Vinit Shahdeo

Get started with legit Code contributions in Opensource projects and Google Summer of Code! This event will cover all the FAQs, Tips and Tricks, Roadmap discussion to kickstart and grow in open source.

API Hacks is a Hackathon Leveraging APIs to Build Unique Solutions. This hackathon is sponsored by Postman, GitHub and Sawo Labs. I am honoured to be a judge for API Hacks 2.0

I spoke about contributing to Postman and AsyncAPI as a student. We had a discussion on Google Summer Of Code and ended up with a note on GitHub Stars Program.

Had a panel discussion to discuss: - Open-Source Best Practices - Making meaningful contributions as beginners - Sneak Peek into community initiatives of our panel members

Calling out Project Maintainers and mentors to guide beginners in kickstarting their open-source journey by completing the Hacktoberfest'21 challenge. I have started this open-source celebration journey with an optimistic vision of hitting the following number: 100 Mentors, 1000 Contributors, 250 Repositories, 500 Issues and 50 Events So far, 190+ mentors and 900+ mentees have joined. We have successfully delivered 10+ events at different engineering colleges in India.

I have started a community-led mentorship initiative for newbies to get started with open-source by completing Hacktoberfest'21 challenge. The idea is connect mentees with mentors and offer them 1:1 sessions to onboard them on GitHub.

Being only GitHub Star from a remote area in Jharkhand, India, I got interviewed by Ranchi Blog to talk about my journey. It was a nice experience sharing my learnings with my native people.

As an early user for GitHub Copilot, I got an opportunity to share my experience with the editor of InfoWorld. I am glad that they have published our reactions to the world.