GSoC 2025 – Week 8 with CircuitVerse 🔍

Hey everyone!
Since Week 7’s work was covered in our mid‑term report, here’s a focused recap of what we accomplished in Week 8:

✅ User Card Revamp UI Merged

• Our User Card ViewComponent revamp PR was officially merged (originally drafted in Week 6 / covered in mid‑term).
• The new design aligns with the approved Figma specs and includes full RTL support, accessible markup, and isolated component previews.

🏠 Landing Page Revamp – Footer Discussion Pending

• The Landing (Home) Page Revamp is nearly complete! We’ve implemented all major sections—Hero, Features, Testimonials, and Call‑to‑Action—using modular ViewComponents and built‑in RTL styling.
• Only the Footer section remains. We’ve flagged it for a quick design discussion before starting development to ensure link structure, social integrations, and legal text meet project standards.

🔍 Search Page: Sorting & Filtering (Backend)

• Counter caches have been added:

  • Projects now maintain a stars_count column
  • Users now maintain a projects_count column

• These caches allow us to sort and filter in constant time (O(1) reads) instead of issuing COUNT(*) queries on every request, improving response speed and reducing database load.

• The backend endpoint for sorting by popularity (stars or project‑count) is fully implemented and covered by unit tests.

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Next up (Week 9)

• Finalize and merge the Search Page filter UI alongside sorting controls.