Small: Where – A Crowd-Powered Location Insight and Safety Rating App

Final Progress Report (October)

What progress was made on your grant this month?

  • Updated packages and dependencies

  • While every other feature in the app is done I am yet to make head way in regards to the error with S5. But I realized it is basically a problem with caddy.

  • Due to the standing issue, I’ve been unable to submit the app to playstore for review.

Milestone Tasks Pull request (s) Aditional notes
Apk build create a build to test the app functionality apk build was failing due to difference in SDK version and expo packages

Link to an easy to test version or a demo video

https://expo.dev/artifacts/eas/jethH4NJWMWg6khuHRESaG.apk

Provide an overall summary of everything you achieved during this grant

  • I Substituted google maps for leaflet maps
  • Implemented google sign-in in authentication
  • deployed my back-end server on render where-1.onrender.com/
  • Installed and set-up renterd on zen
  • Set-up S5 node in docker and configured it to where-app.com
  • Integrated S5 into the application to handle uploads
  • set-up a droplet on digital ocean
  • set-up caddy for reverse proxy
  • A successful apk build

If there’s any work you weren’t able to complete, list it here

  • I am yet to fix the reverse proxy issue, causing error in the caddyfile logs
  • Switch from the zen to mainnet and test file upload on renterd mainnet
  • submit app to playstore for review and testing

What are you most proud of about your work on this grant?

  • I’m particularly excited about my increased knowledge on the workings of Sia storage network
  • Being able to get a lot of task done by following instructions in provided docs. Facing errors and learning from them has been even more educating
  • While the ecosystem is ever improving, I believe i am now very familiar with it’s core tech and principles