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by ardit33 1416 days ago
Apart from reading, and trying to understand the architecture, these are some things you can do:

1. Fix a couple of bugs

2. Add a small feature

3. Refactor a small piece of it

Always start with few small things and keep increasing the complexity of the things you do. Working on a codebase is the best way to understand it.