I want to gain some skills by contributing to an existing/a promising open source project and also increase productive use of my time.
Do you have a suggestion ?
Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
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Re: Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
#2have you tried something like https://www.codetriage.com ?
Re: Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
#3What skills have you got? Have you joined the community on Slack or mailing list for something that you are interested in? Have you attended a meetup in your city?
Re: Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
#4What skills have you got? Have you joined the community on Slack or mailing list for something that you are interested in? Have you attended a meetup in your city?
I am familiar with Java, C++, C#, TypeScript, Python. My interest areas are async frameworks, open source DBs, not really excited about UX, but can manage it.
Re: Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
#5have you tried something like https://www.codetriage.com ?
no. will check.
Re: Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
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Re: Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
#7You could do a TypeScript change I've been meaning to do for a while now on an open source repo I use:
https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph
The change: When viewing a file, the copy icon should put the file's path in clipboard instead of the window's url.
Re: Ask HN: I want to contribute to a open source project, do you have a suggestion?
#8We can't know what interests you. Have a rummage through Github or one of the alternatives till you find a project (or even several) that will fit your 'itch'.