Final Project Progress: Rewriting PendingChangesBot from PHP to Python
Feb 20 · 9 min read · Outreachy Round 31 | Wikimedia Intern: Erik (Xinacod) Mentors: Zache, Adiba Anjum, Ademola The Mission Some Wikipedias use an extension called FlaggedRevisions to track and review changes to articles
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Career opportunities
Feb 10 · 4 min read · We spend a lot of time stressing over job descriptions, tailoring resumes, and refreshing our inboxes, hoping a recruiter will finally notice us. But we often overlook the most powerful advantage of our craft. Software engineering is essentially a gi...
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Career Opportunities
Feb 7 · 3 min read · How Breaking Things Taught Me More Than Any Textbook Ever Could When I started this Outreachy internship with Wikimedia, I thought I knew Python. I thought I understood web development. I thought deploying an app was just... hosting it somewhere as i...
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Career Opportunities
Feb 2 · 2 min read · Before my internship at Outreachy, I had always known that to excel at something, one has to put in the work. Time, consistency, and continuous learning are non-negotiables. And so I began by taking courses, exams, and practicing what I have learnt b...
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Outreachy Midpoint Report
Jan 20 · 4 min read · I’m now at the midpoint of my Outreachy internship with the Git project, and this feels like a good time to pause, reflect, and reassess my original project goals. My project focuses on refactoring Git internals to reduce global state, with the long-...
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More Than Code: Reflections from an Outreachy Intern Social Chat Session
Jan 18 · 2 min read · Introduction One of the things that has stood out to me during my Outreachy internship journey is the sense of community. Recently, we had a social video conferencing call with fellow Outreachy interns, and it turned out to be more than just a casual...
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Week 6: Mid-Internship BugSigDB Project Report
Jan 17 · 6 min read · Source: https://www.canva.com/design/DAG-lkbqW4E/4v7Y4L9cmxV4-lb3eyC7sg/edit The first half of my BugSigDB internship with Bioconductor has been a period of focused work, learning, and personal growth. Reaching the midpoint of the internship feels le...
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