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Shabeeb Khalid
Shabeeb Khalid

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I too am a proud contributor

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Yes, you heard me right. I am not a full-time programmer, but managed to contribute to two well-known applications this October. Let me explain.

About Me

I am a DevOps Engineer / Cloud Architect from Finland, associated with an industry-leading quantum computer manufacturer IQM Finland Oy. I am a person more inclined to the IT infrastructure and not a seasoned programmer. However, I liked using the applications developed in the open-source ecosystem as it gives us leverage to do what we think is right. There are opinions, and there are choices always.

So, what's next? Give back... Yes, giving back is the key to keeping this ecosystem healthy. So I decided that I should also give back. That's how I have once again turned into Hacktoberfest.

Highs and Lows

The repositories I chose to contribute this year were freeCodeCamp and Grafana. Both have admiring teams and exceptional beginners' experience.

Until now, the experience has been awesome.

Feel free to have a look at my contributions this year and let me know if you have a good suggestion for me so that I can improve myself and become a better contributor.

Pull Requests

  1. https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/pull/51852
  2. https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/pull/51875
  3. https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/pull/51888
  4. https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/pull/51974
  5. https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/pull/52012
  6. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/76331
  7. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/76382
  8. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/76855
  9. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/76921
  10. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/76922
  11. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/76938
  12. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/77083
  13. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/77174
  14. https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/77176 (Still in review)

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Michael Tharrington

Woot! Congrats, Shabeeb. Nicely done. 🙌