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digitalmars.D.announce - SAOC 2022 Result

reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
We had three participants in SAOC 2022. You may have noticed 
their periodic updates in the General forum. Keeping the 
community informed through those updates is one of the 
requirements of the event each year. They also have to submit 
reports on their progress at the end of each milestone, and their 
mentors send along evaluations at the same time.

Symmetry provides funding enough to pay each of the participants 
$1000 for three milestones (up to $3000 total for each 
participant) and $500 for each mentor at the end of the event. 
There's also an additional $1000 for one participant who is 
selected by the judges at the end of Milestone 4 (the end of the 
event) based on their overall performance throughout the event. 
That participant is also rewarded with a free trip to the next 
DConf.

SAOC 2022 ended with three firsts. One of the firsts: no one 
failed out. Generally, when a participant fails a milestone, 
they're still given a reduced payment and allowed to continue 
with a warning (fail again and you're out!), but they're taken 
out of the running for the final reward. In every previous SAOC 
edition, one or more participants failed out of the event after 
failing a previous milestone. This year, not only did no one fail 
out, no one failed any milestones. That means each participant 
received the full payment for Milestones 1 - 3. Congratulations 
to all three of them for sticking through that far!

Before I tell you the other firsts, here's the list of 
participants and their projects:

**Vlad Chicoș:** Implement the QUIC protocol for D
**Lucian Danescu:** Replace libdparse with dmd-as-a-library in 
D-Scanner
**Teodor Dutu:** Replace druntime Hooks with Templates

The next first is that in five editions of SAOC, Teodor is the 
first person to participate twice. He worked on the same project 
for SAOC 2021 and continued working on it between events (see his 
[DConf '22 talk about the project](https://youtu.be/dsa8GWL6TUo).

On a related note, Lucian was working on his project before SAOC 
started. [He also presented it at DConf 
'22](https://youtu.be/JYkb3PjIn4c).

And that leads me to the third first. Congratulations to Teodor 
Dutu, the recipient of the final SAOC 2022 reward and the first 
person to be selected twice. (Last year, in another SAOC first, 
the judges were unable to decide between Teodor and Luís 
Ferreira, so they each received a final payment and a DConf trip.)

I'm still awaiting the final word about DConf '23, but wherever 
and whenever it's happening, Teo has a free ride whether he's 
speaking or not. I encourage Lucian and Vlad to submit talks 
about their projects and their SAOC experience so that they have 
a chance to join us as speakers.

Thanks to all three for the work they've put in to further the D 
ecosystem. They've all made clear they intend to continue their 
projects beyond SAOC. And thanks especially to Symmetry 
Investments for their continued support of this event, of DConf, 
and of the D Language Foundation.
Feb 05 2023
next sibling parent M.M. <matus email.cz> writes:
On Sunday, 5 February 2023 at 16:15:38 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 We had three participants in SAOC 2022. You may have noticed 
 their periodic updates in the General forum. Keeping the 
 community informed through those updates is one of the 
 requirements of the event each year. They also have to submit 
 reports on their progress at the end of each milestone, and 
 their mentors send along evaluations at the same time.

 [...]


Congratulations to all the participants -- Vlad, Lucian, and 
Teodor, and to their mentors. Thank you to Symmetry for making 
this happen.
Feb 05 2023
prev sibling next sibling parent "Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole" <richard cattermole.co.nz> writes:
Very good work, hooks & dmd-as-a-library work has been of particular 
interest of me to see done.

I've also been monitoring the progress in the PR's of QUIC!

So very well done everyone!
Feb 05 2023
prev sibling next sibling parent Doigt <labog outlook.com> writes:
Congratulations to everyone!
Feb 06 2023
prev sibling parent RazvanN <razvan.nitu1305 gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 5 February 2023 at 16:15:38 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 We had three participants in SAOC 2022. You may have noticed 
 their periodic updates in the General forum. Keeping the 
 community informed through those updates is one of the 
 requirements of the event each year. They also have to submit 
 reports on their progress at the end of each milestone, and 
 their mentors send along evaluations at the same time.

 [...]


Congratulations to all participants and thank you Symmetry!
Feb 07 2023