Dear Seata Community, I am Brijesh Thummar, a second-year Bachelor’s student in Computer Science Engineering from India. I am an active open-source contributor, and contributing to open source has been a fascinating journey for me, allowing me to learn and grow continuously.
Before GSoC 2025, I officially contributed to Apache in the *Gravitino* and *incubator-stormcrawler* repositories, with *three merged PRs and two open PRs* (from February 2025). As I became more familiar with Apache, I started exploring various codebases and contributing actively. Beyond Apache, I have contributed to projects under *Jenkins, Eclipse Foundation, NASA, Redis, Oracle*,* Docker* and many more. One of my most significant achievements was my *128th PR being merged into Apache Gravitino*, where I fixed an issue titled *[fix(logging): Correct logger class in IcebergTableRenameOperations]*. Apart from open source, I have been actively involved in my university’s *Tech Fest 2024* and currently serve as the *Org Head and Security Lead* of the university’s* tech community* and *Tech Fest 2025*, as well as the *official Web Development Team Lead*. After going through the* GSoC 2025* website, I immediately chose Apache as my preferred organization. Upon reviewing the idea list, I found *Incubator-Seata* particularly fascinating. I have explored the documentation and code structure and have decided to work on *Seata as my GSoC project idea*. I would love guidance on how to get started with contributions, understanding the workflow, and best practices for contributing to Seata. Any pointers on relevant issues, documentation, or discussions would be highly appreciated. Looking forward to collaborating with the Seata community! Best regards, Brijesh Thummar
