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I feel ashamed of trying to contribute to open source for a decade, but never finding a way to. Could someone help me? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by naoseiquemsou@kbin.social to c/opensource@kbin.social

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I can code, but I never found my way into any project. It's hard to explain, but I'm sort of a dysfunctional human being.

I always loved open source, and back then, I wanted to be an open source developer. I tried some things here and there, but they only became abandoned personal messed up projects or archived github repos.

I believe I could be a competent contributor to some project if I had some guidance, so I thought about asking for help.

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[–] PoochieReds@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does any software you use regularly have bugs that need fixing? Bugfixes are a great way to get started. See if the project you want to work on has a bugtracker, pick one and try to fix it. Depending on what you're working on, it can take time to set up a development environment in order to do the work the first time, but after that it gets easier.

[–] naoseiquemsou@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Most software I use feel too big for a starting point. I tried solving bugs for a smaller project, but my pr took literally 4 years to be approved. In others, I tried to look into some issue, but they were fixed before I finished my attempt.

It all turned into some sort of barrier to get started.