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Hi folks, |
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This is Leo, the student who will work on packaging scientific and |
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big-data Java libraries and other stuff for Gentoo during this year's |
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GSoC activity. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with my |
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mentor, Benda, and everyone else here! |
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I am currently a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University |
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of Washington. I am studying Computer Science as my major and |
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Informatics as minor. I will graduate at the time I start to do my |
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GSoC project, and my current plan after graduation is to continue |
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learning about software engineering in a graduate school. In this |
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particular school term, I am also a teaching assistant for a software |
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engineering course offered by my school. My main duties are to help |
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students complete a software project they define on their own, monitor |
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their progress, supervise collaboration, evaluate their work, supply |
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feedback, and provide guidance and advice on using version control, |
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implementing quality assurance processes, writing documentation, etc. |
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(Sounds a little bit like the jobs of a GSoC mentor doesn't it? ;) ) |
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My extracurricular time is mainly spent on contributions to free |
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software communities. Three years ago, I started to work on a |
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Minecraft mod that aims to improve the game's user experience. Doing |
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this project was how I learned and practiced most of my Java skills. |
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The mod is provided as a free software project so others can audit, |
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study, and modify it freely. Later, I began to contribute to a few |
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existing free software projects by submitting patches for their code, |
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scripts, and documentation. In particular, my contributions to Gentoo |
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include some ebuild patches and updates to Wiki articles. I have also |
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been publishing articles and tutorials about configuring and using |
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Gentoo on my personal blog website. |
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I believe this is a short and sweet introduction of my background |
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relevant to Gentoo and GSoC. If you would like to learn more about |
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me, please visit my personal website at <https://leo3418.github.io>, |
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which you can use as a pointer to my blog articles, GitHub profile, |
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and then almost everything about my work and interest in free software |
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communities. Thanks for reading, and again, I am looking forward to |
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working with you all in GSoC! |
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Best, |
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Leo |
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