Re: GSoC 2026: Interest in ext2fs and systems programming

From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander_at_Leidinger.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:40:15 UTC
Am 2026-03-02 20:12, schrieb Jesús Cipriano Blázquez Martínez:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm Jesús Blázquez, a CS and Mathematics student from Spain, and I'm
> interested in contributing to FreeBSD for GSoC 2026.
> 
> I focus on low-level C/C++, systems architecture, and cybersecurity.
> Most of my work so far has been on solo projects, and I’m now looking
> to contribute to a large-scale open source codebase.
> 
> The "ext2fs user space tools" project caught my eye as it combines my
> interest in filesystem internals with pure C development. I am also
> interested in concurrency and kernel internals, so I'm open to other
> projects where a strong C/C++ and mathematical background would be
> useful.

Adding Robert as the listed contact for this into CC, he can tell more.
For the sake of the audience here, this is about: 
https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#ext2fs_user_space_tools

Bye,
Alexander.

> I’m currently setting up a FreeBSD VM to begin researching the
> codebase. In the meantime, I would appreciate any guidance on
> documentation, "junior jobs," or specific areas where my profile might
> be a good fit.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jesús C. Blázquez
> GitHub: https://github.com/jesuscbm
> jesuscbm.github.io

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