31 August 2024 to 2 September 2024
JECRC Foundation
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Non-Code Contributions to Open Source

1 Sept 2024, 10:20
30m
Room 1 (JECRC Foundation)

Room 1

JECRC Foundation

Shri Ram ki Nangal, via Sitapura RIICO Tonk Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302 022 India
Talk Community

Speaker

Navendu Pottekkat
Apache Software Foundation

Description

When thinking about open source contributions, most people think about contributing code. This was true in the early days when open source was a way for people to share the cool thing they built.

Now, as open source becomes the default way to build software, contributions required to create, manage, and sustain projects go beyond code.

In this talk, you will learn how to make impactful contributions to open source that does not involve contributing code.

What audience can learn

Audience will learn how they can make impactful open source contributions that does not involve contributing code. Everything in this talk is from real examples.

Summary

Contributing to open source involves a lot more than just code. In this talk you will learn how.

Biography

Navendu Pottekkat is a maintainer of Apache APISIX. He is passionate about designing, developing, and deploying scalable, distributed systems. Navendu dedicates himself to helping new contributors to open source, mentoring through the Google Summer of Code and Linux Foundation Mentorship Program. He also writes and speaks about the cloud native ecosystem, sharing his experience in contributing to, building, scaling, and maintaining open source projects.

Difficulty level Begineer

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