Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
First off, congratulations on the progress you have made so far! I totally forgot it was Hacktoberfest, and I might give it a shot.
You made a crucial point I often forget. Pull requests don't have to be extravagant. Little PRs can go a long way. It can really make someone's day when you stumble across their repo and find a vulnerable NPM package to update or some documentation to enhance.
It's such a rewarding experience contributing to open source. Earlier this year I was investigating a bug in the F# libraries and Don Syme, one of the creators of F#, started talking to me and offering guidance on how to proceed. I got to talk to one of my programming heroes and learned a ton of obscure details about Internet standards!
First off, congratulations on the progress you have made so far! I totally forgot it was Hacktoberfest, and I might give it a shot.
You made a crucial point I often forget. Pull requests don't have to be extravagant. Little PRs can go a long way. It can really make someone's day when you stumble across their repo and find a vulnerable NPM package to update or some documentation to enhance.
It's such a rewarding experience contributing to open source. Earlier this year I was investigating a bug in the F# libraries and Don Syme, one of the creators of F#, started talking to me and offering guidance on how to proceed. I got to talk to one of my programming heroes and learned a ton of obscure details about Internet standards!
I feel like so many people forget that smaller things still count and are insanely helpful.
That's so cool and such a learning experience! That's definitely a life highlight.