How can I contribute to an open source project? I seriously need help because I'm clueless.

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  • first-contributions

    🚀✨ Help beginners to contribute to open source projects

  • - Maybe you can start by knowing how the flow of contributing to OSS work. This a very good starting point. https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions

  • up-for-grabs.net

    This is a list of projects which have curated tasks specifically for new contributors. These issues are a great way to get started with a project, or to help share the load of working on open source projects. Jump in!

  • There are a few good sites for finding open source projects depending on your interests and/or skillsets. Up for grabs (https://up-for-grabs.net/) is pretty good for finding new projects, and first timers only (https://www.firsttimersonly.com/) has some good resources for finding first-timer friendly resources! Hope this helps!

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • helm-vault

    Store secrets for Helm deployments in Hashicorp Vault.

  • Cool, it’s at https://github.com/Just-Insane/helm-vault.

  • Vault

    A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management

  • Currently it’s centred around Helm, but it should allow you to take any value in a YAML file and store it in HashiCorp Vault.

  • helm

    The Kubernetes Package Manager

  • Currently it’s centred around Helm, but it should allow you to take any value in a YAML file and store it in HashiCorp Vault.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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