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I finished Hacktoberfest for the first time

Eddy Vinck on October 30, 2019

I hope you've had a good #Hacktoberfest. Did you order your 2019 Hacktoberfest t-shirt yet? 2019 has been the first time I have participated in H...
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Paul

Just in time, too! Good job!

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Eddy Vinck

Thanks Paul! How did your hacktoberfest go?

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Paul

Mine went very well, thank you! I wrote about it here. :)

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Jacob Herrington (he/him)

Congrats! Nice work.

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Eddy Vinck

Thanks Jacob! How was your Hacktoberfest this year?

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Jacob Herrington (he/him)

I got it done pretty early, but seeing as how I work for DEV every pull request I make is an Open Source one 😬

I was able to help a few friends complete it this year, and that was a fun feeling!

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Eddy Vinck

Ha, I suppose that makes it a bit easier 😉 Good on you for helping your friends participate! 👍

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Fulton Browne

Hacktoberfest was AWESOME for my project I went from 1 contributor to 17, I released 4 alphas and the first beta and google play release is the end of this week!

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Eddy Vinck

I'm really glad it helped you out so much. My project has around 10 contributors as well 🙂

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SMAmmar

Hey Eddy, I failed in my first Octoberfest, can you give me some tips on how to contribute to the open source

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Eddy Vinck

Hi! 👋
I guess my first tip for next time would be to start early. The second tip is trying to find those entry level GitHub issues that you can do. Also, don't be afraid to ask questions abiut an issue on GitHub. My final tip is to contribute to ConfTalks 😉