage below shows images of their work.

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CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vivek Chandra (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Naidu (Software Engineer)Akshith Kumar Reddy Balappagari Gnaneswara (Software Engineer – Full Stack)Bhanu Anish Akkineni (Software Engineer)Chaitanya Swaroop Kumar Allu (Software Engineer)Juhitha Reddy Penumalli (Software Engineer), and Sphurthy Satish (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software manages and objectively measures our progress in championing world-changing ideas by coordinating social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance efforts while supporting scalable and lasting access to regenerative lifestyles worldwide.

This week, Ajay resolved merge conflicts across multiple branches, addressed reviewer feedback, updated code on active pull requests, refined component behavior, and stabilized the openIssueCharts file for merge readiness. He also contributed to dark mode improvements for dashboard summary cards and tracked progress across PRs 4594, 4604, 4499, and 4619. Akshith worked on Phase 3 tasks for the Registration Status page by aligning the Event Details UI with the standard layout, adding missing avatar icons, improving alignment, and implementing the Share Availability option with a modal for copying event links, currently under testing before raising pull requests. These efforts reflect One Community’s long-term commitment to championing world-changing ideas that create meaningful global impact.

Anish implemented deliverable-0 for the Kitchen and Inventory portal, creating an access page with the KitchenandInventoryLogin component, adding KIProtectedRoute for access control, developing a navigation bar for consistent portal navigation, configuring routing, and adding unit tests to validate page and navigation behavior. Chaitanya implemented and refined the Material Stock-Out Risk Indicator for the BM Dashboard, developing a backend API to predict stock-out days, integrating it into the frontend with real-time data fetching, adding project filters, improving error handling with UI feedback and graceful degradation, refactoring shared data-fetching logic, streamlining MongoDB queries, resolving linter issues, supporting dark mode and responsive layouts, and validating behavior across edge cases. These contributions help maintain focus on championing world-changing ideas.

Juhitha focused on closing and stabilizing tasks across Phase 2 and Phase 4 dashboard items, resolving review feedback, addressing SonarQube reliability and duplication issues, updating the Summary Dashboard stacked bar graph and action item buttons, fixing dark mode inconsistencies and delete button behavior, debugging pull request blockers for the financials dashboard, and implementing an injury tracking line chart with ongoing backend integration. Sphurthy added an information icon with a tooltip to the Community Portal participation reports section, explaining average no-show rates and updating dynamically based on Event type, Time, and Location tabs, using reactstrap’s Tooltip component with hover functionality, CSS styling, hover effects, and dark mode support. Vivek focused on investigating a persistent frontend-to-backend integration issue, reviewing backend APIs, analyzing frontend consumption, and attempting multiple approaches to isolate the problem, while also providing knowledge-sharing support on merge conflict resolution and assisting a teammate with their assigned tasks. These efforts collectively strengthen One Community’s mission and commitment to championing world-changing ideas. The collage below shows an overview of this team’s work.

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DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vamsidhar Panithi (Software Engineer) and includes Adithya Cherukuri (Volunteer Software Engineer)Neeraj Kondaveeti (Software Engineer), and Sriamsh Reddy (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our processes for open sourcing a better world for us all through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This progress supports One Community in championing world-changing ideas.

This week, Adithya fixed the Back button error on the BM Dashboard Lessons page by testing backward navigation paths, identifying that hard refresh logic cleared the Redux store, replacing hardcoded window location logic in LessonForm.jsx with React Router hooks, resolving ESLint and dependency version conflicts, standardizing navigation handlers, adding dark mode logic, checking for layout issues, and preparing the weekly summary with a review of uploaded images. Neeraj improved the Event Feedback Form usability by adding contextual event information, helper text to set expectations, restructuring the form for clarity, refining star rating interactions with helper labels, updating required field explanations, improving placeholder text and inline guidance for free-text responses, and addressing accessibility through keyboard navigation, screen reader labeling, and visual consistency across devices. These contributions continue shaping a platform dedicated to championing world-changing ideas.

Sriamsh implemented and stabilized the Previous Logs panel for the Equipment Daily Activity Log by integrating a collapsible preview under the daily activity table that responds to date and project changes, handling empty states, supporting light and dark mode, validating behavior, raising a pull request, and investigating the Cost Breakdown donut chart by comparing a closed frontend pull request with the current branch, reviewing Redux usage and backend dependencies, identifying a version mismatch, and reporting that the chart does not render despite merged backend changes. This progress reflects our long-term commitment to championing world-changing ideas that inspire positive change.

