Hey there! I'm Ashish, a proud contributor to Hacktoberfest 2023.
This marked my debut in both Hacktoberfest and the world of open-source contributions. The journey has been nothing short of amazing. Stay tuned for the exciting story!
Starting from the beginning.
I signed up for Hacktoberfest and grasped the basics of Git and GitHub by October 8th.
My initial contributions in early October were on some less meaningful repositories, but I soon realized their futility. So, I shifted my focus towards genuine contributions. Venturing into repositories with complex C/C++ codebases proved challenging. It was so challenging I almost gave up.
But then I resorted to contributing to documentation in one repository, and to my amazement, it got merged - a pleasant surprise!
With an aspiring developer's mindset, I persevered, attempting contributions in various repositories. While some were rejected, others turned out to be inactive.
As the event neared its end, I stumbled upon a movie website repository written in HTML and CSS.
I made multiple contributions, and two were successfully merged, making me the happiest person on the planet.
However, the remaining issues in repository presented complex problems that I couldn't resolve.
So, I came up with a unique idea. I uploaded an app I had developed in Dart the previous year on GitHub and made a contribution, which I naturally merged myself.
Despite some setbacks, I didn't achieve anything particularly unique. Nonetheless,
I'm content with the little I was able to accomplish.
Things that I have achieved
I've come a long way from knowing the languages to understanding their practical use in development.
Learning CLI and Git was a game-changer. The vast world of open source is thrilling! Ready to contribute and participate in more events.
Please leave your thoughts in the comment section 😊
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