Ahmet Cagdas Girit (Backend)

• Responsibilities: Backend development support, bug fixes, documentation

Main Contributions

• Fixed the media display API bug that caused uploaded images to return 404 errors.
• Implemented password hashing for user security.
• Working on bounding-box geographic filtering for search and map endpoints.
• Documented MVP presentation observer notes capturing evaluator feedback.
• Created sequence diagrams and use case diagrams.

Significant Issues

Code-Related:

Issue	Description
#294	Media files not served in development -- fixed critical bug where uploaded images returned 404
#115	Add password hashing -- essential security feature
#274	Bounding-box filtering on search and filter endpoints (in progress)

Non-Code-Related:

Issue	Description
#350	Documented observer notes from MVP presentation (with Oğuz)
#106	Created Meeting 6 agenda
#63	Created sequence diagram for scenario 4

Pull Requests

PR	Title	Changes
#298	Bug fix for media display API (fixed critical image serving issue)	+4 / -0
#340	Added lat/lng filtering for stories/feed and stories/map (open)	+108 / -6
#89	Stub app button	+32 / -2

Reviews: No PR reviews submitted during this milestone.

Tests

• Contributed to backend test files for media serving and story endpoint validation in backend/apps/media/tests/ and backend/apps/stories/tests/.

Additional Information

• Documented the MVP presentation observer notes which captured critical evaluator feedback, including the request for a timeline feature and the expected behavior of map pins showing all stories at a location.
• Created UML diagrams (use case diagram for Scenario 4, sequence diagram).
• Focused on fixing critical bugs that unblocked other team members.

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