The latest articles on DEV Community by Dinesh Anbazhagan (@itzmidinesh). https://dev.to/itzmidinesh 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%2F1087937%2F53a5a547-8c56-4018-b500-c4d4a8fbe276.jpg https://dev.to/itzmidinesh en Dinesh Anbazhagan Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:08:13 +0000 https://dev.to/itzmidinesh/my-hacktoberfest-journey-2gli https://dev.to/itzmidinesh/my-hacktoberfest-journey-2gli <h3> Intro </h3> <p>This was my first Hacktoberfest. I was excited to contribute something to open source. I have been trying to learn how to contribute for a long time now and this seemed like a perfect opportunity to grab. </p> <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__cover"> <a href="https://github.com/itzmidinesh" class="c-link s:max-w-50 align-middle" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img alt="" src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.githubusercontent.com%2Fu%2F5523347%3Fv%3D4%3Fs%3D400" height="auto" class="m-0"> </a> </div> <div class="c-embed__body"> <h2 class="fs-xl lh-tight"> <a href="https://github.com/itzmidinesh" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link"> itzmidinesh (Dinesh Anbazhagan) · GitHub </a> </h2> <p class="truncate-at-3"> Full Stack Developer. itzmidinesh has 12 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub. </p> <div class="color-secondary fs-s flex items-center"> <img alt="favicon" class="c-embed__favicon m-0 mr-2 radius-0" src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.githubassets.com%2Ffavicons%2Ffavicon.svg"> github.com </div> </div> </div> <h3> Highs and Lows </h3> <p>I was having trouble finding issues that I could work on. Then, it striked that instead of looking for something else I should rather contribute on something that I am already a part of. It clicked and felt so good when my first PR was merged.</p> <h3> Growth </h3> <p>I improved some documentation and learned about how to raise PR's and how the open source ecosystem works. I am hoping that this will be very helpful for future contributions from me.</p> hack23contributor