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<p>Good evening,</p>
<p>I recently read that Google has opened its Summer of Code program
to non-developers. Having used Avogadro for so long, and now even
being an occasional contributor, I immediately rushed to write an
application draft. Now I'm glad to see that Open Chemistry has
been accepted.</p>
<p>Here's the draft: <a
href="https://aerkiaga.github.io/docs/gsoc2022.pdf"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://aerkiaga.github.io/docs/gsoc2022.pdf</a></p>
<p>I've tried my best to be comprehensive and offer useful
improvements, but this document is subject to further updates
throughout the month. I'll happily accept any proposals to extend
my scope, or take on an entirely different project, as long as
it's within my general interest: the application of Avogadro
components to biochemistry and drug design. Performance work is
also a task I'd appreciate; I've in fact optimized Avogadro's PDB
import and hydrogen adjustment in the last few days to be 50 and
15 times faster, respectively, so as to avoid long wait times
during testing.<br>
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<p>Regarding the changes I've already made, I'm unsure how or when I
should publish them. I'm awaiting instructions on that front, and
meanwhile I'll keep working on the code.</p>
<p>Cordially,</p>
<blockquote>Aritz Erkiaga</blockquote>
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