Development

Dear ARPA Community, To ensure that the ARPA community is well-informed on the team’s latest improvements, we update ARPA’s development dynamics and progress through our monthly report. Thank you all for your support! This is a look back at May. Enjoy! 01 ARPA Development Dynamics & Technology Progress Finished smart contract audit of Staking v0.1 Conducted lint…

GitHub Copilot, an AI-powered programming tool, has garnered significant attention within the coding community. Leveraging its ability to analyze context and comprehend natural language prompts, Copilot offers code snippet suggestions to enhance productivity and allow developers to focus more on the core logic of their projects rather than spending time…

Ever found yourself craving a bit more competition in our Iguana fruit-fueled game? It’s time to flex your racing skills — now dodging experts can earn IGU in our PvP matches! The Grand Race pits you against tough competition in two modes: the fruit-collecting mode, where the swiftest fruit harvesters thrive, and the score mode, where precision is the key to surpassing your rivals. The game is highly customizable, allowing you to select your character’s speed and modify the fruit spawns across a wide array of levels.

Did you ever spend time discussing how your code should be displayed during code review? Where to enter a new line, what is the ideal indentation? Do you ever wanted to preserve these settings between different code editors? Do you ever wanted your code to be statically verified almost instantly…

In the realm of User Experience (UX) design, a handful of principles are commonly highlighted. However, as our digital landscape evolves, it’s essential to uncover and understand some underrated facets of UX design that can significantly boost product’s success. This article will explore five usually overlooked UX design principles, that…

Understanding the Relationship between Self-Sufficiency and Productivity in Software Engineering — Software engineering is a complex and dynamic field that demands high levels of productivity to meet project deadlines and deliver quality results. In this context, self-sufficiency emerges as a crucial factor that directly influences the productivity of software engineers. This article explores the relationship between self-sufficiency and productivity, highlighting how…

Part 1: Transformation of the Project Cycle — At my agency of the United Nations, our current situation might be categorized as an embarrassment of riches. Donor funding for new projects (“resource mobilization”) has been off the charts. We now have to do more with more. Compared to doing more with less, this sounds easy. But here is…

Usually when building an application we use several open source dependencies to accelerate its development and achieve our end goal. After the application is all up and running we keep adding stuff and fixing problems that crop up. …

This article is part of a series based on the book Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin. Only the topic heading is taken from the book and is researched in the software community to find what is useful and acceptable. You can read the previous article of the series after…