Contributing to Tech Communities: How Open-Source can land you a job and get you out of the Skill Paradox 💼

1. wasp

   1 218 14,827 9.5 TypeScript

   The fastest way to develop full-stack web apps with React & Node.js.

   

   Throughout this article, I’m going to use as an example the Wasp Framework, since it gathers all the characteristics necessary for a good open-source repository (and it’s actually a really awesome project that you can give a star to easily by clicking on the button below 😀).

2. SaaSHub

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   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. Sequelize

   2 94 29,721 9.8 TypeScript

   Feature-rich ORM for modern Node.js and TypeScript, it supports PostgreSQL (with JSON and JSONB support), MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle DB (v6), DB2 and DB2 for IBM i.

   

   I made a small change to the new documentation for Sequelize! I was just scrolling through the documentation and found this mistake that could lead others to weird debugging sessions, so as soon as I found it, I submitted a PR for them! You can check out the contribution here!

4. Hacktoberfest2023

   3 142 1,297 8.2 Python

   Discontinued Hacktoberfest OPEN FIRST Pull Request 🎉 [Moved to: https://github.com/ossamamehmood/Hacktoberfest]

   In those cases, there’s still a way out of the limbo: you can contribute to open-source communities. Besides the value you are generating for the whole ecosystem, this can be an amazing selling point for your career and, since Hacktoberfest is already around the corner, will be a great way to win a t-shirt or plant a tree too!

5. coolify

   4 138 36,616 10.0 PHP

   An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.

   

   Coolify

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