Chennai FOSS 2026Earlier this month, on 18th April 2026, I had the incredible opportunity to speak at Chennai FOSS 2026, an event organized by FOSS United.If you aren’t familiar with them, FOSS United is a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting the Free and Open Source Software ecosystem in India.About my talkMy talk, titled "Getting started with GUI Design and Music Generation using Qt and C++," was a reflection of my recent contributions to the Season of KDE 2026.The session shares how I, personally, as a new developer, found my way across one of my favorite projects, Mankala Engine, and started contributing in the Season of KDE 2026.I had shared my work from the Season of KDE, which included updating the GUI using C++ and QML, and also implementing elements like sounds and physics using QT. How developers can make contributions using Kirigami and other QT modules of KDE.Most contributions are not limited to code, and I also shared the artworks I created for Mankala Engine, as well as my experience being part of Season of KDE 2026.Here is my session PDF:I don't like too much text, my session was mostly a live demo :)Apart from learning about many new topics, which proved helpful to me, I also got the chance to network with other projects and contributors.Thanks for reading 🚀References & useful resourceshttps://fossunited.org/c/chennai/2026/cfp/bgvph0j635 - Link to my proposal at Chennai FOSShttps://fossunited.org/c/chennai/2026 - Chennai FOSS 2026