Hello,
Have you ever thought that opensource is for some kind of developer elite like Max Stoiber. And that it will take hours of investment to contribute?
Then you completely right 😆
But fortunately, not everybody needs to hit more then twenty thousand GitHub stars on their next open-source project like react-boilerplate did or to contribute with bugfixes and improvements for a complex project like React.
During Hacktoberfest 2020 I used Chromes Lighthouse to identify and fix small comment problems like missing alt="Happy hacking" attributes on images or missing rel="noreferrer" on external links. Small problems that affect accessibility and safety.
These contributions were not innovative performance leak bugfixes for a million users framework or something in the same league. These fixes were not complex or time-consuming, but yet important and added value to the projects. Something the maintainers were truly happy for.
If you have never contributed to an open-source project before, the above method can be a low-level entry point that will get you're started without years of experience or hours of investment.
Happy Hacking
Troels Agergaard
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