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How to Make a Positive Impact during Hacktoberfest

Season 10, Episode 4 | September 30, 2024

Welcome to Hacktoberfest!

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Show Notes:

Bekah and Dan explore the community's engagement with Hacktoberfest, a month-long event encouraging open source contributions. They discuss what Hacktoberfest is and what it means to be a positive contributor in the open source community. They highlight the importance of meaningful contributions, respecting maintainers' time, and provides tips for navigating and contributing to open source projects, and touches on ways to be a good open source citizen and the benefits of contributing consistently to a single project or organization. The episode emphasizes understanding project documentation and being patient with maintainers, while exploring various ways to support open source initiatives beyond writing code.

  • 00:00 Welcome to the Virtual Coffee Podcast
  • 00:25 Introduction to Hacktoberfest
  • 00:45 Sponsorship Shoutout
  • 01:08 Getting Started with Hacktoberfest
  • 02:01 The Origins of Virtual Coffee and Hacktoberfest
  • 05:01 How to Contribute Positively
  • 13:02 The Importance of Documentation
  • 18:04 Non-Code Contributions
  • 24:02 Building Relationships in Open Source
  • 26:25 Closing Remarks and Contact Information

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The Virtual Coffee Podcast is produced by Dan Ott and Bekah Hawrot Weigel and edited by Dan Ott.