Preface

Over the past two months, I have been exploring the integration of AI into daily work.

After multiple rounds of rigorous testing, I officially put AI into practical work scenarios this week.

As the week draws to a close, the results have been remarkable-tasks and ideas that have been backlogged for years are now progressing rapidly toward completion.

Below is the specific progress of each project.

Projects

Steem JS SDK

As the most widely used SDK in the community, its dependencies have become severely outdated and incompatible with modern frontend development workflows.

We have rebuilt it from scratch with an entirely new architecture, and a minimum viable version has been initially completed.

However, it is not yet ready for production use.

Project Repository: https://github.com/steemit/steem-js/tree/next

Currently published on npmjs with the "next" tag.
Install via: npm i @steemit/steem-js@next
UMD file URL: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@steemit/steem-js@next/dist/

Steem Go SDK

This is a newly developed SDK for Golang.

I initiated the project two years ago but lacked the time to complete the API encapsulation after finishing the core signature functionality.

With the assistance of AI, the long-pending work has now been initially accomplished.

The primary motivation for developing the Golang version is to lay the groundwork for refactoring other projects.

We plan to gradually migrate existing Python projects to Golang.

Project Repository: https://github.com/steemit/steemgosdk

Package URL: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/steemit/steemgosdk

Not yet suitable for production environments.

Jussi

As a critical traffic entry point for Steemit, this project suffers from outdated dependencies and high maintenance costs.

Critically, the company no longer has Python developers on staff.

It is therefore among the projects scheduled for migration from Python to Golang.

Additionally, the current version lacks requests data chain support, making problem diagnosis extremely time-consuming within Steemit's large-scale distributed service architecture.

This refactoring introduces OpenTelemetry to progressively enhance requests data chain capabilities.

Project Repository: https://github.com/steemit/jussi/tree/next

We plan to begin deployment in the test environment next week, where the Jussi instance corresponding to https://api.steemitdev.com will be replaced with the Golang version.

If your production environment uses https://api.steemitdev.com, please switch to an alternative as soon as possible.

Condenser

This project serves as the Steemit website.

It features an outdated architecture, obsolete dependencies, and poses significant maintenance challenges.

The refactoring will adopt modern frontend technologies.

Current progress: Approximately 30% -- 40% complete, with the basic architecture initially established.

Project Repository: https://github.com/steemit/condenser/tree/refactor/nextjs-migration

Demo Test URL: https://next-condenser.steem.cool/

SteemDB

As the official Steem blockchain explorer, this project has fragmented, outdated features and high maintenance complexity.

The refactored version will use Golang for the entire backend and modern technologies for the frontend.

Initial development is now complete, pending testing.

Project Repository: https://github.com/steemit/steemdb/tree/next

Summary

The above represents the progress achieved over the past five days.

AI has delivered remarkable efficiency improvements, enabling me to leverage multiple AI Agents to work on different projects simultaneously.

However, we MUST adopt a CRITICAL mindset when reviewing and testing AI-generated code.

This will be a key focus of my work in the next phase.

Regardless, this marks a promising start for Steem.

By using AI to liberate humans from tedious development processes, we can accelerate the implementation of innovative ideas for the platform.

Important Note:

At present, community code contributions are not being accepted for any of the aforementioned projects.

Given their current instability, external PRs could lead to repeated work and uncertainties in the AI-assisted development process.

Community participation, include PRs and Issues, will be welcomed once the projects enter the alpha or beta phase.

Let's make Steem Great Again!