The latest articles on DEV Community by Irfan Khan (@irfan_khan_a4ea790d3fe37c). https://dev.to/irfan_khan_a4ea790d3fe37c 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%2F3590067%2F4ec0fb44-70b1-4d68-932f-52b44d35f3ce.png https://dev.to/irfan_khan_a4ea790d3fe37c en Irfan Khan Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:02:28 +0000 https://dev.to/irfan_khan_a4ea790d3fe37c/-my-first-hacktoberfest-experience-1cm5 https://dev.to/irfan_khan_a4ea790d3fe37c/-my-first-hacktoberfest-experience-1cm5 <p>This was my first ever Hacktoberfest, and honestly, it was such a fun, chaotic, and rewarding experience 😄.<br> I made 12 pull requests, and super happy to say that all of them got merged, which still feels unreal to me 🥹.</p> <p>Most of my work was frontend-focused — fixing layouts, tweaking components, improving responsiveness, and polishing small UI bits here and there. It felt really good applying my frontend skills to actual open-source projects instead of just side experiments or tutorials.</p> <p>I tried to avoid touching README files, you know, with the little controversy around contributions from India 😅, but still wanted every PR to have real value and impact.</p> <p>Throughout this month, I discovered some amazing projects, interacted with super chill maintainers, learned how real-world collaboration works, and got more comfortable with Git, PR reviews, and version control in general.</p> <p>Hacktoberfest honestly boosted my confidence as a developer — every time I saw that green “merged” badge, it felt like a mini win 🧩.<br> I enjoyed every single part of it, from hunting issues to seeing my code live in production.</p> <p>Can’t wait to join again next year — hopefully as a maintainer this time 👀.<br> Cheers to clean commits, meaningful contributions, and endless learning 🚀❤️.<br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F20ivk4uy0tq9wv9bl93m.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F20ivk4uy0tq9wv9bl93m.png" alt=" " width="800" height="723"></a><br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F49h24jtjr6j3g5azxae6.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F49h24jtjr6j3g5azxae6.png" alt=" " width="800" height="287"></a></p> devchallenge hacktoberfest opensource webdev