The latest articles on DEV Community by Birk Jernström (@birk). https://dev.to/birk 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%2F1124302%2F5cd6b6f3-4275-42fa-8a36-5a1cf7a6a94e.jpg https://dev.to/birk en Birk Jernström Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:55:06 +0000 https://dev.to/birk/im-pledging-30k-to-open-source-which-efforts-need-support-21gk https://dev.to/birk/im-pledging-30k-to-open-source-which-efforts-need-support-21gk <p>I'm a self-taught developer since the late 90s which is a phrase I honestly wouldn't have been able to say had it not been for open source.</p> <p>I absolutely love the OSS ecosystem and am eternally grateful for what it has offered me and effectively the career it has enabled. Therefore, earlier this month I sent out a <a href="https://twitter.com/birk/status/1676592046386077697">tweet</a> pledging $30K of my savings toward impactful open source efforts that maintainers want or are pursuing. </p> <p>I'm starting with efforts around education ($10K). Everything from updating docs, translating them to creating educational materials around OSS initiatives. Or software for education itself which is OSS.</p> <p>I've been looking at GitHub Issues with labels such as "docs", chatting with a few maintainers about upcoming efforts and more. However, I would also greatly appreciate suggestions from the community.</p> <p>So if you know of any outstanding issues/efforts around improving education surrounding the OSS libraries you use and like, I'd greatly appreciate your recommendations and links to such GitHub issues or equivalent. Thank you :)</p> opensource