From a4da629ba55273cd739f7589475cb5b8725d69ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xiphon <xiphon@protonmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:42:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] xiphon part-time coding --- xiphon-part-time-3.md | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 xiphon-part-time-3.md diff --git a/xiphon-part-time-3.md b/xiphon-part-time-3.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b9aebf92 --- /dev/null +++ b/xiphon-part-time-3.md @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +--- +layout: fr +title: xiphon part-time coding (3 months) +author: xiphon +date: 30 Jan 2019 +amount: 307 +milestones: + - name: February + funds: 33% (102 XMR) + done: + status: unfinished + - name: March + funds: 33% (102 XMR) + done: + status: unfinished + - name: April + funds: 33% (103 XMR) + done: + status: unfinished +payouts: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: +--- + +# What + +Would love to prolong my part time Monero coding for another 3 months. + +There are a couple of specific tasks i would like to work on first. + +* Improve automatic public node selection algorithm used in `Simple mode` (`---bootstrap-daemon-address auto`). + Currently we use first iteration of the algo and according to the users' reports there is a room for improvement. +* Implement update downloading and verification functionality in Monero GUI. + There is standalone [monero-update](https://github.com/moneromooo-monero/monero-update) tool already. + Integrating the tool into Monero GUI is the next logical step forward, i.e. downloading and verification new update binaries just in one click. +* Focus on Monero daemon performance and stability. + I plan to do monerod cpu/memory profiling to investigate possible bottlenecks/weak places, implement appropriate optimizations/fixes based on the profiling results. + +As usual will be working on Monero Core and Monero GUI code: +* Inspecting and implementing outstanding feature requests +* Submitting bug fixes +* New functinality +* Addressing ongoing issues +* Code review +* Putting my efforts where it is appropriate + +# Who + +I'm Xiphon, active contributor to Monero Core and Monero GUI since July 2018. + +My previously completed CCS proposals: +* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/99 +* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/55 + +During the recent 20h/week proposal i focused on fixing ongoing issues, sumbitted numerous bug fixes and improvements to both Monero GUI and Monero Core repositories. + +I strongly encourage you to visit the following Github links to see the amount of work done by me, its quality and importabnce for the Monero Project. + +Please check the following links to inspect my Monero-related activity: +- Monero Core - https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Axiphon +- Monero GUI - https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Axiphon + +# Proposal + +Looking forward to coding and accomplishing mentioned and ongoing tasks and issues. Implementing new code/functionality that will be needed. Investigating bug reports and submitting bug fixes, fixing build and compilations errors/warnings/etc. Would like to inspect and complete/fix/address issues and feature requests that are reasonably desired and/or worth to spend time on. Improving GUI, fixing UI/UX issues, implementing design changes. + +Dedicate 30 hours per week to Monero Project, at 55 USD/hour rate for a total of 307 XMR. XMR/USD rate is based on the 14-day moving average exponential on Kraken from 29 Jan 2020, which is approximately 64.43 XMR/USD. -- GitLab