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Kom 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 been contributing to open source and participating 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 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 which are used in the real world.

I had also a target for getting into the AI domain through open source.
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

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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!


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Rohan Sharma

It's nice to see you growing in OS