πŸš€ My Open Source Journey β€” From Beginner to Contributor
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Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

When I first heard about open source, it sounded complex β€” but once I started exploring, I realized it’s all about learning, sharing, and growing together.

🌱 What I Learned

Before contributing, I focused on understanding the basics:

πŸ” What is Open Source

πŸ†“ What are Free Softwares

πŸ“œ Different Licenses (MIT, GPL, Apache)

🧭 Basic Git & GitHub Commands

This foundation helped me understand how collaboration in the developer world really works.

πŸ’» My Contributions

Once confident, I took my first real steps:

Self-hosted a server called Affine

Contributed to 2 open source projects

Raised 8 pull requests (PRs)

Participating in Hacktoberfest 2025

Each PR gave me more confidence β€” from understanding codebases to communicating with maintainers…

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