Finding New Contributors (Request For Commits #10)

Charlotte Spencer joined the show to talk about making open source more approachable, Your First PR, helping people make their first open source contribution, attracting new contributors, and what projects can do to bring in, retain, and communicate with new people.

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Featuring:

• Charlotte Spencer – Website, GitHub, X
• Nadia Eghbal – GitHub, X
• Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Charlotte Spencer is a software developer who’s done a lot of notable work around making open source more approachable and is a core member of the Hoodie project.

• First Pull Request — What was the first pull request you sent on GitHub?
• Your First PR
• Making Your First Pull Request
• Open Open Source
• Hoodie

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!