As summer approaches, open source sees a steady wave of new contributors. Each year, developers explore repositories, review issues, and look for meaningful ways to get involved. The challenge is rarely writing code. It is understanding the system well enough to contribute effectively. This summer, OWASP BLT is participating in the Social Summer of Code (SSOC) , a three-month program focused on open source contribution, learning, and collaboration. It brings together contributors from diverse backgrounds to work on real-world projects, submit pull requests, and actively engage with the open source ecosystem. About OWASP BLT OWASP BLT (Bug Logging Tool) is a community-driven OWASP project developing open source tools for vulnerability reporting, bug tracking, and security automation. The project spans APIs, dashboards, applications, bots, and ongoing research under OWASP. This is designed to make security workflows more practical, structured, and accessible for developers and teams.…