Rio made 3 proposals but were rejected for GSoC! But Learned the Different Contribution Styles of 3 OSS projects

My Three Proposals Were Rejected. But I Learned How Different OpenSource Organizations Accepts A Contribution From The Community

Last Updated on 15th May 2025

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A Web3 Dapp preview, of lekhanam project, I built. It shows a simgle page component of a yellow letter. Where users can type in the address and message. With a button that says 'Mark Postcard to be Delivered on the Public Blockchain'. And there's also a web3 connect wallet button just below it. Making it easier to connect wallet and send a postcard.

Webpack CLI

We all know what webpack is. And for those who don't yet know, it is bundler that bundles up complex web assets into a module so that you can use them in your web projects.

I found an issue with webpack-cli. Which was a quick fix. So, I made my first PR into webpack. And a few days later, it was merged! I was soo excited to see my contribution on an organization's project. That too one that I use the most for myself and the work I do.

A collage of 3 pictures where the application Readsync's workflow is revealed. At the left there's the chrome browser notification that is shown on windows. And to the right, we have two pictures, where on the top it shows google calendar event details on a particular day, and just below it is the image of the event placed in the calendar.

APIDash

APIDash is an alternative to postman or insomnia written in flutter/dart.

During the development of the OpenAPI spec import feature, I found out some extra areas of APIDash that were missing support. Specifically HTTP OPTIONS and TRACE methods. I made a PR adding support for OPTIONS, which was merged into APIDash.

This is a short video where it just shows the navbar from the jaggery library. To show the transparency the page is built with a lots of vertical boxes each with alternate colours in the order blue, orange, yellow. This coloured page is scrolled to show how the transparency of the jaggery navbar changes. At the end the mouse is hovered over the navbar links, which highlights the link with white color.

Open HealthCare Network

Open Healthcare Network is an organization that focuses on building the tools for improving the healthcare systems.

The PR I made, was not a prioritized issue at the moment of my submission, so it was closed for the time being without merging. Here too the UX of the CARE users was in question. But, I was now able to work on the entire CARE application. I was familiar with the codebase better than before I got started. So, the fact my single PR didn't demotivate me that much, as I had the opportunity to make a better and yet impactful PR. And after writing up this article, I can say I am able to make and choose how I tackle an issue. I hope to align with the community better. Let's see.

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