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Mariatta 🤦🏻‍♀️ :python:

Don't know how other OS maintainers/mentors are reviewing #GSoC applications. Are folks exporting stuff to spreadsheets first?

The fact we have to first export and manipulate data in another platform is annoying to me. Why is this the "default" expectation? Why do we have to export it first? Why can't the interface be more like pretalx where we can give our approvals and write comments directly there?

#NoSpreadsheets 😤

warthog9

This is a couple of days past, but I couldn't get my spoons together enough to write this till now.

Many of you know James Lopeman, mostly by the name of Meflin. He's a @ThePSF Fellow, been an Admin and Mentor for #GSoC , and been around the open source world, quietly in the background as is his way, for many many a year.

Meflin passed somewhat suddenly on Wednesday the 16th.

It was natural causes nothing too crazy there.

He was the absolute pinnacle of why, we in the open source world, need to care more about the folks who don't code. Those that deal with infrastructure, or people, or anything else that isn't just the code. We are fundamentally better off with them in our communities.

So in his honor, go drink some tea, be a giant grump, and remind folks that "No. is a complete sentence".

In the words of Terry Pratchett:

GNU James "Meflin" Lopeman

Share around, because I think this is bigger than just him, but I think everyone needs to hear what he at least meant to me.

Terri K O 🍁

Have a terrible headache today, but Doctor Hatch (dogtor!) is here to make sure I don't move and throw up my painkillers before they take effect.

Headache is definitely related to rejecting ~250 low-quality Python #gsoc proposals yesterday. Too much screen time and not enough sleep. I saw the signs but I really wanted to get the first pass done so no one else had to look through so many. There's still plenty of trash, that was just the ones that obviously didn't follow *any* of the instructions. There's 40 mentors who will help with sorting out the other 330 and evaluating them properly.

#dog#knitting#python
Terri K O 🍁

Ugh, Python got over 500 #GSoC applications this year and so many of them are absolutely trash, didn't follow any of the instructions. Most years about half of our applications are like this. But usually we have a lot fewer applicants and the submissions were blank files not plausible AI nonsense.

So I'm stuck reading hundreds of incredibly low quality nonsensical submissions today in hopes to take some workload off my other unpaid volunteer mentors. This is not the volunteer gig I signed up for 15 years ago when it was mostly working with new contributors and not their AI chatbots and I'm grumpy.

#AI#Python#OpenSource
OpenStreetMap

OSM has been accepted as a mentoring organization for this year’s #GoogleSummerOfCode, a global program that offers students and new open source developers stipends to write code for open source software projects.

If you’re interested in participating, visit our wiki page with guidance on what we like to see in applications.

wiki: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Go
discuss on forum: community.openstreetmap.org/t/

wiki.openstreetmap.orgGoogle Summer of Code/2025 - OpenStreetMap Wiki
#GSoC#OpenStreetMap#OSM
ScummVM

Good news: We've been accepted again to the Google Summer of Code program!

Fear not—we will provide enough handholding, explanations, and support if you can dedicate time to coding on our project, are an open-minded developer ready to learn, and do not hesitate to ask any questions. We've been doing GSoC for the last 18 years (oh my gosh), so we know the drill.

scummvm.org/news/20250228/

scummvm.orgScummVM :: Latest Developments :: ScummVM has been accepted to the Google Summer of Code 2025
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Django

Django got selected in Google Summer of Code 2025—our 20th consecutive year as a mentoring organization! 🎉

For two decades, we've welcomed contributors through GSoC, bringing fresh ideas, innovation, and long-term community members to Django.

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#GSoC #Django #Opensource

MittenGirlPeach 🐅 ⚾️

We have the third curling grand slam of the season going on now; free streaming this year courtesy of the new ownership group. The commentary is very fun (John Cullen, Brent Laing, and Tyler George + guests like Chelsea Carey and Niklas Edin) and the production is excellent. All games are streamed; usually just one has commentary. Three more streams today; 10:24, 2:24, 6:24 EST. It’s on the rock, so funky time difference—sorry Newfoundland! #Curling #GSOC #KiotiNational app.hometeamlive.com/#/home/ev

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