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I'm the former tech lead for the NPM CLI, and I've been doing FOSS for 10+ years, Ask Me Anything!

I'm the former tech lead for the NPM CLI, and I've been doing FOSS for 10+ years, Ask Me Anything!

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Hacktoberfest🏆 Coming

Hacktoberfest🏆 Coming

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free software actually costs something

free software actually costs something

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The Give and Get of Your Community

The Give and Get of Your Community

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9 best open-source findings, August 2019

9 best open-source findings, August 2019

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📄 Cheat sheet - How to promote your open-source project?

📄 Cheat sheet - How to promote your open-source project?

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Why you should think twice about contributing to Open Source

Why you should think twice about contributing to Open Source

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Contributing code with git

Contributing code with git

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A System for Sustainable FOSS

A System for Sustainable FOSS

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I wonder how GitHub's trending algorithm works. Any clue ?

I wonder how GitHub's trending algorithm works. Any clue ?

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How to get selected in Google Summer of Code?

How to get selected in Google Summer of Code?

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Hacktoberfest 2019 updates posted. Get ready everyone!

Hacktoberfest 2019 updates posted. Get ready everyone!

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How can open source contributors and maintainers engage in a respectful ongoing relationship?

How can open source contributors and maintainers engage in a respectful ongoing relationship?

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Plausible is going open-source

Plausible is going open-source

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Syncing Github Forks in 2 steps

Syncing Github Forks in 2 steps

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Ads In Your Linters

Ads In Your Linters

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How did you feel after your first open source PR?

How did you feel after your first open source PR?

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Who is an open source Developer?

Who is an open source Developer?

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Please don't forget to write the changelog

Please don't forget to write the changelog

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Preparing your project being open sourced

Preparing your project being open sourced

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How to anonymize your GitHub activity

How to anonymize your GitHub activity

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You are only paying a small part of your dev team

You are only paying a small part of your dev team

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10 Days as a Software Developer

10 Days as a Software Developer

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Firebase CRUD

Firebase CRUD

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Feruz Oripov, The Real MVP.

Feruz Oripov, The Real MVP.

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4 Great initiatives to find open source projects

4 Great initiatives to find open source projects

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How open-source will Tumblr become?

How open-source will Tumblr become?

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The ultimate (free) CI/CD for your open-source projects

The ultimate (free) CI/CD for your open-source projects

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Curated List of Open Source Programs, Events, and Competitions

Curated List of Open Source Programs, Events, and Competitions

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Designing an API

Designing an API

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DEV Went Open Source One Year Ago Today, And We Have So Much More Planned!

DEV Went Open Source One Year Ago Today, And We Have So Much More Planned!

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Tell us your Thoughts About Open Source

Tell us your Thoughts About Open Source

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WebMaker APP: Offline Web Development Play-Ground

WebMaker APP: Offline Web Development Play-Ground

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What Licenses Are in Use?

What Licenses Are in Use?

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Optimizing Bulk Load in RocksDB

Optimizing Bulk Load in RocksDB

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Contributing to open source community

Contributing to open source community

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Starting Over: And That's Ok

Starting Over: And That's Ok

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[Video] Enabling Web Developers to Build the Future of the Web

[Video] Enabling Web Developers to Build the Future of the Web

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My recent open source contributions (August 2019)

My recent open source contributions (August 2019)

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8 Best Crowdsourcing Websites for Apps & Games

8 Best Crowdsourcing Websites for Apps & Games

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How I started contributing to opensource by opening my first pull request

How I started contributing to opensource by opening my first pull request

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A simple guide for port forwarding Kubernetes resources

A simple guide for port forwarding Kubernetes resources

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PHP Noob Basics

PHP Noob Basics

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Contributing to React Pure Loaders

Contributing to React Pure Loaders

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A Maven Custom Archetype

A Maven Custom Archetype

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If You Don't Know, Now You Know - GitHub Is Restricting Access For Users From Iran And A Few Other Embargoed Countries

If You Don't Know, Now You Know - GitHub Is Restricting Access For Users From Iran And A Few Other Embargoed Countries

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Git Workflow Etiquette

Git Workflow Etiquette

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Me, a year in review

Me, a year in review

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The Open Source World as I View It

The Open Source World as I View It

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Understanding Gaps in project

Understanding Gaps in project

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Contribuindo para projetos open source com GitHub

Contribuindo para projetos open source com GitHub

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Come code with me ...

Come code with me ...

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My Open Source Journey

My Open Source Journey

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Learning to code by creating open source documentation: a beneficial synergy

Learning to code by creating open source documentation: a beneficial synergy

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Getting started in open source

Getting started in open source

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10k+ curated dev bookmarks collection

10k+ curated dev bookmarks collection

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Why Trade Restriction is a good news for Open source?

Why Trade Restriction is a good news for Open source?

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What are the most efficient decentralized database solutions?

What are the most efficient decentralized database solutions?

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GitHub Projects or Trello? What is your thing?

GitHub Projects or Trello? What is your thing?

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You May Be a Tech Speaker and Not Know It

You May Be a Tech Speaker and Not Know It

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