[Weekly summary]

Reading:

• RFC 0160: Connection Protocol ~ #DIDComm
• Aries RFC 0023: DID Exchange Protocol 1.0 (supercedes above)
• Aries RFC 0046: Mediators and Relays ~ Mediator, relay semantics (Fun read)

• RFC 0212: Pickup Protocol ~ Pickup Protocol for above

• Indy-node docker ~ for integration tests

Building:

• ✔️ aries-vcx
• ❌ vcxagencynode (see details below)

Snags, debugging and resolutions:

• snag: dependency missing during build aries-vcx
  resolution: find and install related dev dependencies
• snag: Integration tests for indy (how to integrate ?)
  debug: did find testnet instruction here. (but how to pass that to tests?)
• snag: Building vcxagency-node, errors during build.
  debug: tried 2 different yarns (corepack, npm). same issue
• snag: Using vcxagency-node: missing MySQL
  debug: Will try docker compose next, and include MySQL image

Design:

• Discussed high level design for mediator. q/a.
  mediator project meeting mins @ Blog

Documentation:

• aries-vcx build and test instructions @ Blog

Other:

• onboarding seminar (by Min Yu et al.)
• built blog

Action items (next week):

• look into / research http libraries, and try build dummy endpoints
• ask and discuss with Miroslav Kovar regarding http framework libraries, and pros and cons.
• read more in depth on RFC 0160: Connection Protocol (has some contextual things in addition to aries rfc 0023)
• ask if it's okay if i this week try to put some time to first design on my own, and preset my thoughts. then take feedback and gather expert guidance.