I use open source self hosted software everyday. I love the community and I would love to be able to contribute to some of these projects.

As far as code goes, I basically no nothing about how it works. I see the development section of the repos I use and again, I’ve go no idea how it works.

How can I teach myself how to offer small improvements to the projects I use?

  • JensSpahnpasta@feddit.orgEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    A few hints:

    1. Start with smaller projects with simpler codebases. Do not try to understand what LibreOffice or Jellyfin are doing.
    2. Maybe try to understand how one specific part of that software works. Chatbots are really, really good at explaining existing code, so ask your bot where the feature is located and let it explain it to you