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K Om Senapati
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Hacktoberfest 2024: A Journey of Learning and Contribution

Introduction πŸ‘‹

Hello, Dev Community!
I am K Om Senapati, a fellow Python dev and open-source enthusiast! I have contributed to open source and participated in Hacktoberfest for 2 years (via GitHub).
But this year it was special as I participated in Quira Hacktoberfest and Devfest as well πŸ˜‰.

I also participated in some other events πŸ•Ί like


Target 🎯

This year I targeted for more meaningful contributions than last year. Previously I contributed to DSA and RESOURCES repos mostly but this time I tried to contribute to actual projects used in the real world. πŸ“ˆ

I also had a target for getting into the AI domain through open source. πŸ˜‰
I think it was partially achieved as I learnt about cool projects like


October Contributions Roundup

πŸͺ Hacktoberfest Demos for CopilotKit

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πŸ€– Added GROQ API Support

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🧠 MindsDB Contributions (Pending Merge)

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  • πŸ“₯ Three Additional PRs for mindsdb-js-sdk

pending prs of mindsdb


Bot Verse Maintainer πŸ€–

I was a project admin for GSSOC and opened my project Bot Verse for Hacktoberfest. Around 22 contributors worked on it, and here’s the commit graph:

Bot Verse commits

It was a great experience collaborating with the community to improve this project. πŸ€“


Learning 🧠

Some of my major learnings this October:

  • Adding AI copilots and Generative UI to your web apps with Copilotkit
  • Creating AI agents with memory via Julep
  • Interacting with your databases via Chartdb and minds

Conclusion

October was an amazing month of growth for me. I’m excited to dive deeper into open source and give back even more.

Fun is over but hustle begins now! πŸ’ͺ


If you loved this, please follow me for more πŸ’–

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Rohan Sharma

It's nice to see you growing in OS

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K Om Senapati

Thanks! Just trying to catch up to your OP level in OS πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘‘
Keep leading the way!

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Rohan Sharma

πŸͺ”πŸ’

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Akash Jana

Good job mate! πŸ™ŒπŸ½πŸ¦β€πŸ”₯

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K Om Senapati

Thanks πŸ’–

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Anmol Baranwal

You did so much in just 1 month :D

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K Om Senapati

Learning from you guys :P

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Namee

Great job! Really awesome that you participated in these cool projects and developed so much!

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K Om Senapati

Looking forward to do more :)

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Rohith Singh

Great work kom. You're a true champ, and nothing less than that!

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K Om Senapati

Thanks a ton! πŸ™Œ Couldn't have done it without awesome teammates like you! Pumped for more teamwork at DevFest! πŸš€

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Md Abid Hussain

Great

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Monik

If you ever come near kiit. Please meet me. Love your work bro!

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K Om Senapati

For now, we can talk in DMs