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๐Ÿ˜ฎ In 2018, I Created 87 New Open Source Software & 113 Pull Requestsโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ™Œ Howdy! This piece is a part of my 2018 Year in Review (read the context) โ†’

Over the years, I’ve become more and more serious about Open Source software. Lately, I’ve come to realize that no matter if I work with JavaScript or the Cloud communities โ€” I can always build, contribute, and share open source software code. That’s who I am.

I think right now (and I don’t say this stuff lightly), I’m super passionate about Open Source โ€” more than anything else in my professional life. It’s a lifestyle. Over a decade of writing code and the most fun part has always been when I shared my workflows and open sourced my software.

When developers reach out to me to tell that my software has helped them get a job, a better client, and that they appreciate the work I do โ€” it’s something. It’s somethingโ€ฆ I can’t put in words.

In 2018, I explored both the JavaScript (specifically Node.js & React.js) and the Cloud (mostly Microsoft Azure) open source communities.

Stats & Impact: About My Open Source Work#

๐Ÿ‘Œ I contributed to 45+ FOSS (Free & Open Source Software) repositories in these software and companies: Node.js Foundation, Community Committee a top-level committee, W3C CSS Working Group, Nodejs.dev, Gatsby.js (joined the org), Gutenberg (React.js based WP Editor), Zeit, Google, Azure, Microsoft, Azure Functions Node.js Worker, Microsoft Docs, VSCode, TwentyNineteen theme, Facebook, WordPress (4.9, 5.0) WP Metabox, WPTie, XWP, Formidable Labs, HumanMade, WP-CLI, Gambitph, Redux Framework, AesopInteractive, Sitepoint-wp-editors, Freemius, HighlightJS, TGMPA, Moxie-Lean, Timber, DevBridge, BrowserSync, EasyEngine, Automattic, Escalade Sports, MDX JS, webpack, Node gh, AMP Project, CalderaWP, Serverless Framework, ThePracticalDev, ShellJS, Styled Components, Nuxt, TheDevsNetwork, Laccadive-io, Exchange Rates API, and many more exciting projects. Felt every bit as awesome as it should.

โ€” Follow my open source work @AhmadAwais on GitHub

๐Ÿ˜‡ This year I hope to get more serious about contributing to the Node.js Foundation, CSS WG, Google Developers Group, and generally the Cloud Community. I have my eye set on a couple of great opportunities in the different open source technical committees. Wish me luck.

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Founder & CEO of โŒ˜ Command Code coding agent with taste. Founded Langbase.com, AI cloud to build, deploy, and scale AI agents with tools & memory ยท Creator of Command.new.

"Awais is an awesome example for developers" โ€” Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft.

NASA Mars Ingenuity Helicopter mission code contributor 8th GitHub Stars Award recipient with 5x GitHub Stars Award (Listed as GitHub's #1 JavaScript trending developer). Google Developers Expert Web DevRel.

Ex VP Eng (DevTools & DevRel) Rapid ยท Google Developers Advisory Board (gDAB) founding member ยท AI/ML/DevTools Angel Investor (Replit, Resend, Daytona, Gumroad and you?) โฏ AI/ML Advisory Board San Francisco, DevNetwork.

Award-winning Open Source Engineering leader authored hundreds of open-source dev-tools and software libraries used by millions of developers, including Shades of Purple code theme and corona-cli.

Linux Foundation (Node.js Committee Lead), OpenAPI Business Governing Board. Taught 108K+ developers via NodeCLI.com and VSCode.pro course. 274 million views, blogging for 24 yrs.

โฏ Read more about Ahmad Awais or come say hi on ๐• @_AhmadAwais.

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