The first bug I Smashed in Bug Smash!!
Tags: devbugsmash
Published: 2021-05-07 16:28:59

### Imagine an awesome intro here!!😜
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Hi all, I'm pretty new to this community. So let me share a bit about myself. I'm [Arun](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arun-kc/), a CS graduate, from a small town in Kerala, India. I love to build things. I found this community somehow from Github. I really don't remember how but I'm really glad to be part of this community.
Yea yea... I know you want me to get into the post asap. So here goes nothing....

### Open Source Background

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I'm brand new to Open Source as a contributor. I have some experience in coding as that was pretty much what I was interested in and what I enjoy. 
![Me while coding!](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/n05s4smrgu5vkvqh35o9.png)
(What?? Is it the meme? I do enjoy it even though it makes me crazy! and stop grinning 😅)

It's really an awesome experience and feeling when you collaborate with different people and build stuffs. **Collaboration first, coding second!!** Some of you, who are part of EddieHub, may have thought that I just copied [Eddie Jaoude](https://github.com/eddiejaoude)(No I didn't). I'm part of an amazing community called [EddieHub](https://eddiehubcommunity.github.io/). They were really helpful when I first entered this forest called Open Source.

Ok, now let's move into my experience in Bug Smash!!

### About This Bug

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{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/issues/13612 %}

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The bug was really a small one. It was actually an extra space in `readable_publish_date` property.

### How I Smashed It

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I was able to smash it by tweaking the format specifier. Even though it was a small bug, this PR was a huge step for me in Open Source contributions. 


{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/pull/13660 %}


### Reflection

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I had a great experience by being part of this bug smash event. The community members were really helpful and encouraging. Especially **rhymes**, I'm really thankful for your help. 
{% user rhymes %}
I learned a lot through this experience. This was the first time I had to use [WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) and work on it for a project. Setting up the environment and running tests in it was a new encounter for me. 

As for the next steps I'm planning to explore this wild forest called Open Source more. I'm sure that I will learn a lot and meet new people through this...(hopefully 🤞)

### Suggestions for DEV Community Bug Smash

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I only have one thing to say to this community. **🎉Keep up the good work!!🎉**. Stumbling upon this community was such an awesome thing that happened to me this year🤩.

>Confession: Yea I did copy Eddie earlier 😋

[*Cover by Eclectic People*](https://dribbble.com/shots/15031394-Eclectic-People)