Highlights from the month of August 2024
This page highlights learnings from the blogposts of Google Summer of Code 2024 (GSoC) contributors and Outreachy 2024 interns. The coding period for both programs started in May 2024 and goes until August 23rd for Outreachy and August 26 for GSoC.
During the month of August, our participants focused on finishing up their projects, talking next steps with their mentors, and finalizing their reports and evaluations. Zulip meetings were held with their fellow interns and other experts from GSoC and Outreachy to wrap-up each of their contributions and to talk about open-source opportunities. Here's a sampling of some of their final blog posts:
It's a wrap!
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One of the major challenges I encountered when starting this project was understanding and determining the necessary timeline parameters for effective data copying. I overcame this by discussing the issue with my mentor and developing robust methods for data transfer between servers, ensuring accurate and efficient data copying for admins. Through these discussions, I enhanced my ability to gather and define project requirements and improved my technical skills in server-to-server data transfer...I also gained substantial knowledge about handling HTTP requests in Ruby on Rails, including working with various HTTP methods and understanding how Rails processes these requests through its routing and controller mechanisms...My GSoC journey has been a comprehensive experience filled with challenges, learning opportunities, exploration of new ideas, interaction with diverse people, and, most importantly, a significant amount of coding. A huge shoutout to my mentors Sage Ross and Shashwat Khanna for their constant support and guidance throughout this journey. A huge thanks to the Wikimedia community as well. I couldn’t have imagined a more supportive and welcoming community.
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—Pranjal Rajput, GSoC
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Thank you for reading - check back next month for new updates! You can follow the work of these contributors and interns by subscribing to their project on Phabricator and giving them feedback. All project information is available on the individual Google Summer of Code 2024 (GSoC) and Outreachy 2024 program pages.