Let’s be real if you’ve ever built on Sui, you’ve probably hit some walls.

From cryptic object IDs to juggling CLIs and spinning up localnets, it’s like prepping for a boss fight before you even write your first line of business logic.

During a recent workshop as part of the Road to Overflow series, Moven from Dubhe Foundation broke down how Dubhe Engine works, what problems it solves, and how it’s more than just a tool — it’s a growing movement.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHkOS-TYehM

The Problem: Fragmented Tooling, Heavy Setup

Moven kicked things off with some real talk about the current Sui dev landscape:

• Newcomers face a steep learning curve: setting up wallets, claiming test tokens, scaffolding packages, learning Move syntax, spinning up local testnets, configuring SDKs, and more.
• Even experienced developers find themselves wasting time on repetitive setup tasks rather than focusing on actual DApp logic.
• Codebases become monolithic fast — large, messy .move files with data structs, constructors, helpers, and entry functions all crammed together.

In short: the ecosystem is growing fast, but the tools haven’t kept up until now.

The Solution: Schema-Based Code Generation

At the heart of Dubhe Engine is one key idea: schema-first development.

With just one configuration file (d.config.ts), devs can define:

• Their onchain data structures
• Events
• Errors
• Custom types (even 2D vectors of self-defined structs!)

From there, one command (pnpm dub schema:gen) auto-generates a fully structured Move package and frontend integration, complete with:

• Modularized file structure
• Onchain composability (via imports from Sui’s published packages)
• Localnet setup, build, deploy, and frontend support (Next.js ready)

You write the logic. Dubhe handles the boilerplate.

⏱️ Real Impact: 80% Less Repetitive Code

In internal experiments, Dubb-generated projects showed that only 20% of the code had to be written manually — the rest was scaffolding auto-generated via schemas.

This means faster prototyping, fewer bugs, and more time to focus on what actually matters: your app’s core value.

A Dev Ecosystem Engine

Dubb isn’t stopping at scaffolding. Movin made it clear: this is infrastructure for a new developer economy.

Here’s how the Dubb Engine community is evolving:

• Gas Subsidies: For new builders experimenting with Dubb
• Task Bounties: Like GitHub’s “good first issues,” but with rewards
• Governance Layer (D-OS): Onchain voting for project prioritization
• Launchpad Support: Helping mature projects secure funding
• DApp Staking: Users can stake D-tokens to support their favorite DApps and vote on roadmap decisions

This feedback loop fuels the whole Sui ecosystem: more devs → more apps → more users → more devs.