For 42 weeks the Swarm of Swarms has been utilizing some of the best practices in Agile Development within our open source development ecosystem of HIVE. All dev teams across HIVE are invited to participate in the MatterMost channel called #SwarmofSwarms, and if a development team is not already in MatterMost you should for sure start figuring out how to get in there - as far as I can tell the first steps are asking around in the HIVE discord.
We have between 5 and 10 development teams reporting (agile-ly) each week, keeping themselves organized, informing each other and together with the @hivetoday posts - making sure the entire community ecosystem we build in keeps up to date with the "stuff that is happening".
Week 43!
We are finishing up week 43 of this project, led by the humble and humbling open source developer extraordinaire known as @hivetrending, and its been a good week with many juicy updates. I have to admit that this bit of "agile" in my life has served to organize me as project manager between several development teams we are working with in a parallel manner.
Its an important task not just to keep the development teams themselves organized (which in my opinion, it does and is useful for), but also to combat the (very real) feeling we sometimes get that "Nobody knows what anyone else is doing".
Well, this IS the solution.
How Weekly Updates Transform Open Source
In what can be considered as a "vast digital wilderness of open source development", scattered teams often toil in isolation - what they consider to be their brilliant innovations are hidden from the very community they serve. The HIVE ecosystem's "Swarm of Swarms" weekly reporting system isn't just administrative overhead, not just "more work" — it's a revolutionary transparency engine that transforms chaos into coordinated progress.
For Development Teams: Amplify Your Impact
Every line of code you write deserves recognition. Weekly updates ensure your contributions don't vanish into the void. When progress is shared, its not just about reporting — its about building reputation for a team, attracting collaborators, and demonstrating value to stakeholders. These blockchain-immortalized updates can become a project's living resume, proving consistent delivery and innovation.
More importantly, visibility prevents duplicated efforts. Why reinvent the wheel when another team has already solved your problem? Your updates help others discover reusable solutions, while their reports might reveal perfect collaboration opportunities you never knew existed.
Note for Community Members: Navigate our HIVE Ecosystem
As a community member, these updates can be your compass through HIVE's complexity. Instead of wondering "what's actually happening here," you gain crystal-clear insight into which projects are thriving, which need support, and where your skills or interest could make the biggest difference.
This transparency transforms passive observers into active participants. You can celebrate wins, offer assistance during challenges, and make informed decisions about which initiatives deserve your time and attention.
The Network Effect
When everyone participates, magic happens. Cross-pollination of ideas accelerates, bottlenecks become visible and solvable. The entire ecosystem synchronizes, creating momentum that individual teams could never achieve alone.
The blockchain ensures these updates are permanent and searchable—building an invaluable historical record of how great open source ecosystems actually can evolve and develop - together. This isn't just reporting; it's writing the definitive history of collaborative innovation.
Join the Swarm - or encourage your favorite development teams to do so and share in this story. Share the weekly posts, leave feedback on them. Help transform our ecosystem.