Embracing Open Source

Embracing Open Source (Internal Talk at Leapfrog Technology)

My experience on how we can effectively contribute to open source.

Links to all the screenshots in order:

1. https://github.com/mesaugat/geoJSON-Nepal
2. https://github.com/bhu1st/nepal_in_php_arrays/pull/1/files
3. https://github.com/chaijs/chai/issues/885#issuecomment-313163538
4. https://github.com/mesaugat/chai-exclude
5. https://github.com/mesaugat/tech-companies-in-nepal/pull/14
6. https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72636
7. https://github.com/srishanbhattarai/nepcal/issues/23
8. https://github.com/mesaugat/express-api-es6-starter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+label%3Aquestion
9. https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/pull/1117/files
10. https://gist.github.com/mesaugat/6c044f665a77e5756f9b9c6d1fb90889
11. https://github.com/prettymuchbryce/http-status-codes/pull/14/files
12. https://github.com/hashicorp/docker-vault/pull/123/files
13. https://github.com/mesaugat/chai-exclude/issues/9
14. https://github.com/microsoft/tslint-microsoft-contrib/pull/623

Further reading and references:

1. https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwdeUG_gySI
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6KcaMffxac
4. https://hopeinsource.com/faith/
5. https://medium.com/codezillas/a-bitter-guide-to-open-source-a8e3b6a3c1c4
6. https://medium.com/@kitze/github-stars-wont-pay-your-rent-8b348e12baed
7. https://soundcloud.com/do-not-merge/learning-from-code-reviews

Transcript

1. EMBRACING OPEN SOURCE
2. "OPEN SOURCE" REFERS TO CODE PEOPLE CAN MODIFY AND SHARE BECAUSE IT IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
3. WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE TODAY? ▸ Open Exchange ▸ Transparency ▸ Community-oriented Development ▸ Collaboration
4. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IT'S ABOUT SOLVING PROBLEMS
5. 1. START BY CREATING SOMETHING SMALL
6. GEOJSON-NEPAL
7. ¯\(ϑ)/¯ { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "id": 0, "properties": { "REGION": "Mid-Western" }, "geometry": { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ 81.272811889648437, 30.047199249267578 ], [ 81.273910522460938, 30.049659729003906 ], [ 81.274269104003906, 30.051664352416992 ] ] ] } } }
8. 2. CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
11. 3. CONTRIBUTION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CODE
18. 4. NOT EVERYTHING WILL FALL IN PLACE
22. 5. EMBRACE THE COMMUNITY
24. 6. EVERYONE HAS TO START SOMEWHERE
25. 7. BUT I CAN'T DO IT ...
26. YOU WISH.
27. GO GO GO
28. READINGS / REFERENCES ▸ How to contribute to Open Source ▸ Max Stoiber - I want you to contribute to open source ▸ Kent C. Dodds - Contributing to Open Source for Beginners ▸ Faith and Open Source ▸ A Bitter Guide to Open Source ▸ GitHub Stars Won't Pay Your Rent
29. THANK YOU