# 2023/3/7 Core Engineering Updates

By [DamoMiner](https://paragraph.com/@damominer) · 2023-03-08

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Happy Monday!  @everyone!

Community Announcements
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*   Community Call WEDNESDAY at 11:00 am ET
    
*   This is a mandatory call for all ambassadors
    
*   The Ambassador Call will be held on Discord on Tuesday at 1:30 pm ET. (THIS IS ONLY FOR AMBASSADORS) - Have a meetup you want to host? Fill out the form below! We’ll be aiming to host one community meetup each month IRL and we’re looking for you to help us. -\[[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKMcDk1EVxu\_ADOa1uc9M\_dH-co9H3rRyqXEaFBfGmKzLl3w/viewform?usp=sf\_link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKMcDk1EVxu_ADOa1uc9M_dH-co9H3rRyqXEaFBfGmKzLl3w/viewform?usp=sf_link)\]
    
*   Ambassador program:
    
*   Results for the 4th Ambassador Round will be announced within the coming weeks. - There will be future rounds announced on Discord
    
*   Aleo team at ZKDay in Denver! Watch Anthony DiPrinzio's talk: \[[https://youtu.be/gKkthhlhOLQ?t=3794](https://youtu.be/gKkthhlhOLQ?t=3794)\]
    
*   A tutorial on how to deploy on Aleo testnet by Austin Harshberger: \[[https://youtu.be/EkNk7MnzA8s](https://youtu.be/EkNk7MnzA8s)\]
    
*   Some members of the team will be in Tokyo on March 25th and 26th. If you're around, DM Viv or Nodari!
    
*   Any interest in going to Consensus? Some people from the Aleo Team will be on the ground. Here’s a discount code for tickets!
    

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Core Engineering Updates
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*   Merges:
    
*   snarkVM
    
*   No substantial updates
    
*   snarkOS
    
*   [https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkOS/pull/2273:](https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkOS/pull/2273:) Increase testnet3/transaction/broadcast request size to 16 MB - leo - [https://github.com/AleoHQ/leo/pull/2281:](https://github.com/AleoHQ/leo/pull/2281:) \[Refactor\] Use the Visitor pattern for code generation
    
*   In-Progress
    
*   snarkVM
    
*   [https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkVM/pull/1383:](https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkVM/pull/1383:) Fix Map leniency #1383
    
*   snarkOS
    
*   No substantial updates
    
*   leo
    
*   No substantial updates There are many more merges and in-progress pull requests to check out. We recommend heading to \[[https://github.com/AleoHQ](https://github.com/AleoHQ)\] for a full weekly review.

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*Originally published on [DamoMiner](https://paragraph.com/@damominer/2023-3-7-core-engineering-updates)*