My journey with open source and lessons learned

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  • Rocket.Chat

    The communications platform that puts data protection first.

    Okay fast forward, I boiled down my choices with two organizations to “start my contributions with”. The second one was Rocket.Chat. I am emitting my story with the first organization as it will make this blog tremendously long. Still, the lessons which I learned were,

  • Opensource-Contribution-Leaderboard

    Open Source project contributors tracking leaderboard built with :heart: in NodeJS 😉

    Why open source? If you ask me, other than the benefits mentioned above, open-source provides us with a platform where opportunities come to you in ways you have never imagined. For example, I got a 500-dollar freelance offer to integrate RocketChat into an application. I stayed the top contributor of RocketChat this season which increased my reach all over the community. I was also nominated by all my team members to add a milestone commit to the project we were working on. I connected with people from different fields of expertise. Most importantly, I enjoyed all of it.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • RC4Community

    Full-stack components for building, engaging, and growing your massive on-line community

    Why open source? If you ask me, other than the benefits mentioned above, open-source provides us with a platform where opportunities come to you in ways you have never imagined. For example, I got a 500-dollar freelance offer to integrate RocketChat into an application. I stayed the top contributor of RocketChat this season which increased my reach all over the community. I was also nominated by all my team members to add a milestone commit to the project we were working on. I connected with people from different fields of expertise. Most importantly, I enjoyed all of it.

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