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Contributing to Open Source Can Change Your Life - Here’s How to Do It

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There are over 128000000 open source projects on GitHub and every single one of them has the potential to change your life forever. Whether you are building your GitHub street cred, fixing a bug, adding a feature to a project you personally use, or just fixing typos, every pull request you submit moves you one step further in your development career. GitHub is the new resume and every contribution you make builds your collaboration skills and associates your name with the massive community of driven individuals out there making software for fun and profit. So… There’s no time like the present. let’s learn how to find an open-source project and make your first contribution right now! ======================================= I get a lot of questions about my gear so I've created a few lists of the stuff I use. These are affiliate links. If you click and literally buy anything, it helps support the channel! Thank you. Here's a link to my home office gear: https://kit.co/AskCloudArchitech/my-home-office-gear Here's a link to my youtube "studio" gear: https://kit.co/AskCloudArchitech/youtube-recording-gear ======================================= My website for written versions of these vids: https://askcloudarchitech.com ============================================================== 1. Find a project and an issue 2. Read the rules 3. Fork the project, make a branch 4. The next and very important step is like and subscribe if you enjoy this video, thanks! 5. Make your changes 6. Push your changes 7. Open a pr that resolves the issue 8. Monitor and receive feedback gracefully

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william_grant 1 month, 2 weeks ago

This was good but now so called vibecoders has ruined this

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hortensepoirier453 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Thanks Unc

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kimberlyechoing26 2 months, 3 weeks ago

i love this, you are the best, short yet detailed

charansarna117
charansarna117 5 months, 1 week ago

Great video, No trash talk

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maytemarroquín719 5 months, 1 week ago

You look like the guy from the movie Vanishing

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bryanmyst97 5 months, 2 weeks ago

I am ready with everyone roasting me like they do on stack overflow.

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victoria_elliott 5 months, 2 weeks ago

0:53 I AM NOT A BAD MAN BUT I HAD TO SAY THAT SAYING GOT ME

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ray_lewis 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Let's paint it all green guys!

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franklinvelvet77 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing your views and guides on open source!

kabir_khalsa
kabir_khalsa 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Thank you, I created my first pull request to an open source project

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rebeccareynolds895 10 months, 2 weeks ago

The problem I've found is that "good first issue" or "contributions welcome" usually need some serious skills already. Something like "Fix the kernel scheduling to use the heap instead of the stack" and "Fix race condition in the hyperwidget threadpool" are sometimes tagged as Beginner. And the project itself has hundreds of people looking at it. Nah, that's not beginner bro.

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karen_larson 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing, courageous tips and lesson. PD: Greetings from Cuba Brother, new subscriber

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sabrina_king 1 year, 2 months ago

"Someone else's code is their temple. Don't walk in with your muddy shoes on." Well said!

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bertrand_charpentier 1 year, 3 months ago

Thank you very much for this quick and to the point tutorial. I've been using Git and Github for myself but I never contributed with other projects so this explanation comes very handy for me

keith.mitchell
keith.mitchell 1 year, 4 months ago

I love the Channel name. Learn fast break things - Steve Jobs

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erick_pimenta 1 year, 4 months ago

Short, straight to the point, clear instructions. Thankyou so much!

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jacqueline.long 1 year, 7 months ago

Quick and straightforward. I didn't have to waste 10 minutes of my life

emmanuelle_maillot
emmanuelle_maillot 1 year, 7 months ago

To the point, short, well explained. Thanks!

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cynthia.costa 1 year, 7 months ago

This tutorial made it all seem manageable!

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laurencebailly256 1 year, 8 months ago

That was really a wonderful video which consisted pure content and no bullshit....Keep Going, mate...Thanks again!