2026-02-13 –, VYAS - 1 - Room#VY104
Open-source contributions can seem daunting, but they're a great way to learn, grow, and give back to the community. This talk aims to give ideas for beginners to get started with open-source contributions. The talk will cover the basics, best practices, and provide actionable tips to help newcomers navigate the world of open-source.
This talk is based on mentoring experience in GSoC 2024 and 2025 as well as experience in working in open source projects. With one speaker working as a maintainer and the other as a contributor, this talk brings a balanced perspective, shaped by their GSoC mentor-mentee experience - on how to start and build your own open-source journey.
Jayapriya Pai brings over 12 years of experience in the industry, having worked across Quality Engineering, System Engineering, and Software Engineering domains. She is currently a Senior Software Engineer with the OpenShift Monitoring team at Red Hat, focusing on backend engineering.
S Ashwin is a software engineer early in his career at Deutsche Bank, working on cloud-native platforms with a focus on automation, reliability, and observability. A former GSoC contributor to Prometheus-Operator, he currently serves as a triage member and has a strong interest in open-source and the Prometheus ecosystem.