Vamsidhar resolved bugs in the Building Management Dashboard by removing a hardcoded limit in the getLongestOpenIssues endpoint, adding metadata fields for frontend mapping, handling empty issue titles, optimizing query logic, fixing dark mode issues in calendar components with theme-aware CSS, updating the issue chart to reflect backend changes, adding deterministic issue numbering grouped and sorted by project and issue identifiers, resolving merge conflicts, and ensuring consistent theming and data visibility across combined project views. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to our mission of championing world-changing ideas. Explore some of the team’s work in the collage below.

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EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, which covers work on the Highest Good Network, includes Casstiel Pi (Software Engineer). This effort supports One Community’s goal of World-Changing Ideas.

This week, Casstiel continued work on the task to enhance the multi-select filter solution. The frontend portion of the implementation was completed but is only partially functional. The new dropdown displays as expected, but the click action does not yet trigger any behavior, and backend queries have not been implemented. Casstiel is waiting on responses from management regarding next steps to either request additional hours for this task or have it reassigned. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work contributes to World-Changing Ideas. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

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LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Keerthana Chitturi (System Administrator) and Aryan Rachala (Software Engineer). The team includes contributions from Chirag Bellara (Software Engineer)Shashank Madan (Software Engineer)Shravya Kudlu (Software Development Engineer)Veda Bellam (Software Engineer), and Vinay Krishna (Software Engineer). Their work supports One Community’s goal of world-changing ideas through cross-functional software development and ongoing system improvements.

This week, Aryan worked on implementing and finalizing search bar functionality and status-based filters for the Attendance Tracking Admin Dashboard. He tested interactions between search queries and filters across multiple scenarios, resolved minor UI inconsistencies, and refined the code to improve readability and maintainability while preserving existing layout and styling. These frontend improvements contribute to world-changing ideas. Chirag completed the No Show Rate Insights share and filter functionality by adding the ability to share generated PDFs through email or text after confirming requirements with Jae. He implemented dark mode support for the insights tab and related modals, created pull request 4647, and requested focused review on the sharing behavior. These updates support world-changing ideas.

Shashank tested search functionality, resolved merge conflicts with the development branch, and raised a pull request for the online-only filter task. He addressed requested changes on earlier pull requests, ensured successful merges, analyzed attendance page behavior, added backend data fetching with mock-data fallback handling, and refactored mock data into a separate structure. This backend and frontend progress contributes to world-changing ideas. This collective effort continues our shared mission of championing world-changing ideas.

Shravya completed bug fixes for the registration page under issue 3405 and resolved issues in the Young Learners flow. She tested all related endpoints, fixed an additional issue discovered during testing, investigated issue 1028, and continued work on pull request 3824 by debugging the core problems identified. These backend updates support world-changing ideas. Veda worked on the Listing and Bidding Dashboard by building the Review Volume Over Time visualization within the Insights from Reviews section. She implemented a stacked column chart with category-based grouping, date range selection, consistent sizing, and dark mode support. She also fixed a frontend issue in the Promotion Eligibility table by correcting status color rendering in both light and dark modes. These updates support world-changing ideas.

Vinay worked on fixing dark mode readability in the Total Construction Summary Dashboard by correcting text contrast in the Project Status section while preserving light mode behavior. He reviewed surrounding elements for consistent visibility, verified responsiveness and contrast ratios, and confirmed correct layout and rendering behavior across breakpoints and browsers. This refinement supports world-changing ideas. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how this work supports world-changing ideas. The collage below highlights the team’s work for the week.

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MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, which covers their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Uha Kruthi (Software Engineer) and includes Aayush Shetty (Software Engineer)Alisha Walunj (Software Engineer)Mani Shashank Marneni (Software Engineer)Sai Krishna (Software Engineer), and Sudheesh Thuralkalmakki Dharmappa Gowda (Full Stack Developer). Their efforts support One Community by advancing the mission of world-changing ideas through open-source collaboration, ecologically responsible innovation, and holistic global progress.

