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1 | 1 | --- |
2 | | -title: "Google Summer of Code 2025 - Beam ML Vector DB/Feature Store |
3 | | -integrations" |
| 2 | +title: "Google Summer of Code 2025 - Beam ML Vector DB/Feature Store integrations" |
4 | 3 | date: 2025-09-26 00:00:00 -0400 |
5 | 4 | categories: |
6 | 5 | - blog |
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59 | 58 |
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60 | 59 | ## Why Did I Choose Beam As Part of GSoC Among 180+ Orgs? |
61 | 60 |
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62 | | -I choose to apply to Beam from among 180+ GSoC organizations because it |
63 | | -aligns well with my passion for data processing systems that serve information |
| 61 | +I chose to apply to Beam from among 180+ GSoC organizations because it aligns |
| 62 | +well with my passion for data processing systems that serve information |
64 | 63 | retrieval systems and my core career values: |
65 | 64 |
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66 | 65 | - **Freedom:** Working on Beam supports open-source development, liberating |
67 | 66 | developers from vendor lock-in through its unified programming model while |
68 | | -enabling services like |
69 | | -[Project Shield](https://projectshield.withgoogle.com/landing) to protect free |
| 67 | +enabling services like [Project Shield](https://projectshield.withgoogle.com/landing) to protect free |
70 | 68 | speech globally |
71 | 69 |
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72 | 70 | - **Innovation:** Working on Beam allows engagement with cutting-edge data |
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101 | 99 | | Sink I/O | CloudSQL | [PR #35473](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/35473) | |
102 | 100 | | Test Infrastructure | GitHub CI | [PR #35655](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/35655) <br> [PR #35740](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/35740) <br> [PR #35816](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/35816) | |
103 | 101 |
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104 | | -For more granular contributors, checking out my |
| 102 | +For more granular contributions, checking out my |
105 | 103 | [ongoing Beam contributions](https://github.com/apache/beam/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Amohamedawnallah). |
106 | 104 |
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107 | 105 | ## How Did I Approach This Project? |
@@ -169,12 +167,13 @@ there will be no divergence on the design. Now I can engage people I am working |
169 | 167 | with through design docs, making sure my work aligns with their vision, which |
170 | 168 | potentially leads to faster PR merges |
171 | 169 | - **Skillset:** It was one year before contributing to Beam where I wrote |
172 | | -professionally in Python, so it was really good to brush up on my Python skills |
173 | | -and seeing how some design patterns are used in practice, like the query builder |
174 | | -pattern seen in CloudSQL Vector Ingestion in the RAG package. I also learned |
175 | | -about vector databases and feature stores, and also some AI integrations. I also |
176 | | -think I got a bit better than before in root cause analysis and filtering signals |
177 | | -from noise in long log files like PostCommit Python workflows |
| 170 | +professionally in Python, so it was a great opprtunity to brush up on my Python |
| 171 | +skills and seeing how some design patterns are used in practice, like the query |
| 172 | +builder pattern seen in CloudSQL Vector Ingestion in the RAG package. I also |
| 173 | +learned about vector databases and feature stores, and also some AI |
| 174 | +integrations. I also think I got a bit better than before in root cause analysis |
| 175 | +and filtering signals from noise in long log files like PostCommit Python |
| 176 | +workflows |
178 | 177 | - **Toolset:** Learning about Beam Python SDK, Milvus, Tecton, Google CloudSQL, |
179 | 178 | OpenAI and Anthropic text embedding generators, and lnav for effective log file |
180 | 179 | navigation, including their capabilities and limitations |
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