{"id":5875,"date":"2019-10-02T00:44:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/?p=5875"},"modified":"2019-10-02T01:52:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:52:24","slug":"start-contributing-to-open-source-hacktoberfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/start-contributing-to-open-source-hacktoberfest\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start Contributing to Open Source for Hacktoberfest With a Github Pull Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a full-time #OpenSourcerer \u2014 October is one of my favorite months. And it&#8217;s October already. Today&#8217;s #OneDevMinute is about #Hacktoberfest \u2014 it&#8217;s a month-long online event where you signup at <a href=\"https:\/\/GitHub.com\">GitHub.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com\/\">Hacktoberfest<\/a> to celebrate Open Source by contributing at least four times between the October 1-31. 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Star the repo and read the docs on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AhmadAwais\/Emoji-Log\">Emoji Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you like my work, feel free to share it, like it. I am quite active on twitter you can find me cracking silly tech jokes there, maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAhmadAwais\">follow me on Twitter<\/a> to connect and <a href=\"https:\/\/YouTube\/AhmadAwais\">subscribe to my YouTube channel \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.S. I have <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AhmadAwais\">190+ FOSS (Free &amp; Open Source Software)<\/a> GitHub repos where you can contribute and earn your #Hacktoberfest swag. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AhmadAwais\">Check it out \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use your code for good.<br \/>\nPeace! \u270c\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a full-time #OpenSourcerer \u2014 October is one of my favorite months. And it&#8217;s October already. 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