Bukunmi Elizabeth Olabukunmiola.hashnode.dev·Feb 4, 2025Outreachy Closing in: What next?As someone passionate about technology and cybersecurity, I am always looking for new opportunities to grow and make a difference. One of my biggest career goals right now is to pursue further studies, specifically through an MSc or PhD in Cybersecur...10 likesoutreachy
Usman Akinyemiuniqueusman.hashnode.dev·Feb 3, 2025Git Intern Week Seven: Finding OpenSource Projects to contribute to.One common question I get asked a lot is, “How do I find Open Source projects to contribute to?” and “How can I start contributing to Open Source?” There are many approaches to this. One could be looking for projects that you use and contributing to ...1 likeOpen Source
Bukunmi Elizabeth Olabukunmiola.hashnode.dev·Feb 2, 2025Everyone Struggles: My Outreachy ExperienceThis blog may look like a rant, because… I struggled 😩😩😩.Struggles are an inevitable part of life. No matter who we are or what path we walk, challenges find their way into our lives. Over the past few weeks, I’ve faced my fair share of struggles,...outreachy
emptycodesemptycodesalsowrites.hashnode.dev·Jan 26, 2025Why You Should Hire MeTL;DR: I am actively seeking employment for entry level and junior software developer roles whether full stack, backend or SRE focused. I am available to start work in March 2025 and I am open to remote / hybrid / onsite roles, although I would requi...5 likesMe, Open Source and WikimediaLookingforwork
Usman Akinyemiuniqueusman.hashnode.dev·Jan 26, 2025Git Intern Week 7: Some Rethinking.It has been over seven weeks since I started my Outreachy internship at Git under the mentorship of Christian Couder. My internship focuses on adding the os-version capability to the Git v2 protocol, allowing the OS name to be shared between the Git ...3 likesOpen Source
muhamad asifaxif.hashnode.dev·Jan 25, 2025Automating Query Corrections with GitHub WorkflowsWhen working with multilingual lexical data, ensuring completeness and consistency is crucial. Our workflow involves extracting lexical forms from structured data sources like wiki lexeme dump and sparql comparing them against predefined queries. Thi...11 likes·27 readsscribe data
Karimot Isiakakarimot.hashnode.dev·Jan 24, 2025Progress made so farMy Outreachy internship at the Wikimedia Foundation has been an invaluable learning experience that has significantly expanded my professional skills. I've made meaningful contributions through two primary areas of work: Research and Analysis: - Comp...26 likes·28 readsWikipedia
emptycodesemptycodesalsowrites.hashnode.dev·Jan 19, 2025Tiny Fixes, Meaningful ChangeToday’s article is a progress report of what I have accomplished so far, six weeks into my internship and what I intend to accomplish by the end of it all. Documentation I started my efforts on the documentation weeks ago and in this article, I detai...5 likes·32 readsMe, Open Source and Wikimediaoutreachy
Usman Akinyemiuniqueusman.hashnode.dev·Jan 19, 2025Git Intern Week 6: Getting Started with Large Codebases: Tips for Open-Source ContributionOne common question I often get is: How did you get started with X's huge codebase? If you know me well, you'll know that I have contributed to and worked on several very large projects, often in programming languages that some people consider comple...2 likesGitHub
Onitcha Nyerhovwoonitchanyerhovwo.hashnode.dev·Jan 18, 2025Adapting and Thriving: My Quickstatements 3.0 Internship JourneyHello, welcome back to my blog. This will be a short progress report on the first half of my internship and how I've had to strategize to adjust the timeline of tasks. To recap, I'm working on a project called Quickstatements3.0, a tool used to batch...1 likeoutreachy