Ask HN: How can a new back end dev start contributing to real-world open source?

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1 points by hejhdiss 143 days ago

Hi HN,

I’ve been learning backend development using Python and FastAPI. I’ve built small projects with JWT authentication (including refresh tokens), basic WebSocket messaging, and REST APIs.

I’d like to start contributing to real-world open-source projects in a way that’s actually useful to maintainers.

Any advice or pointers on where to start?

Thanks!

1 comments

gus_massa 143 days ago

What open sources projects are you using? Start with nice bugs reports, look how they fix it, and next time perhaps you can fix it. (Or send a good bug report, don't underestimate how useful they are.)

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