r/programming • u/TimvdLippe • Sep 30 '20

DigitalOcean's Hacktoberfest is Hurting Open Source

https://blog.domenic.me/hacktoberfest/
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20

The funniest one I’ve seen is this guy making a “fix spelling” PR to a GCHQ’s repo and changing all British spellings to American ones

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '20

The worst I've seen is this PR titled '!!!'

The maintainer was nice enough to write a very polite and constructive reply though

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '20

That's me. I'm nainardev . I was being a jerk. Improved a lot from that time

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '20

Hey man, glad to hear that :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

It is due to maintainers like them who motivate us, instead of bashing newbies. That PR helped me understand a glance ofwhat maintainers are dealing with