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We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by andre-z »

vander_elst wrote: post #3

In general it seems that organizations that are accepted to the GSoC program are no-profit like associations, that develop a product for the sake of developing it, probably there are also exceptions. Anyway, it seems that qdrant is more a for-profit organization. So maybe that was the one of the criteria that was taken into account to exclude it? My understanding might be wrong/incomplete, please let me know if that'…

This is not a reason. We participated successfully last year and even hired one of the guys afterward.

Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by andre-z »

refulgentis wrote: post #20
vander_elst wrote: post #3

In general it seems that organizations that are accepted to the GSoC program are no-profit like associations, that develop a product for the sake of developing it, probably there are also exceptions. Anyway, it seems that qdrant is more a for-profit organization. So maybe that was the one of the criteria that was taken into account to exclude it? My understanding might be wrong/incomplete, please let me know if that'…

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Did you look a bit deeper? Qdrant is written in Rust from scratch. The project is over three years old and started long before the "gold rush." :) Run it wherever you want, in your data center, locally, with no limitations. https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant-helm

Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by School-Cotton »

jjtheblunt wrote: post #16
minimaxir wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They recently raised a Series A: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39101682 Additionally, the product that this Summer of Code is for is open-source so it's a win-win for everyone.

I wonder if Google wants rights to what is developed in GSoC. If so, that might explain the lack of invitation.

> I wonder if Google wants rights to what is developed in GSoC.

They don’t. I participated in GSoC working on something that competes directly with Google (LibreOffice) and was never asked to assign copyright or anything like that.

IMO GSoC is a relatively cheap way for Google to get some goodwill and boost their brand among college students; it’s not really a core part of their competitive business strategy.

Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by [deleted] »

vander_elst wrote: post #3

In general it seems that organizations that are accepted to the GSoC program are no-profit like associations, that develop a product for the sake of developing it, probably there are also exceptions. Anyway, it seems that qdrant is more a for-profit organization. So maybe that was the one of the criteria that was taken into account to exclude it? My understanding might be wrong/incomplete, please let me know if that'…

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Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by andre-z »

LorenDB wrote: post #5

What's with the hashtags inside a normal blog post? It's not like they're writing this on Twitter or anything, and the hashtags aren't clickable, so I wouldn't expect this to serve as SEO. I would guess one of two things: (1) they plan to post the same content to social media or (2) they've decided that people search hashtags in their search engines in general. I'd be interested if anybody has more insights into this…

Sorry, my bad. Was partially copied from Linkedin, where I post most of the content. No idea behind. The emojis are from here https://qdrant.to/gsoc24

Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by LorenDB »

minimaxir wrote: post #13
LorenDB wrote: post #5

What's with the hashtags inside a normal blog post? It's not like they're writing this on Twitter or anything, and the hashtags aren't clickable, so I wouldn't expect this to serve as SEO. I would guess one of two things: (1) they plan to post the same content to social media or (2) they've decided that people search hashtags in their search engines in general. I'd be interested if anybody has more insights into this…

Same reason they have random emoji at the ends of each bullet point: it's an intentional forced-quirky vibe. It has been a part of most major AI open source projects lately, for some reason: https://sigmoid.social/@minimaxir/110951886465291229

I agree that people use emojis waaaay too much for this sort of stuff (see also: certain projects' commit messages, various READMEs).

Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by rjsw »

pooper wrote: post #10
olliej wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I think you’d take the GSoC so you could have qdrant and gsoc on your cv, but also many folk do need a job to pay bills, and even an “unknown” company paying bills and being experience on your CV is better than Walmart (in my case The Warehouse) [edit: s/Qurans/qdrant, sigh autocarrot]

How much are they paying? It is $current_year and at some point we should demand that all job postings (this is a job posting) should come with salary ranges at a minimum. Are they even compliant with the law with this post?

When other organizations have done this they just pay the same as Google.

Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by jjtheblunt »

School-Cotton wrote: post #23
jjtheblunt wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if Google wants rights to what is developed in GSoC. If so, that might explain the lack of invitation.

> I wonder if Google wants rights to what is developed in GSoC. They don’t. I participated in GSoC working on something that competes directly with Google (LibreOffice) and was never asked to assign copyright or anything like that. IMO GSoC is a relatively cheap way for Google to get some goodwill and boost their brand among college students; it’s not really a core part of their competitive business strategy.

That's very cool then. Thanks for responding.

Re: We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

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Post by codetrotter »

minimaxir wrote: post #13
LorenDB wrote: post #5

What's with the hashtags inside a normal blog post? It's not like they're writing this on Twitter or anything, and the hashtags aren't clickable, so I wouldn't expect this to serve as SEO. I would guess one of two things: (1) they plan to post the same content to social media or (2) they've decided that people search hashtags in their search engines in general. I'd be interested if anybody has more insights into this…

Same reason they have random emoji at the ends of each bullet point: it's an intentional forced-quirky vibe. It has been a part of most major AI open source projects lately, for some reason: https://sigmoid.social/@minimaxir/110951886465291229

Imagine getting upset over emojis.

It’s just injecting a little bit of life and visual variance into the text.

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