Hacktoberfest23: The 5th Year Contributor
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Published: 2023-10-19 15:32:41

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Hi friends! 👋

I'm Ayu, a tech blogger, front-end developer, and open source and tech community enthusiast based in the Netherlands.

This is the 5th year I'm participating in Hacktoberfest as a contributor.

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### The Highs

One of my [Hacktoberfest 2023 pledges](https://dev.to/adiatiayu/ayus-hacktoberfest-2023-pledge-4d48/#pledge) is to have **one** accepted PR.

But... I completed the Hacktoberfest on October 10th! 🎉

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#### List of accepted PRs

1. [Update monthly challenge page to Hacktoberfest — Virtual Coffee](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/virtualcoffee.io/pull/994)
2. [Add Comment Out to Issue Templates — SheSharp](https://github.com/shesharpnl/.github/pull/5)
3. [Fix Format of the type of PR — SheSharp](https://github.com/shesharpnl/.github/pull/8)
4. [Update content in October challenge page — Virtual Coffee](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/virtualcoffee.io/pull/1016)
5. [Update content in "What is Hacktoberfest" section at Hacktoberfest Initiative website — Virtual Coffee](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/hacktoberfest/pull/25)
6. [Add October 2023 Newsletter — Virtual Coffee](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/virtualcoffee.io/pull/1025)
7. [Update Ayu's profile for Hacktoberfest 2023 — Virtual Coffee](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/virtualcoffee.io/pull/1026)
8. [Fix broken link to a resource on Hacktoberfest Initiative website — Virtual Coffee](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/hacktoberfest/pull/26)
9. [Add a pull request template — SheSharp](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/podcast-transcripts/pull/108)
10. [Update README and Transcriptions Guideline — Virtual Coffee](https://github.com/Virtual-Coffee/podcast-transcripts/pull/109)

And I still have one PR with the "waiting" status. 😄

This is not the end of my Hacktoberfest 2023 journey. If, along the way, I could contribute more, I would.

But this year, besides contributing, I became [a first-time maintainer](https://dev.to/adiatiayu/hacktoberfest-2023-first-experience-as-a-maintainer-16) for open-source projects in several tech communities while supporting beginners.

### The Lows

I want to learn to read, understand a codebase, and contribute to a code-related issue. So, I took an issue to fix some styling with Tailwind in a NextJS project.

I definitely need more practice to read a codebase and to know where to look to fix an issue. I still need to work on this. I'm still busy with this particular issue, so it might be done after the event. Even so, I won't give up on this unless the maintainer tells me otherwise. 🙌

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### Growth

Even though it's very challenging, I should give myself a pat on my back for finally getting the courage to take a coding-related issue and learn to understand a big codebase! 💪

One of my passions is documentation. Through these contributions, I learned much more to see documentation in more detail.

Career-wise, finding a job as a front-end developer is quite challenging.

I always know that helping and supporting other developers through writing or mentoring is my happy place. That's the reason why I'm pursuing a developer relations, tech community management, or a technical writer role as a career.

But with some coding skills under my belt and eyes for details, I'm also considering learning about testing to pursue a QA tester/engineer career. I'm crossing my fingers and wishing to land a tech job soon! ✨

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