Hello Grass Mentors,
I am Sumit Chintanwar. Excited to see that grass is participating in GSoC ‘26 under the NumFOCUS Umbrella.
I have been exploring the ideas for the GSoC ‘26 cycle and I am interested in:
#1 Parallelization of existing tools,
#3 Add JSON output to different tools in C,
#5 New easy-to-use CLI and API for GRASS GIS,
I have been exploring the grass codebase for a few days now and have already setup the development environment. While Exploring, I have raised a PR solving an issue related to r.geomorphon(uninitialized memory access)(#6924) and am currently trying to figure out another issue related to r.watershed to further deepen my understanding of the codebase.
I would appreciate any advice on how I should best prepare for a strong GSoC proposal. In particular, I would love to hear your suggestions on which of the above ideas might be most suitable for a first-time GSoC contributor, and what kind of work or contributions you would recommend focusing on over the coming weeks.
Thank you for your time and guidance. I look forward to learning from the community and contributing further to GRASS GIS.
Best regards,
Sumit Chintanwar