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Discussion on: A selfish reason to contribute to open source

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Abhijit Hota

As a beginner, how do I go on selecting the codebase that I want to contribute to? And how exactly do I know what to contribute?

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Dominik Ilnicki

Hi, Try to find some interesting projects on GitHub and start with issues labeled by good first issue or first timers only.
You can always ask maintainers about the details in comments.

Maybe the side project I've recently created will help you with that. You can filter issues there by popularity and programming language.
justcontribute.netlify.app

Also, you can read more about joining some OS project here
github.com/firstcontributions/firs...
They cover a lot of details

Good luck! Open-source is a great way to learn

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icncsx

Great app, Dominik!

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Abhijit Hota

Thanks a lot for the reply! Didn't know about the specific labels in GitHub issues.

And I just checked your app! It's super simple and smooth. Great job!

Thanks again! Looking forward to contribute to the Open Source community =)

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icncsx

Good luck!