Chronicles from our peeps.
Weekly Review On the 5th of October, I had my weekly review with Dr. Shawn, where I showed him my current progress with the Sayembara website. He was satisfied with the new descriptions I provided for each feature—safe for a few adjustments that I could make if I have the Read more
This week, I started my new main task: migrating the backend of the registration system from C++ to Go (Golang). I’m not familiar with either language, so most of my week went into understanding the existing code and learning the basics of Go. Understanding the Existing System Monday was a Read more
Weekly Review On 28th September, I showcased the five new webpages to Dr. Shawn to assess them. There were a lot of revisions that needed to be done regarding the descriptions, and how close they were to the edge of the screen, so I noted those down. I also had Read more
This week, I built the warning system for shared judge logins and then reworked it into a blocking system based on Dr Shawn’s feedback. After that, I started on my backend project and helped Team Euroasia prepare for and run their event. Building the Warning System I started by implementing Read more
This week, I presented my idea for detecting shared judge logins to Dr Shawn, revised it based on the feedback, and submitted a final proposal. At the end of the week, I also helped at an event at Da Men Mall, which was the first event to use the code Read more
Over the past two weeks, I completed the migration of the project’s automated tests from Jest to Vitest and got the changes merged. After that, I started a new task: researching how to detect when two accounts log in under the same role. Week 7 began with a setback, as Read more
Weekly Review On 22nd September, I showed Dr. Shawn the new layout of the website, as well as the two versions that had different ‘Why Choose Us?’ sections. Due to the amount of faces being shown, however, we decided to scrap the section for the better. Since the main page Read more
Weekly Review On 14th September, I showcased both versions of the website to Dr. Shawn, one with real photographs and the other with stock illustrations. He much preferred the version with real photographs, though he suggested to switch some photos around for better presentation. Working through Troubles One notable suggestion Read more
Weekly Review On 7th September, I presented my current progress to Dr. Shawn. He told me that instead of using the current technique that I was using, I should get assistance from artificial intelligence tools to help search for the images I needed instead. He also pointed out that I Read more
This week, I investigated and worked on a fix for a login UX bug that could leave users facing a blank page for a while. The issue was difficult to reproduce consistently, so my first step was to understand what happened during the login process. Initially, I suspected a network Read more