Google Season of Docs is happy to announce the 2023 program results, including the project case studies. Google Season of Docs is a grant-based program where open source organizations apply for US$5-15,000 to hire technical writers to complete documentation projects. At the end of the six-month documentation development phase, organizations...

On November 17th, we wrapped up our 2023 Google Summer of Code program where 903 contributors completed open source projects for 168 OSS organizations. This year 70% (628) of the successful 2023 contributors opted for a 12-week project, while the remaining 30% (275) completed their GSoC work over the past few weeks. That being said, many...

Motivation CRDs was used to support two major categories of built-in validation: CRD structural schemas: Provide type checking of custom resources against schemas. OpenAPIv3 validation rules: Provide regex ('pattern' property), range limits ('minimum' and 'maximum' properties) on individual fields and size limits on maps and lists ('minItems',...

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with our upcoming 2024 program. Over the past 19 years we have welcomed over 19,000 new contributors to open source through the program under the guidance of 19,000+ mentors from over 800 open source organizations in a wide range of fields. We are honored and thrilled...

In November 2020, we launched our Open Source MPW Shuttle Program to make it easier for researchers and developers to build custom silicon and to enable a thriving ecosystem around open source hardware. Working with our partner, SkyWater Technology, we released the first foundry-supported open source process design kit (PDK) for their 130nm...

As AI permeates our lives, developing secure, scalable, and efficient compute systems is crucial for safe and trustworthy AI experiences. However, hardware advancements lag behind machine learning (ML) models and software development, hindering the deployment of secure and efficient full-stack systems. Furthermore, consumer demand for smaller...