Oct 10, 2019
Hacktoberfest Part 2
October means it's time for Hacktoberfest. We're talking with Shannon Crabill about what open source is, how to get involved with Hacktoberfest, and tips & tricks for maintaining open source projects.
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Show Notes.
1:17 - Who is Shannon?
4:19 - What is open source?
4:55 - How did you get involved in Hacktoberfest?
6:27 - What is it like to maintain an open source project?
7:35 - Tips && tricks for people wanting to work on maintaining an open source project
8:54 - How to contribute to Hacktoberfest projects?
11:51 - Advice for beginners getting started in open source
13:09 - How do you find projects to contribute to?
14:30 - Hard parts of open source
15:38 - Best parts of open source
16:52 - How to gain confidence to contribute
18:06 - Advice to someone beginning their coding journey
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