What’s the best way to make my first open-source contribution?
I'm interested in getting involved in open source, but I'm not sure how to go from discovering a project to making a useful contribution. I use a lot…
GitHub contributions
What is GitHub’s activity chart actually meant to show?
I noticed that people sometimes try to fill in gaps or otherwise manipulate their GitHub contribution chart. That made me wonder what the chart was originally designed for.…
What is GitHub’s activity chart actually meant to show?
I recently saw someone try to fill in an old gap in their GitHub contribution history, which made me wonder why the activity chart exists in the first…
How can I gain experience contributing to larger projects?
I'm ready to start moving toward professional work and would like to build experience by helping with larger projects first. What websites, programs, or other opportunities are good…
How can I gain experience by contributing to larger projects?
I'm ready to start moving toward professional work and would like to build experience by helping with larger projects first. What are good places or websites to find…
How can I find active, well-known open-source projects to contribute to?
I want to contribute to open-source projects that are widely used and actively maintained, but I keep finding repositories with little activity, few users, or no stars and…