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masque wrote (edited )

I release a lot of my personal projects on github, but it's not like anyone uses any of them so I haven't had to deal with lots of demand to maintain them yet. I feel like I ought to start contributing to open source software, but my experience is all academic or related to small personal projects so I worry that I don't have the right skills to help with "proper" open source.

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kore wrote

in my experience testing stuff that others write is a great way to get your feet wet in large open source projects. it also very much helps to be motivated by something you want in the software. the first mental hurdle of reading enough code so you can understand enough to make a change is hard, but it gets easier from there. most people are glad for the help, and if you really give it an honest effort people are tolerant of mistakes.

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