Re: Selected projects for Google Summer of Code 2020

2020-05-06 Thread Ahmad A. Hussein
I'm honestly ecstatic to have been accepted! It's something that I wanted to do since last year when I read about Sage's project after I started using Django. I'll definitely start a blog to document the entire journey and I think it'll help with keeping track of my own progress. Thanks for the

Re: Selected projects for Google Summer of Code 2020

2020-05-06 Thread Adam Johnson
Congratulations Kacper and Ahmad! Thanks to my fellow mentors for their work so far helping filtering the applications. And especially Carlton for keeping us organized. Yes the forum is a great place to keep the conversation. Looking forward to mentoring Ahmad, Adam On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 12:27

Re: Selected projects for Google Summer of Code 2020

2020-05-06 Thread Kacper Szmigiel
Hello all! TBH I'm still shocked that I got accepted! I don't even know how to express my satisfaction. I would like to thank you for your trust, and promise to do my best. About the communication channels - I will adapt to whatever suits you best. I got used to writing emails, but I can switch

Re: Selected projects for Google Summer of Code 2020

2020-05-06 Thread Sage M. Abdullah
Thanks, Carlton, for the briefing! I agree it's a good idea to utilize the forum for discussions. Aside from the forum and GitHub, I'd suggest Ahmad and Kacper start a blog if you haven't already, and write about your GSoC Journey there. I'm sure folks would enjoy reading how you learn and impl

Selected projects for Google Summer of Code 2020

2020-05-05 Thread Carlton Gibson
Hi all. We had lots of applications for GSoC, and lots of folks to act as mentors, so I want to thank everyone there. Django was accepted into GSoC. We were granted two slots. Thus for 2020, two student proposals were selected: * Kacper Szmigiel, an undergraduate student at Technical Univers