This week, Uha focused on improving the readability and alignment of the Issues chart when multiple years are selected by ensuring grouped bars remain aligned even when some years have no data, adding consistent spacing between year groups for each issue type, introducing faint placeholder or outlined bars to preserve uniform width, applying distinct borders or lighter outlines for clearer differentiation, adjusting x-axis label positioning to align under grouped bars, and validating the layout across both light and dark modes, with the work still in progress pending further validation. This collective effort continues our shared mission of championing world-changing ideas.

Aayush focused on analyzing and fixing the Phase 2 issue where the Select Projects dropdown redirected users to the top of the page, resolving merge conflicts across multiple pull requests, addressing Sonar code analysis findings, and fixing dark mode issues related to an existing pull request to stabilize integrations and prepare features for review. Alisha worked on implementing wishlist functionality for the listing and bidding platform by integrating frontend components with backend APIs, debugging backend responses to ensure correct listing ID handling, refactoring wishlist logic for view, create, and delete operations, updating the database schema, testing endpoints, and aligning frontend API usage while removing mock data and unused controller methods. The outcomes of this work reinforce our path toward championing world-changing ideas.

Mani worked on a priority task to enhance the Winning Bid vs Average Bid dashboard by building a responsive horizontal bar chart with a Top-N dropdown filter, adding category toggle logic to group data by village or property, applying conditional visibility to multi-select filters, and standardizing the layout using CSS Grid and Flexbox for consistent dashboard sizing. Sai Krishna focused on dark mode optimization for inventory-type pages by improving styling, contrast handling, and component behavior across views, validating changes through local testing, raising a pull request, and beginning backend setup for a labor cost distribution pie chart by defining data aggregation logic, API routing, and response structures. Sudheesh worked across multiple phases by improving dark mode tooltip visibility on the Project Risk Graph, resolving merge conflicts during integration, debugging and updating Material Utilization Ratio chart logic to handle low-percentage visibility scenarios, and fixing issues in the Student Profile View for educational progress before pushing updates for review. Visit the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this work supports creating world-changing ideas through open-source development and globally accessible resources. The collage below portrays the team’s efforts for the week.

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REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts team summary was managed by Akshay Jayaram (Software Engineer) and Iteesha Vishalakshi Aswath (Technical Program Manager) and it includes Aseem Deshmukh (Software Developer)Diya Wadhwani (Software Developer)Guna Pranith Reddy Cheelam (Software Developer)Kristin Dingchuan Hu (Software Engineer)Namitha Vijaykumar Pawar (Software Engineer)Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full Stack Developer)Sri Satya Venkatasai Siri Sudheeksha Vavila (Software Engineer), and Siva Putti (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively measure progress by focusing on championing world-changing ideas. It supports social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems, further championing world-changing ideas.

This week Akshay updated the type filter in the Community Portal Activities feature by replacing a free-text input with a dropdown select to enforce predefined activity categories, updating the React component to use a controlled select, reusing existing filter state management, adjusting filtering logic for exact type matching while preserving date and location filters, aligning styles with existing form controls, and opening PR4660, while also preparing the weekly team review, tracking contributor progress, and hosting the weekly team call towards championing world-changing ideas.

Aseem tested PR4368 related to Phase 2 listing and bidding dashboard fixes, validated component behavior against expected functionality, updated filter naming for clarity by standardizing on “Date Range,” aligned calendar colors with the page design, and consolidated these updates into PR4659 contributed. Diya continued working on resolving the “final day” timezone discrepancy and implementing a targeted fix for user deactivation logic. She analyzed the root causes of off-by-one-day issues across multiple date-handling flows, evaluated normalization and standardization approaches, and addressed the deactivation path by opening PR #1986, which derives the final day from the user’s last logged activity, normalizes it to PST end-of-day, stores it in UTC, and ensures consistent rendering across User Profile, User Management, and reporting views. The progress made this week contributes to our long-term goal of championing world-changing ideas.

Guna continued refining the listings home page frontend by addressing remaining review feedback tied to PR3999, verifying fixes for image GET request errors and tab heading behavior, and advancing Phase 3 Re-Engagement Strategies through further investigation of a Page Not Found routing issue affecting the log attendance path in the Dev environment, supporting the team’s work towards championing world-changing ideas. Kristin progressed work on the Activity Attendance page by fixing lint errors, syncing changes with the latest development branch, testing updates, and opening a frontend pull request for information icons on metrics, and also began adding sorting functionality to the Resources Management page by updating JSX logic and resolving testing issues. Each step forward supports One Community’s focus on championing world-changing ideas for a better future.

