Luminary: Week 2 — Building the Core

Welcome back to another week of work on the luminary project, for those of us who are new here, welcome again and you might ask; What is Luminary Luminary is an open-source platform created to celebrate and recognize women for their achievements and contributions to society. The platform aims to highlight women making an impact across different fields, giving them a place where their work can be acknowledged, discovered, and shared with a wider audience. The project is being built collaboratively by contributors across multiple roles including frontend, backend, and design, with a focus on creating a scalable and accessible recognition platform. What I worked on this week This week my work focused largely on maintaining the codebase and building core backend infrastructure. As the Lead Maintainer , part of my responsibility is ensuring the project remains stable and contributor-friendly while also stepping in where technical gaps exist. This week I also filled in as the Backend Lead ,