Standard Grant: S5 Gateway & TypeScript Client

Monthly Progress Report - Month 2 (Enhanced s5.js Grant)

What progress was made on your grant this month?

  • Completed Month 2 (Path helpers v0.1) - Implemented get/put operations with CBOR serialization matching Rust’s s5-rs format, 132 tests passing
  • Completed Month 3 (Path-cascade optimization) - HAMT implementation with automatic sharding at 1000 entries, O(log n) scaling verified to 100K+ entries
  • Completed Month 6 (Directory utilities) early - DirectoryWalker and BatchOperations with recursive traversal and bulk operations
  • Completed Month 7 (Sharding groundwork) early - Full HAMT integration, performance benchmarks documented
  • Achieved full S5 portal integration with s5.vup.cx - 100% test success rate with fresh identities

List repos worked on this month with links to PRs and relevant commits.

What will you be working on next month?

  • Month 4: WASM foundation - Setting up WASM pipeline with code-splitting for media processing
  • Implement basic image metadata extraction for JPEG/PNG/WebP
  • Create browser compatibility layer with fallback strategies
  • Establish performance baselines for media operations

Link to an easy to test version or a demo video.

Test the implementation with: node test/integration/test-fresh-s5.js after cloning GitHub - julesl23/s5.js: TypeScript/JS Library for S5 · GitHub