Hi Chaokun, I’m preparing my application for the Apache Fory GSoC 2026 project on C++ & Rust gRPC Integration, and I wanted to briefly introduce myself and share some of the preparation I’ve done so far.
I’m currently a Master’s student at Beihang University, majoring in Computer Science. I previously interned at Shopee and ByteDance, where I worked on backend development and infrastructure related to large-scale systems. My main interests are in systems, serialization, compiler/code generation, and cross-language infrastructure. I’m also very interested in open-source collaboration, which is one of the main reasons I’m excited about contributing to Apache Fory. Over the past few days, I did a deeper local bring-up of the compiler and the current C++ / Rust paths. Based on that exploration, my current understanding is that: - service IR and parsing are already in place - the compiler CLI already exposes the gRPC-related path - the main remaining work is around C++ / Rust service generation, transport bindings, codec integration, interoperability tests, examples, and CI While going through this path, I found and fixed a small issue in the compiler service example, and my PR has been merged: https://github.com/apache/fory/pull/3505 I kept this contribution intentionally small and focused, so that it improves the current compiler/service workflow without overlapping with the main gRPC backend implementation. I’m currently organizing my proposal around the following parts: - C++ and Rust service generation - Fory-based request/response codec integration - zero-copy inbound fast path with safe fallback - interoperability tests, runnable examples, and CI coverage If you have time, I would really appreciate your feedback on two points: 1. For the first milestone, would you prefer an FDL-first implementation and then proto/FBS parity later, or should all frontends be exercised from the beginning? 2. For “zero-copy support”, is the intended target specifically to avoid an extra transport-buffer-to-decode-input copy when borrowing is safe? I’m polishing my full proposal now, and I’d be very glad to share a short design note as well if that would be helpful. Best regards, Weijian Deng
