Reflections

Reflections

Shubhank Saxena

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GSoC'21 | LFX Mentee'21 | xHabbit | Former Research intern @IIT Delhi @IIIT Allahabad | MLH Fellow Fall'20

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Final Report GSoC'21

Aug 19, 2021 5 min read

Organisation: GFOSS Open Technology Alliance Project: MediaCMS - modern, fully featured video and media CMS Mentor: Markos Gogoulos 📙 Abstract My proposal was selected for MediaCMS - modern, fully-featured video and media CMSunder GFOSS Open Tech...

Final Report GSoC'21

My GSoC Proposals

May 26, 2021 6 min read

This is not a guide on how you should draft your own proposal. Instead, this blog focuses on what I did. I am sharing both my proposals, one which was rejected (2020) and the other which got selected (2021) Hello World! This question has been asked...

My GSoC Proposals

GSoC 2021

May 25, 2021 4 min read

This is not your every other "how to crack GSoC" blog. This is just a reflection of my Open Source Journey. Cracking GSoC is such a wrong term given to an Open Source program. This blog is what I did, how I started and where I am now. In no ways, thi...

GSoC 2021

Hosting your own password management instance

May 3, 2021 6 min read

I have always had trouble remembering my passwords. And with time as the services grew, it became even harder. Now, there were two options for me to overcome this problem - Keep a log or text file on my pc - This seemed like a very good option. But ...

Hosting your own password management instance

ZSH - Your terminal on steroids!

Feb 4, 2021 6 min read

ZSH, also called the Z shell, is an extended version of the Bourne Shell (sh), with plenty of new features, and support for plugins and themes. Since it’s based on the same shell like Bash, ZSH has many of the same features, and switching over is a b...

ZSH - Your terminal on steroids!

Intro the world of Torrent!

Feb 4, 2021 11 min read

Torrenting is a popular file-sharing protocol based on peer-to-peer (P2P) technology. It allows vast numbers of users to connect and share content without having to rely on a single source for downloads. Torrents are so popular it’s estimated 3.35% o...

Intro the world of Torrent!