In February 2026 I happened to see the LFX program on social media and discovered that WasmEdge was one of the participating projects. After looking into it, I learned that LFX is similar to Google Summer of Code but organized by the Linux Foundation. At the time I was in my second year of graduate school; my thesis was progressing smoothly and I had fewer courses, and because I was interested in open source and the Linux Foundation, I decided to apply. I also wrote a few posts to learn more.