The latest articles on DEV Community by Ankit Kumar Singh (@ankit_kumarsingh_8f19945). https://dev.to/ankit_kumarsingh_8f19945 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3761898%2F13505680-05e9-4eef-8cac-8deb2d57ed44.png https://dev.to/ankit_kumarsingh_8f19945 en Ankit Kumar Singh Mon, 18 May 2026 23:18:08 +0000 https://dev.to/ankit_kumarsingh_8f19945/hushh-open-source-hiring-challenge-2026-contribute-to-kai-or-hushhtech-2agj https://dev.to/ankit_kumarsingh_8f19945/hushh-open-source-hiring-challenge-2026-contribute-to-kai-or-hushhtech-2agj <p>We are running a free, public, one-month open-source contribution challenge for developers who want to work on real product code and turn strong pull requests into prizes, internships, and hiring conversations.</p> <p><strong>Dates:</strong> May 19, 2026 to June 19, 2026<br><br> <strong>Mode:</strong> Online<br><br> <strong>Regions:</strong> India, United States, UAE, and global remote contributors<br><br> <strong>Participation:</strong> Individual<br><br> <strong>Prize pool:</strong> INR 75,000</p> <p>Discord is mandatory for announcements, contribution coordination, support, and submission guidance: <a href="https://discord.gg/6uKJZs2NNz" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://discord.gg/6uKJZs2NNz</a></p> <h2> Tracks </h2> <p><strong>1. hushhTech</strong><br><br> Repository: <a href="https://github.com/hushh-labs/hushh_Tech_website" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/hushh-labs/hushh_Tech_website</a></p> <p>Good fit for contributors interested in frontend experience, APIs, repo hygiene, testing, performance, documentation, and developer-facing improvements.</p> <p><strong>2. Kai</strong><br><br> Repository: <a href="https://github.com/hushh-labs/hushh-research" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/hushh-labs/hushh-research</a><br><br> Application: <a href="https://kai.hushh.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://kai.hushh.ai/</a></p> <p>Good fit for contributors who want to understand a deeper AI-first product flow, study the architecture, identify real issues, and contribute meaningful improvements.</p> <h2> What to submit </h2> <p>Choose one track, read the repository docs, identify a real bug, missing test, documentation gap, UX gap, performance bottleneck, or useful feature opportunity, and raise a clean GitHub pull request.</p> <p>Your final submission should include:</p> <ul> <li>GitHub profile link</li> <li>chosen track</li> <li>repository name</li> <li>issue link or clear problem statement</li> <li>pull request link</li> <li>short write-up covering what you found, why it matters, what changed, and how you validated it</li> </ul> <h2> Evaluation </h2> <p>We will evaluate relevance, technical depth, product thinking, code quality, maintainability, testing, security awareness, PR clarity, ownership, and execution quality.</p> <h2> Register </h2> <p>Unstop: <a href="https://unstop.com/p/hushh-open-source-hiring-challenge-2026-build-for-kai-hushhtech-duplicate-hushhai-1687824" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://unstop.com/p/hushh-open-source-hiring-challenge-2026-build-for-kai-hushhtech-duplicate-hushhai-1687824</a><br><br> Eventbrite: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hushh-open-source-hiring-challenge-2026-build-for-kai-hushhtech-tickets-1989872887372?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hushh-open-source-hiring-challenge-2026-build-for-kai-hushhtech-tickets-1989872887372?aff=oddtdtcreator</a><br><br> Luma: <a href="https://luma.com/6uf0atjk" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://luma.com/6uf0atjk</a></p> <p>If you are a developer in India, the US, UAE, or anywhere remote and want a practical open-source contribution window, join the Discord and start with one clean PR.</p> opensource ai webdev career