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Act 3 Scene 1

Wait, what?

The last post ended with completing Act1 Scene1, with hints to Act1 Scene2. Yeah, a lot happened since.

Goblin Camp

Some of the last work in the blog was about the Goblin Camp, a revival project of an abandoned source code, which in turn was inspired by a great game, Dwarf Fortress. Since then, I learned more about data structures, and object design patterns. With each enlightenment in programming, I was more and more aware why this code was abandoned multiple times by different groups. I became one of them. This doesn't mean my goal of marrying parallel programming with the great game concept is abandoned: ever since the last communication, I also took a course on GPU programming, and it is giving me new ideas and goals. It just would not be happening with the existing Goblin Camp. More on this in the future. And this concluded my Act 1.

How about Act2

My Act 2 began with my Coop placement at Fundserv. It was truly a learning experience, in the best sense of the word. I feel spoiled with experiences I only hope I may continue to experience as I continue my journey as a software developer. I was extremely lucky to have entered the company when it was going through a massive modernization process. New infrastructures were being set in place that allowed for a mature work-from-home environment; this played a pivotal role in the company's continued success during COVID-19 crisis. Not only that, I was placed with a team in charge of spearheading the standardization of the new software development methodology including creating a new CI/CD pipeline and splitting monolithic code base into multiple micro services, to name a few. My job was to learn, apply, and document, which gave me a wealth of hands-on interaction with multiple products that would later escalate to production. My code, in production. It also meant I would create knowledge transfer documents and prepare KT sessions for other developers to introduce the new methodology, although regrettably, due to COVID-19, the KT session was postponed past my contract period. Still, I gained knowledge enough to stand before other programmers to share it. I very much felt that I was part of a development community. I was growing up as a programmer. The completion of my two successful Coop semesters at Fundserv also meant the end of my Act 2.

Act 3 Scene 1: Google Summer of Code

Just as my Act 2 completed, I was fortunate enough to get accepted by Google Summer of Code 2020. I will be working with GCC to begin the implementation of OMPD. This would allow GDB to debug OpenMP code in a more sensible manner that better reflects the OpenMP standards. I am very excited to be working with C/C++ codes, and I look forward to writing more about it as I progress through the project.
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  1. Tina Kamali-AnarakiMay 6, 2020 at 9:43 AM

    Wow, that looks really interesting. Good job. Keep up the good work.

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