Open Source is Not About You

I haven’t been in the FOSS scene for too long so I have yet to see the sense of entitlement in FOSS as described by Rich. Nevertheless, I have to agree with Rich. As new contributor to FOSS, I don’t have the right to dictate a FOSS project as I desire. I do have the right to suggest my desires and/or contribute my desire. Furthermore, my contributions don’t have to be accepted as it may not fit with the vision of the FOSS project.

Wikipedia

I haven’t decided what I’ll be contributing to Wikipedia, but I would like to represent data better in articles in Wikipedia.

Next.js

Choosing issues 3/14 @ 8:00 p.m. - I along with Shania have expressed interests in contributing to Next.js’s documents, specifically making them more beginner friendly. At the time my teammates were sending messages regarding choosing issues, I was taking a nap. Nevertheless, I was able to be caught up to speed by 10 p.m.. Liulan found a “good first issue” that wants additional questions to ‘create-next-app’. Meanwhile, Shania found an issue that expresses the need for more inclusive documentation. We have decided to actively looking for ways to contribute and then share them in our shared google docs. We will be having a group meeting via voice/video chat to discuss our decisions next week.

Using Next.js 3/15 @ 5:00 p.m.

I started following a Next.js tutorial recommended by my teammates. I now know the features of Next.js such as its built in CSS support, hot reloading. and intuitive page based routing. I have yet to complete the tutorial but will do in due time.

OSS Contributions

I edited a classmate’s blog by suggesting a different word choice to make their sentence more fluid. Today, I decided to add a nostalgic contribution to OSM. I added “play set” descriptions to a playground I use to play at as a kid. Good times.