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Ayu & Dominic - Hacktoberfest is Coming, Preptember is Here!

Season 9, Episode 1 | September 18, 2023

Join hosts Bekah and Dan in this episode featuring Dominic and Ayu as we explore Preptember—the month where we prepare for Hacktoberfest—and the importance of taking the month to prepare, learn more about open source projects, and evaluate open source repositories to recommend to contributors.

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Dominic Duffin

Dominic is a Full Stack Developer, community builder, remote worker and aspiring polymath. He's passionate about open source everything, decentralization, peer-to-peer tech and cryptocurrency. He's also to be found playing board games, studying paper maps and riding public transport.

Ayu Adiati

Ayu is a self-taught front-end developer and technical blogger based in The Netherlands.

She has a strong interest in building projects that are accessible to everyone.

Her passion for life-long learning is what motivates her open-source contributions, project collaboration, and community engagement.

Learning new things is something that fills her with excitement and she's eager to share her learning in public and pass on her knowledge through her blog and Twitter.

Show Notes:

Join hosts Bekah and Dan in this episode with monthly challenge Preptember leads, Dominic and Ayu. We talk about the importance of preparing both as a contributor and a maintainer, some of the challenges you might face as someone new to those roles during Hacktoberfest, and some of the benefits you'll receive by participating in open source.

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