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Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026: Complete Guide to Skills, Benefits, Application & Selection Process

1/11/2026

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Beyond the Stipend: 7 Surprising Truths About Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026

1/4/2026

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Google Summer of Code has become the gold standard for aspiring developers looking to break into open-source development. Since its launch in 2005, GSoC has welcomed over 23,000 new contributors into more than 1,000 open-source organizations, generating millions of lines of code. However, what most people believe about this prestigious program is fundamentally different from reality. If you're planning to apply for GSoC 2026, understanding these seven counter-intuitive truths could be the difference between acceptance and rejection.

Beyond the Scan: System Design Behind India’s UPI Payment Revolution

1/3/2026

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The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processes over 10 billion transactions monthly, representing one of the most sophisticated distributed systems in production today. While users experience seamless 5-second payments, the underlying high-level design reveals advanced distributed systems patterns, microservices orchestration, and real-time API choreography that engineers worldwide study as a reference architecture for building internet-scale platforms.

Top Coding Competitions Engineering Students Must Target in 2026

12/25/2025

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The landscape of technical education and recruitment in India has undergone a seismic shift, transitioning from a localised academic focus to a globalised meritocratic ecosystem. In a nation that produces hundreds of thousands of engineering graduates annually, standard examinations are no longer the primary barometer for talent; instead, high-stakes coding competitions and hackathons have become the necessary filtration mechanism for elite recruiters and government bodies. If you are an engineering student looking toward 2026, you are entering a market where the "mass recruitment" models of the past have largely been replaced by "hiring-through-hackathons".