Never contributed to an open source project before? We've got you covered.

8 (new) steps for fixing other people's code

Never contributed to an open source project before? We've got you covered.

Open source projects are usually far from perfect. In many cases they started as something the author threw together to solve a problem, then released into the wild just in case it could be useful to someone else. Open source contributions come from regular people — just like you! — who start using the project and run into a bug that annoys them, or get an idea for a feature that would make their life easier.

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