Forem: Vihan

My Hacktoberfest Pledge

Vihan — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 17:40:05 +0000

Hello there,

My Hacktoberfest pledge for this year as a maintainer is that I will make sure the rules of contributing to my repositories are clear, and I also maintain my repositories regularly.

My Hacktoberfest pledge as a contributor is that I will work hard to contribute to repositories by submitting high-quality, non-spammy pull requests to code that needs bug fixes.

My Maintainer Journey

Vihan — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:38:34 +0000

Intro

As a maintainer, this is my first year. I took a leap of maintaining 3 projects this year, rather than none. I have maintained my own repositories(all 3 of them) singlehandedly, and I have also made rules for contributing. Here is my Github account

Project

I set up a system where I ensure no code is being copied from other solution repositories, and that the code is kept in the right folders, is commented well, has a header, etc. Next year, I am planning to automate some of these processes. My repository is tinyCodersDen/CCC-Solutions.

Highs and Lows

A light-bulb moment I had was when I was editing C++ code. I am not too experienced with C++ yet, but I had still found ways to solve some complex errors(related to pointers) in C++.

Growth

A big skillset that has improved as a maintainer is that I have gained more knowledge of C++ in the Competitive Programming Domain. I now know more about pointers(which has helped me), and I am more confident for making C++ submissions in competitions.

My Hacktoberfest Contributions

Vihan — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:32:49 +0000

Intro

I have played the role of a contributor and as a maintainer for Hacktoberfest. This is my 3rd year contributing to open source, and also my first year as a maintainer. Here is my GitHub account.

Highs and Lows

Yes, I found many light-bulb moments when I saw a code which was almost bug-free, but didn't work when the input size increased. So, I found that there was a small typo in the code which changed everything. I adapted by actually reading the code carefully to ensure there were fewer errors.

Growth

My skillset before Hacktoberfest was to just do projects in Python. Hacktoberfest has improved me by contributing to DSA projects, and learning how to make efficient code with headers for the workplace.

My PRs:
Added Interpolation Search Program using Python.
[PYTHON] - Add Quicksort algorithm
Rules for specific rules + specifications for twine/pypy
Adding Contributing Rules + Minor Reference Changes

Compared to previous years, this year my contribution count has surplused!: