The latest articles on DEV Community by sage106 (@sage106). https://dev.to/sage106 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%2F4155801%2Fbeae1a1a-267b-44bb-8874-ed6c5475e220.png https://dev.to/sage106 en sage106 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:01:56 +0000 https://dev.to/sage106/starting-my-hacktoberfest-2026-journey-4140 https://dev.to/sage106/starting-my-hacktoberfest-2026-journey-4140 <p>Hey everyone!</p> <p>I've been wanting to get into open source for a while, and I finally decided to start with Hacktoberfest 2026.</p> <p>I'm a B.Tech CSE graduate and mostly work with Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python, SQL, and a few AI/LLM tools. I've built a bunch of projects while learning, but I've mostly been working on my own.</p> <p>Now I want to see what it's actually like to work on a real open-source project — understanding someone else's code, fixing things, learning from other developers, and hopefully making some useful contributions along the way.</p> <p>For this Hacktoberfest, I'm mainly looking forward to:</p> <p>Making my first meaningful open-source contribution</p> <p>Getting better at Git and GitHub</p> <p>Working with real-world codebases</p> <p>Learning more about AI and open-source projects</p> <p>Meeting other developers who are also starting or contributing to open source</p> <p>I honestly don't know how this journey is going to go, but that's kind of the fun part.</p> <p>If you're participating in Hacktoberfest too, feel free to say hi. I'd love to connect and learn from you! :)</p> <p>Let's see where this goes. 🚀</p> <h1> Hacktoberfest2026 #Hacktoberfest #OpenSource #GitHub </h1> git github opensource