Google Summer of Code 2026

GSoC is finally over, and honestly, it was a crazy experience for me.

The last two weeks were especially hectic. I was working 9 to 6 for my internship, and then working on GSoC until midnight. It was exhausting, but completely worth it.

What Did I Build?

My project was a cross-platform agentic AI system that can visualize anything on Liquid Galaxy at runtime, without requiring you to write a single line of code.

You can simply ask it things like:

• "Show me air traffic over India."
• "Visualize flood impact regions in Nepal."
• "Show undersea internet cable distribution."
• "Visualize global armed conflicts."
• "Teach me how glacier lakes are formed."
• "Explain the history of Nalanda University."

...and pretty much anything you can imagine seeing on Earth! 😁

The system was built on a Raspberry Pi using Hermes Agent, but the final project can be used on any device, so you don't actually need a Raspberry Pi to try it.

I'll leave the project and work-product links at the end of this post.

What Could I Have Done Differently?

If I could go back and change one thing, it would be communication.

I think communicating even better and more frequently with my mentors would have made the journey smoother. Even when things are going well, keeping mentors updated and discussing decisions early can prevent unnecessary friction later.

That's probably somethin i can take forward from this experience.

Advice for Future GSoC Contributors

There is one thing I think every future contributor should keep in mind:

Your mentors and you are on the same side.

Both of you want the project to succeed.

Always be genuine and open about your progress, problems, and limitations. Open source is a way of life not literally, obviously 😄, but I hope you get the point.

Don't lie.

Not in your proposal, not while contributing to the organization before GSoC, and definitely not during GSoC. That's not what open source is about, and it's not the essence of how these communities work.

Also, remember that the product you deliver will be used by the organization and potentially many other people.

So don't only think about getting your assigned tasks done.

Think about the whole picture:

• How will someone else use this?
• Can another contributor understand the code?
• Is it maintainable?
• Is it documented?
• What happens after GSoC?
• How can the project continue growing?

You're not just completing an assignment. You're contributing something that becomes part of a larger open-source ecosystem.

The People Make the Journey

It was a crazy journey, and as my mentors like to say:

"Time flies..."

I got to learn a lot of new things throughout these two months, but more importantly, I got to make some amazing friends and become part of communities that I would probably never have encountered otherwise.

I'm really grateful to my mentors Andreu Ibàñez Perales and Moisés M.

Also, a huge thanks to Mentor Yash Raj Bharti and Vedant Singh from the Liquid Galaxy Project, along with the students at Lleida Lab, Spain, for their constant support throughout the journey.

My GSoC 2026 Work

The official work-product submission for my project:

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2026/projects/3I0xAxYa

And the project repository:

https://github.com/LiquidGalaxyLAB/local-ai-gemma

Do consider following me on GitHub as well! :)

I'm planning to start working on some more open-source projects soon.

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