[GSoC 2026 Introduction] Sujal Wasnik — Retool Jenkins.io Website Success Stories

Hi everyone,

I am Sujal Anil Wasnik, a 4th year Computer Science student from SB Jain Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. I am applying for GSoC 2026 and I am specifically interested in the Retool Jenkins.io Website Success Stories project.

I have already cloned and analysed the repository in depth. Here is what I found and what I have done so far:

  • Submitted PR #376 adding PropTypes validation to UserStoryCard.jsx — https://github.com/jenkins-infra/stories/pull/376

  • Identified a typo in Testimonal.jsx (should be Testimonial.jsx) — preparing a second PR

  • Found a performance bug: JSON.parse is called 138 times per render in StoriesMap.jsx at line 380

  • Read Helpdesk Issue #4392 in full to understand the story submission problem

My stack is JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Python, and C/C++. I have advanced Git experience and am comfortable with CI/CD workflows.
I am currently finalising my proposal and would welcome any feedback from mentors |16pxx16pxKris Stern , @iamrajiv , @berviantoleo-58082313d73408ce4f2f7ba0:gitter.im
GitHub: github.com/sujalwasnik789
Email: sujawasnik@gmail.com

Looking forward to contributing to Jenkins!

Sujal