Namitha implemented category-based filtering for the Rating Distribution chart to allow grouping by Village or Property, added multi-select filters with conditional enablement to prevent conflicts, connected date range, category, and multi-select inputs to the chart data pipeline, verified dynamic updates, added the chart to the LB Dashboard with standardized layout and alignment, and submitted the related pull request, contributing to the overall goal of championing world-changing ideas. Peterson fixed a bug in the Delete Selected Team modal where long team names overflowed the modal by ensuring proper wrapping and ellipsis display, following a similar fix previously applied to the Add User modal.

Sudheeksha worked 20 hours across three days on Phase 2 to fix the Lesson List Filter not updating results, traced and resolved the underlying errors across the codebase, completed the functional changes, and prepared the work pending pull request creation. Siva improved search and timezone handling by adding dark mode support to the Feedback page search input, enhancing search logic with null safety and trimmed terms, updating placeholder text in PR4662, adding timezone utilities using moment-timezone, updating EventCard to display times in the user’s local timezone with consistent abbreviations, resolving abbreviation inconsistencies by using the current date for resolution, and making minor layout and formatting improvements in PR4633. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages to learn more about how this work supports the modeling and pioneering of world-changing ideas . See below for the picture collage of the work done by the Reactonauts team on championing world-changing ideas.

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SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Sayantan Paul (Frontend Tester and Software Team Administrator) and Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer). The team includes Marcus Yi (Software Engineer) and Swathi Angadi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software objectively tracks and manages progress, supporting social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes that foster sustainable and thriving ecosystems, while playing a major role in championing world-changing ideas.

This week, Marcus updated the Facebook platform integration to allow direct connection to a Facebook Page without requiring manual API token management through the developer site, simplifying setup and connection. He then began implementing image posting through the existing wireframe, focusing on ensuring media uploads work correctly end-to-end. Remaining tasks include finalizing image posting and completing link posting support. These efforts reflect One Community’s ongoing dedication to championing world-changing ideas.

Swathi worked on improving the Listing and Bidding dashboard messaging UI by addressing alignment and visual consistency across themes, applying standard color schemes to support Dark Mode, and removing unnecessary styling. She also revised UI icons to enhance clarity and consistency. She raised a pull request for these updates and began the initial setup and analysis for adding new functionality to the Building Materials dashboard consumable page, focusing on required UI and behavior changes. By addressing these challenges, her work supports long-term stability in stewardship tracking features and contributes to advancing and championing world-changing ideas within the broader Highest Good Network (HGN) infrastructure.

Anthony investigated an issue reported on production, documented his findings, and requested additional details for further analysis. He made updates to PR #3600 and PR #1447, pushed the changes, updated their descriptions, and kept them pending final feedback prior to requesting reviews. Subsequently, he reviewed PR #2343 and resolved merge conflicts. During testing, he found that most functionality was already present on the development site, except for one area that exhibited the same issue previously encountered. He then began testing potential fixes before reporting his findings. See the Highest Good Network and Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contribution advances One Community’s goals by championing world-changing ideas within the Highest Good Network open source hub. See the collage below for the team’s work.

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-N

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

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SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members with names starting from O–Z, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation for measuring our results in championing world-changing ideas. This week’s active members of this team were Rohan Rastogi (Software Engineer) and Sundar Machani (Software Engineer). They reviewed all pull requests shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network open source hub tracks progress towards championing world-changing ideas. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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One Community welcomes Xinyi Zhou to the Software Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

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Xinyi is a software developer with two years of full-stack experience working with React, Node.js, and MongoDB, along with hands-on industry exposure to distributed storage systems and data pipelines. Through five years of academic training in computer science, she has built numerous projects. She enjoys exploring new places, photography, and movies, and brings the same curiosity to her engineering work. As part of the One Community team, Xinyi has contributed to components such as the Highest Good Network Dashboard and Project Management modules, improving performance, refining UI behavior, and completing key feature integrations that support smoother user experiences. She also improved several visualization charts on the Total Org Summary and Total Construction Summary pages, with 10+ pull requests merged.

 

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