Category: My open source journey

I had as main objective when I started my Coding Experience(CE) to get to grips with C or C++ since I am convinced that understanding one or both languages will help me become a better developer.… read more

Some months back (in March to be precise), I completed an amazing outreachy internship at GNOME. The months after that have been full of activity. In July I had the opportunity of presenting at the first open source conference I ever attended- GNOME’s Annual Developer Conference (GUADEC).… read more

I can’t believe three months went by like three days. It’s the last week of my Outreachy internship @GNOME and there is so much to say. For easy readability, this blog post will have five sections fear, growth, accomplishments, future plans and conclusion.… read more

11 years ago, 13 year old Nasah landed her first IT job as the secretary in charge of her dad’s documentation where she did the typing, printing, photocopying, spiral binding and lamination of documents.… read more

My outreachy internship has definitely taught me a lot of things including writing blog posts, reporting tasks, expressing myself and of course improving as a developer. When we developed a project timeline before submitting the final application weeks back, my mentor and I underestimated some of the issues because there were some hidden difficulties we […]

It’s a new year, and I’ve been thinking of how much of an impact contributing to open source (and GJS) has had on me. Getting started contributing to an open source project can be overwhelming.… read more

A week into the internship, I felt like giving up. In an attempt to regain my motivation I reached out to my mentor Philip Chimento, to find out about his experience. Surprisingly, he faced challenges too.… read more