Hi everyone, I’m excited about the possibility of contributing to preCICE through GSoC this summer.
What motivates me to spend this summer in GSoC
For me, GSoC is a chance to work on meaningful open source software while learning from experienced maintainers and contributors. I enjoy building things that people actually use, and spending the summer contributing to a real community project feels far more rewarding than doing isolated personal work.
What interests me most about this project
The website modernization project stands out because it combines practical engineering with visible community impact. Improving maintainability, modernizing the front end, and potentially migrating from Jekyll to Hugo are the kinds of tasks that directly improve developer experience and accessibility for users.
Previous experience with the respective technologies
I have experience building web applications and static sites using modern frontend stacks including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and responsive frameworks. I’ve worked on several personal and community projects where maintainability, performance, and UI consistency were important. I am comfortable working with static site generators and adapting UI frameworks, and I enjoy refining developer tooling to reduce friction over time.
Experience with Git and GitHub
I actively use Git and GitHub for all my projects. This includes managing branches, handling pull requests, resolving merge conflicts, writing documentation, and collaborating through issues and discussions. I have also contributed fixes and improvements to open source repositories before, so I am familiar with the typical contribution workflow and code review process.
Best regards,
Vagarth
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