Re: [Outreachy] Introduction (Ágatha)

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> My name is Ágatha Isabelle (pronouns she/her) and I'm (yet another)
> outreachy applicant for this cohort. I have some experience with C,
> developing mostly device drivers, a couple of patches in the mainline
> linux kernel, etc. I also do some assembly (x86/x64 & riscv a little)
> and C++. My goal at outreachy is to regain experience to work in
> software development again after some personal setbacks took me out for
> some years, while also contributing to an interesting open source
> software project like git.

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> I'm looking forward to interacting with the git community once again
> within the next few weeks during the application period.
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> Currently I'm looking through the documentation to get a better grasp of
> what is expected of us during this period. The doc says I'm supposed to
> send an introduction e-mail, so here I am. But I don't want to just do
> that, I would like to let you know I'm also working on choosing a
> microproject -- right now I am exploring some intersections between
> git's object model where objects are immutable and tightly linked to
> author metadata, and possible privacy concerns. Especially for people
> who would like to exercise their right to be forgotten and transgender
> individuals who might fear former name exposure in places where this
> information is protected by laws, tackling cases where a simple mailmap
> entry won't be enough and rewriting history would be way too disruptive.
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> I want to see if I can work on a microproject that helps to tackle those
> privacy concerns while keeping objects immutable and preserving git's
> design principles. As it's supposed to be a "micro" project, I plan to
> explore a small, concrete first step rather than attempting a full
> solution. Yet I would appreciate any input on that. I have a couple of
> ideas in mind to check if they are applicable too.
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> I think this would be of actual significance for several groups of
> individuals, especially for transgender software developers who face a
> lot of challenges to get in the tech industry, even when they have years
> of experience. While in some places linking their current names to their
> former names might even be dangerous, or at least lead to embarrassment,
> losing credit for their contributions to avoid exposing deadnames could
> also be a limiting factor towards obtaining employment in tech.
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> I’d be happy to discuss whether similar ideas have been explored before,
> or hear pointers to related prior discussions.