Hello everyone,
I’m Chimuanya Iheakanwa, a Computer Science graduate and full-stack developer based in Nigeria.
While I have a strong coding background focused heavily on JavaScript, React, Node.js, and Python, I am taking my first steps into contributing to large-scale open-source projects for GSoC 2026.
Joplin stood out to me immediately because of the project ideas surrounding AI integration. Building features like "Chat with your note collection" or "AI-supported search" aligns perfectly with my React and Node.js stack, and I am eager to dive into the architecture behind it. I am currently setting up my local development environment and reading through the contribution guidelines. Rather than just dropping in to say hello, my goal for this weekend is to find and solve a problem on the GitHub repository, thoroughly understand the relevant code, and submit my first PR so I can get familiar with your review process.
I am really looking forward to learning from the maintainers here and helping improve Joplin.
Best,
Chimuanya