Hello all,

I am Ankush Sharma from India, a fourth year undergraduate at IIT-BHU,Varanasi, India. I am a Python aficionado and a die hard Linux fan. I love to spent my time automating things on the web. Also, I am comfortable at JavaScript, C and many other programming languages.

I contributed to GNU-Mailman during GSoC'15. I also delivered a talk at PyCon India 2014 about powering apps with gesture control using python programming language [1]. As an open source enthusiast, I regularly contribute to open source projects; here is my Github portfolio link. I have multiple projects and internship experiences, here is my LinkedIn handle.

I found the two projects of strong interest :

1) Automated release generation for syslog-ng

2) syslog-ng configuration editor

I automated the development setup of Mailman for new comers through a script. So, the idea of automation of release generation is of particular interest to me. Also, I have good experience of working with Django, Flask, Express.js and other web frameworks, so the idea of having a web based configuration editor suits me too ;)

Currently, I am going through the codebase and the issues. I have noticed a few things but it would be better to go through the whole architecture, docs and archives before pointing them out. Looking forward to contribute to syslog-ng through this year's GSOC program.

Ankush Sharma

ECE IV

IIT-BHU

Varanasi-221005

GITHUB : github.com/black-perl

BLOG : http://black-perl.in

[1] in.pycon.org/funnel/2014/208-python-the-eyes-of-real-world-computer-applications