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# Code is Science 2022 tech team meeting notes
:::info
Yo Yehudi is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Code is Science
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/99110462365
Meeting ID: 991 1046 2365
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## 2022-07-15
### Present
- Isaac
- Padma
- Yo
- Devesh
## Notes:
Dependency issues - difficulty installing packages from npm. Maybe try yarn?
## 2022-05-20
### Present:
- Yo
- Pritish
- Tiz
## Notes
GSOC! WOOHOO, two students.
- Pritish will work on the community site and set up a blog so students can post weekly updates.
- Make sure to have clear weekly goals.
- GitHub tickets to track
- Heroku had some vulnerabilities
- GSoC Meetings:
- 1 week separate frontend/backend, 1 week team meetings.
- Yo's calendar: https://calendly.com/yo-yehudi/1hour?month=2022-05 <-- use this if you want to invite Yo to the mentor meeting :sparkles:
- Tiz's tips:
- Reserve time for code reviews for students.
- Small PRs are easier to work with than big ones
## 2022-02-18
### Present:
- Yo
- Pritish
- Isaac
- Padmaja
### GSoC
- https://hackmd.io/@ols-4/gsoc-outreachy-2022-ideas - ready to submit
### Current open tickets
- Thanks Padmaja for reviewing
- Yo to review other front-end tickets.
- Backend - Pritish to review and close any that aren't needed anymore.
## 2022-01-21
### Present:
- Yo
- Pritish
- Isaac
- Shabik
- Abhibhaw
- Padmaja
## Notes
- 2021:
- GSoC
- design for frontend redesigned
- backend implemented.
- Frontend on netlify
- Backend Heroku
- Just bugs to solve. User signup bug.
- 2022:
- Pritish considering moving to node - take forward with Tiz.
- Shabik interested in contributing, will need good mentor.
- Onboarding docs project.
- Time to start
- [GSoC Project ideas](https://hackmd.io/UA0JSF1LSvGi-ZPBxwjo2Q)
- [Pritish]
- Approach DigitalOcean for sponsorship
- Go ahead! :)
- [Link to the form](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1P1ZqpxgKtiNibtWs53dLeCBmfp47Nqi6QlRg74lbsAc/mobilebasic#)
- Approach Vercel for their premium subscription(I've seen folks approaching them)
- Let's wait until we're in prod and tested.
- I guess we've to draft a mail for the same
- [Isaac]
- Refactor some of the code in the Front-end repo. To avoid too much dependency on frameworks and make it easier for new contributors and students to make contributions to the project.