Throw yourself out there for fun and profit

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1. @stefanjudis
   stefanjudis.com | webweekly.email
   Heyo,
   I'm Stefan!
   

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2. Entschuldigt das
   harte Denglisch... !
   

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3. Can you visit us
   and speak about
   Open Source?
   

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4. Most of them are
   nonsense, though.
   

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6. @stefanjudis
   Throw yourself out
   there for fun and profit
   

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7. My previous life:
   Sound engineer
   

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8. I started coding
   with the age of 25...
   

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9. ... and felt soooo behind!
   

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10. What's this magic?
    

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11. Where should I start?
    

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14. A welcoming project is
    essential to get started
    with Open Source
    

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15. goodfirstissue.dev
    hacktoberfest.com
    

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16. Build in public
    

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17. Terminal & child_process "stuff"
    

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20. Build stu! to scratch
    your own itch
    

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25. Neutral ownership
    

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26. Be nice to maintainers
    

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31. Maintainers don't owe
    anything to anyone
    

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32. It's okay to let
    a project go...
    

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33. Open Source
    was the beginning
    

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34. Anything can be
    worth sharing
    

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36. tiny-helpers.dev
    

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40. 546 tools &
    187 Contributors
    

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42. Awesome lists
    

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46. Share your setup
    

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47. .dotfiles
    github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles
    

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48. " People contribute to my undocumented mess "
    

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49. Whenever someones
    asks about your setup...
    

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51. www.stefanjudis.com/blog/declutter-emojify-and-prettify-your-iterm2-terminal/
    

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52. uses.tech
    

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54. Everything you have/
    know/do can be a URL...
    

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55. Whenever Google doesn't
    have the answer...
    

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56. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/multiple-inline-svgs/
    

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57. Whenever you learn
    something...
    

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58. github.com/jbranchaud/til
    

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59. stefanjudis.com/today-i-learned/
    

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62. I don't remember everything I
    wrote, but I remember that I
    did...
    

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63. You don't need 2k words to
    share something valuable...
    

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64. webplatform.news matuzo.at
    

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65. Create your tiny
    corner of the internet
    

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68. Whenever you think
    something should exist...
    

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69. github.com/SaraVieira
    

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70. npmdrinkinggame.party
    

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71. blahaj.xyz
    

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73. I'm looking for
    contributors to
    put something at
    random-mdn.io!
    

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74. Connect with the
    community
    

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77. There's one thing all
    attendees have in common
    

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78. Making friends is way
    easier when you present
    

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79. And everything's much more
    fun when you know some
    folks...
    

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80. "I don't have anything
    to share." #
    

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81. Everybody is an
    expert at something.
    

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83. Cool! Cool! Cool!
    But so what?
    

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84. Working in public
    can be a job...
    

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85. "Do you want to get
    paid to do all this?"
    

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86. Developer Relations / Developer Experience / Developer Education
    

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87. Writing is a skill
    that keeps giving
    

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88. README
    Documentation
    GitHub Issues
    Emails
    Company Wikis
    Meeting notes
    

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89. Writing is thinking
    

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90. Writing is learning
    

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91. Writing is remembering
    

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92. Open source taught
    me to collaborate
    

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93. Being part of a
    community is worth it!
    

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94. New friends around
    the world
    

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95. And sometimes, I get
    invited to events. $
    

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96. Open Source shaped my
    career and got me onto a
    path I love!
    

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97. @stefanjudis
    stefanjudis.com | webweekly.email
    Thanks.
    

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