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Ayu Adiati
Ayu Adiati

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Hacktoberfest23: The 5th Year Contributor

Hi friends! 👋

I'm Ayu, a tech blogger, front-end developer, and open source and tech community enthusiast based in the Netherlands.

This is the 5th year I'm participating in Hacktoberfest as a contributor.

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The Highs

One of my Hacktoberfest 2023 pledges is to have one accepted PR.

But... I completed the Hacktoberfest on October 10th! 🎉

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List of accepted PRs

  1. Update monthly challenge page to Hacktoberfest — Virtual Coffee
  2. Add Comment Out to Issue Templates — SheSharp
  3. Fix Format of the type of PR — SheSharp
  4. Update content in October challenge page — Virtual Coffee
  5. Update content in "What is Hacktoberfest" section at Hacktoberfest Initiative website — Virtual Coffee
  6. Add October 2023 Newsletter — Virtual Coffee
  7. Update Ayu's profile for Hacktoberfest 2023 — Virtual Coffee
  8. Fix broken link to a resource on Hacktoberfest Initiative website — Virtual Coffee
  9. Add a pull request template — SheSharp
  10. Update README and Transcriptions Guideline — Virtual Coffee

And I still have one PR with the "waiting" status. 😄

This is not the end of my Hacktoberfest 2023 journey. If, along the way, I could contribute more, I would.

But this year, besides contributing, I became a first-time maintainer for open-source projects in several tech communities while supporting beginners.

The Lows

I want to learn to read, understand a codebase, and contribute to a code-related issue. So, I took an issue to fix some styling with Tailwind in a NextJS project.

I definitely need more practice to read a codebase and to know where to look to fix an issue. I still need to work on this. I'm still busy with this particular issue, so it might be done after the event. Even so, I won't give up on this unless the maintainer tells me otherwise. 🙌

Growth

Even though it's very challenging, I should give myself a pat on my back for finally getting the courage to take a coding-related issue and learn to understand a big codebase! 💪

One of my passions is documentation. Through these contributions, I learned much more to see documentation in more detail.

Career-wise, finding a job as a front-end developer is quite challenging.

I always know that helping and supporting other developers through writing or mentoring is my happy place. That's the reason why I'm pursuing a developer relations, tech community management, or a technical writer role as a career.

But with some coding skills under my belt and eyes for details, I'm also considering learning about testing to pursue a QA tester/engineer career. I'm crossing my fingers and wishing to land a tech job soon! ✨

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Sreeharsh K

Congratulations to you! That's a great achievement. 👏
I still wonder how to begin with hacktober fest, even with a few years of experience in this feild.

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you! 😄
Maybe you can start with what kind of contribution that you want to do. Think also about which stacks. etc. You can search these on GitHub.

And here is a list of repositories that are participating in Hacktoberfest.

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Thomas Bnt

Congraaats 🥳🎉

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you, Thomas!!!!! 😄

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BekahHW

Great job, Ayu! You’ve helped so many people this year as well!!

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Ayu Adiati

Thank you so much, @bekahhw! 💖

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