Hello. I'm Yurii.
I am receiving a bachelor's degree in "Software Engineering" at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.

I'd like to work on "nixpkgs library networking functions". I deal with network programming quite often and hope this will help with project. I actually have some nixpkgs contributions, but they were made when I was new to the nix ecosystem (not that I'm an expert now) and so the API I made isn't the best😅. I added the keyd (key remapper) service to nixpkgs as you can see here pr list.

Hello. I'm Yurii.
I am receiving a bachelor's degree in "Software Engineering" at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.

I'd like to work on "nixpkgs library networking functions". I deal with network programming quite often and hope this will help with project. I actually have some nixpkgs contributions, but they were made when I was new to the nix ecosystem (not that I'm an expert now) and so the API I made isn't the best😅. I added the keyd (key remapper) service to nixpkgs as you can see here pr list.

I am writing Lox interpreter/vm bytecode machine as my coursework.

Hello. I'm Yurii.
I am receiving a bachelor's degree in "Software Engineering" at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.

I'd like to work on "nixpkgs library networking functions". I deal with network programming quite often and hope this will help with project. I actually have some nixpkgs contributions, but they were made when I was new to the nix ecosystem (not that I'm an expert now) and so the API I made isn't the best😅. I added the keyd (key remapper) service to nixpkgs as you can see here.

I am writing Lox interpreter/vm bytecode machine as my coursework.

Hello. I'm Yurii.
I am receiving a bachelor's degree in "Software Engineering" at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.

I'd like to work on "nixpkgs library networking functions". I deal with network programming quite often and hope this will help with project. I actually have some nixpkgs contributions, but they were made when I was new to the nix ecosystem (not that I'm an expert now) and so the API I made isn't the best😅. I added the keyd (key remapper) service to nixpkgs as you can see here.

I am writing Lox interpreter/vm bytecode machine as my coursework now and also read "How Linux works".

In reply to @getpsyched:matrix.org
I would beg to differ that I'm still "relatively" new to open source. There are a lot of nooks and crannies with contributing that I have no idea about. With Nix, things just clicked, so it may seem like I'm a seasoned open source contributor. I'd love to contribute to the CLI with the intent of being a GSoC contributor. Even so, do let me know if I wouldn't be considered as an applicant.

Even so, do let me know if I wouldn't be considered as an applicant.

I don't know yet, first time we are organizing this and I'll have to discuss with the other mentors. Sorry that I can't give you a clear cut answer at this point in time.

In reply to @manik.r:matrix.org
Hey everyone I'm Manik,

I'm interested in the nixpkgs pnpm tooling tooling project for GSoC 24. I'm new to Nix/NixOS in general but I'm very familiar with the web development side of things and I use pnpm extensively. Are there any prequisites or additional info that can help with this?

Are there any prequisites or additional info that can help with this?

So having knowledge about pnpm internals certainly helps (how does it resolve dependencies, what type of dependencies does it have, etc..). Other then that being interested in reproducible builds will probably help motivate you because nix will make you jump through quite a few hoops to achieve them and might make you pull out you hair if you don't know why we are doing it.

In reply to @lorenzleutgeb:matrix.org

Hey! I'm Lorenz, lorenzleutgeb on GitHub. Also check my personal website. I am a PhD student in Computer Science at Saarland University and am considering to apply as a Contributor.

My involvement with the project:

• 29 Nixpkgs PRs merged
• 34 Nixpkgs PRs reviewed
• I help maintain Gradle (build tool in the Java ecosystem) in Nixpkgs.
• I was a Facilitator for Summer of Nix 2023, check the recommendations that others wrote about me.
• I am using NixOS since about 2019, maintaining my configuration in a Git repo .

In case I officially apply, you can expect a more thorough description of what I am doing and what motivates me. For now, I'd like to stay up to date by lurking in this channel, read through the ideas list, and maybe consider proposing my own project. In particular I'd like to know whether you would consider packaging existing software suitable for GSoC?

In particular I'd like to know whether you would consider packaging existing software suitable for GSoC

We can consider this but it would be preferable to work on other projects that don't take as much maintenance afterwards. Ideally packaging would be done by people already using/deploying the software or someone intending to use it because doing it as a one of project usually leads to it getting outdated quite quickly im most cases. But you should note that a hard requirement is that every projects needs a mentor.

Janik (they/them): Do you(nix org) have a limitation in commercial experience? As far as I understand the rules/intent of GSoC, there is no such restriction (you need to be relatively new to open source contributions). By work experience, I mean less than half a year, for example.

Elements of a Quality Proposal:

Summarize your education, work, and open source experience. List your skills and give evidence of your qualifications.

In reply to @woojiq:mozilla.org

Janik (they/them): Do you(nix org) have a limitation in commercial experience? As far as I understand the rules/intent of GSoC, there is no such restriction (you need to be relatively new to open source contributions). By work experience, I mean less than half a year, for example.

Elements of a Quality Proposal:

Summarize your education, work, and open source experience. List your skills and give evidence of your qualifications.