Hi, my name is Baihua Chen, but you can also call me Parker. You can find more information about me on my GitHub page at https://github.com/BHChen24 and on my personal website at https://www.parkerchenca.com/en/about .
Yes, I am taking the OSD600 course. To be honest, I have been very eager to take this course because many of my friends told me how valuable it is, and I have already felt the power of the open‑source community — I use Linux daily, I hear stories about open‑source projects and people all the time. In addition, I had never really thought too much about how open‑source projects can influence a company’s business before our first OSD600 lecture; that lecture really caught my interest.
I want to be someone who can confidently say “I am able to develop software for real‑world use” after this term, with open‑source contributing experience. I am especially interested in contributing to projects in the finance field, such as high‑precision computation, trading systems, backtesting systems, and so on.
I researched a project on the daily trend page called “everyone-can-use-english.” [https://github.com/ZuodaoTech/everyone-can-use-english/tree/main] Since English is my second language, I often feel I am not good enough at using it. This project provides a way to improve my spoken English by correcting tone and pronunciation. For example, it has a feature called “Pronunciation Assessment,” which allows me to record my speaking and get feedback on whether it is correct, or how it can be improved.
I also noticed that its documentation is not very complete yet, and currently they only provide some demos in Chinese. Maybe these could be potential entry points for making contributions.