The latest articles on DEV Community by Rakshitha K B (@rakshitha_kb_5). https://dev.to/rakshitha_kb_5 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4152962%2F2669eb6d-f02a-4eb3-b214-0d2ed0af3fbb.png https://dev.to/rakshitha_kb_5 en Rakshitha K B Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:11:57 +0000 https://dev.to/rakshitha_kb_5/starting-my-open-source-journey-this-hacktoberfest-1ln7 https://dev.to/rakshitha_kb_5/starting-my-open-source-journey-this-hacktoberfest-1ln7 <p>Hi DEV community! 👋</p> <p>I'm Rakshitha, a 5th-semester Computer Science Engineering student at PES University. This October, I've decided to stop just <em>reading</em> about open source and actually start contributing.</p> <h2> Why I'm doing this </h2> <p>I use open source tools every day, like VS Code and Linux, but I never knew how people actually contribute to them.</p> <h2> What I know so far </h2> <ul> <li>A <strong>fork</strong> is my own copy of someone else's project</li> <li>A <strong>commit</strong> saves a snapshot of my changes</li> <li> <strong>Pushing</strong> uploads my changes to GitHub</li> <li>A <strong>pull request (PR)</strong> asks the project to accept my changes</li> </ul> <h2> What I'm comfortable with </h2> <p>Python, C++, SQL, HTML, CSS, React, and Node.js. I'm especially keen to find projects in web development (React/Node) or Python or in networks. </p> hacktoberfest opensource beginners learning