Outreachy/Round 29/December 2024

Highlights from the month of December 2024

This page highlights learnings from the blogposts of Outreachy 29 interns. The coding period for the program started in December 2024 and goes until March 2025.

During the month of December, our participants began coding on their projects, comparing different technical approaches before implementation, testing their features with users and requesting feedback, participating in their first Zulip meeting with fellow candidates, submitted weekly Phabricator reports and bi-weekly blog posts, and submitted evaluations for their projects and mentors. Here's a small sampling of a few blog posts:

Progress that has been made (so far!)

“ These two weeks have taught me one powerful lesson: Little step makes the journey you don’t have to have it all figured out. It’s okay to feel lost. It’s okay to ask questions you don't always have to know it all at the go. Just believe in yourself and in your instincts and your questions aren't that stupid as you think even if they are, these wont be the first or last stupid questions you'll be asking and definitely you'll learn from them. ” —Formasit Chijoh			“ Riding the high of merging my first PR, I eagerly chose this issue, thinking I could fix it. I spent nearly three weeks debugging, finding leads but no solutions, and spiraled into self-doubt—wondering if I’d look incompetent or weak for giving up. Eventually, I documented everything I tried and posted a detailed report on GitHub. My mentor (also the maintainer of the dashboard) confirmed it wasn’t an issue with our codebase, so it wasn’t something I could have fixed. The lesson? Ask for help when you’re stuck—it saves time. Also, document every step you take, even failed attempts. It proves your effort and makes revisiting the issue easier. ” —Esther Timothy
“ Now that I’ve gotten into some routine and I’m comfortable translating between Figma and Penpot, I look forward to developing an understanding of accessibility in design and how that applies practically. I’m also looking forward to experimenting with the corresponding npm package and learning what the entire design-dev-opensource workflow looks like. ” —Fatuma Abdullahi			“ Key Takeaways: Wikidata’s lexical structure is complex but deeply rewarding. CLI tools demand efficiency; streaming > loading. Mentorship turns roadblocks into stepping stones. ” —Md Asiful Alam

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 Outreachy 29 program pages.