Comment on Ask HN: Do you contribute to open source projects?Comments−majewsky4yYou seem to imply that "contributing to open source projects" must mean coding, but there's lots of tasks that you can do that are not coding.* Answering a question about PostgreSQL configuration files on Stack Overflow contributes to the PostgreSQL project.* Tweeting about your favorite underrated Vim keybinding contributes to the Vim project.* Supporting Jason Donenfeld on Patreon contributes to the Wireguard project.* Proofreading the Linux kernel documentation contributes to the Linux project.* Contributing a translation of the Blender GUI into a less common language contributes to the Blender project.* Designing a wallpaper artwork for the Plasma desktop contributes to the KDE project.* Writing a detailed bug report for a Sway crash contributes to the Sway project.And so on, and so forth.
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You seem to imply that "contributing to open source projects" must mean coding, but there's lots of tasks that you can do that are not coding.
* Answering a question about PostgreSQL configuration files on Stack Overflow contributes to the PostgreSQL project.
* Tweeting about your favorite underrated Vim keybinding contributes to the Vim project.
* Supporting Jason Donenfeld on Patreon contributes to the Wireguard project.
* Proofreading the Linux kernel documentation contributes to the Linux project.
* Contributing a translation of the Blender GUI into a less common language contributes to the Blender project.
* Designing a wallpaper artwork for the Plasma desktop contributes to the KDE project.
* Writing a detailed bug report for a Sway crash contributes to the Sway project.
And so on, and so forth.