I think UnitaryHack needs a proper closing, so here is the summary. The hackathon was open from June 3 – June 17. I worked and closed 3 issues across three projects.
* PyZX: I added documentation for three features: measurements, resets, and ancilla preparations.
* ZXlive: this was adding a new page in the doc that documents all the magic wand actions and drag-and-drop rewrites with GIFs for each one.
* TQEC: this was my prized work that led to multiple interactions with the maintainers and actually coding (stabilize gallery circuit generation).
So this should be it. I had a lot of fun this year, and compared to the last two years this is like a 300% increase (no contributions before). One thing I saw from this experience was that using AI agents was allowed, and most bounties had a pull request by the second day, but those who close are those who took the time, reviewed what they wrote, and actually introduced themselves and their work. I want to make open source saturday a thing so that I can be a good contributor to the tools I use.
Anyways, this was a 10/10 experience.If you're into qc, I highly recommend you join next year, or sooner if they run another one.
some context:
* PyZX: I added documentation for three features: measurements, resets, and ancilla preparations.
* ZXlive: this was adding a new page in the doc that documents all the magic wand actions and drag-and-drop rewrites with GIFs for each one.
* TQEC: this was my prized work that led to multiple interactions with the maintainers and actually coding (stabilize gallery circuit generation).
So this should be it. I had a lot of fun this year, and compared to the last two years this is like a 300% increase (no contributions before). One thing I saw from this experience was that using AI agents was allowed, and most bounties had a pull request by the second day, but those who close are those who took the time, reviewed what they wrote, and actually introduced themselves and their work. I want to make open source saturday a thing so that I can be a good contributor to the tools I use.
Anyways, this was a 10/10 experience.If you're into qc, I highly recommend you join next year, or sooner if they run another one.
some context:
PyZX is an open-source Python library for working with ZX-diagrams and ZX-calculus, used for quantum circuit optimization and reasoning about quantum computations graphically.#unitaryhack
ZXlive is a visual, interactive tool for exploring and rewriting ZX-diagrams, built on top of the ZX-calculus framework.
TQEC is an open-source project focused on topological quantum error correction, providing tools for designing and simulating fault-tolerant quantum circuits.