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Ved Narvekar
Ved Narvekar

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Why Most Open-Source Issues Feel Hard (And What I’m Building to Fix It)

I like contributing to open source.

What I don’t like:
– Opening an issue
– Reading the description
– Still having no idea where in the codebase to start

Docs are long. Repos are big. Maintainers assume context you don’t have.
So I’m building something to fix that.

Sense-OSS adds an intelligence layer on top of GitHub.
It doesn’t auto solve Issues.
It doesn’t open PRs.

It just answers the questions GitHub doesn’t:

  1. What part of the codebase does this issue likely affect?
  2. What are likely changes to fix the issue?
  3. Is this issue beginner-friendly or risky?
  4. Where should I start, and why?

You open a repo.
You open an issue.
Below it, you see a clear explanation + likely files involved.

The goal is simple:
Reduce the mental cost of contributing.

WorkFlow:

Shows How Stateless JWT and Statefull Session Based Authentication Works in a project

Shows how repository fetch and workflow in my project

How analysis of an issue will be done to make contributions easier

Would love to hear from you!

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