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Ayu & Dominic - Hacktoberfest is Coming, Preptember is Here!

Join hosts Bekah and Dan in this episode with monthly challenge Preptember leads, Dominic and Ayu. We talk about the importance of preparing both as a contributor and a maintainer, some of the challenges you might face as someone new to those roles during Hacktoberfest, and some of the benefits you'll receive by participating in open source.

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About Dominic

Dominic is a Full Stack Developer, community builder, remote worker and aspiring polymath. He's passionate about open source everything, decentralization, peer-to-peer tech and cryptocurrency. He's also to be found playing board games, studying paper maps and riding public transport.

About Ayu

Ayu is a self-taught front-end developer and technical blogger based in The Netherlands.

She has a strong interest in building projects that are accessible to everyone.

Her passion for life-long learning is what motivates her open-source contributions, project collaboration, and community engagement.

Learning new things is something that fills her with excitement and she's eager to share her learning in public and pass on her knowledge through her blog and Twitter.

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