Speaker
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.
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.
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.
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