This chapter provides advice on how to begin contributing to open source projects, stressing the significance of aligning interests, choosing inclusive projects, prioritizing community, and commencing with documentation. It also covers the risks and guidance around refactoring in software development, indicating when to refactor and when to exercise caution.
Ship It is back! IEEE Spectrum writes about quantum computing’s reality check, Maxim Dounin announces freenginx, Nadia Asparouhova goes deep on AI & the “effective accelerationism” movement, Angie Byron helps first time open source contributors avoid common pitfalls & Miroslav Nikolov writes up his advice for high-risk refactoring.
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