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Morgan Connolly
Morgan Connolly

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Demystifying open source

I am

a full-stack web developer trying to keep my focus on dev-ops from getting me siloed.

Background

This Hacktoberfest I contributed to 2 different repos, with two very different managing institutions. One, Mattermost Inc, is a a startup with over 1 hundred full time employees and millions of dollars in funding. The other, tridactyl, is a volunteer community. Even though these managing institutions are quite different, my interactions with both were uniformly delightful.

Contributions

https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-webapp/pull/6862
https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/pull/2934
https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-webapp/pull/6963
https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-webapp/pull/6966

Reflections

I was extremely impressed by the welcoming, friendly, and professional interactions I had during Hacktoberfest. I'm excited to see how many friends and coworkers I can get to start contributing to open source with me.

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