Ask HN: What open-source project should I contribute to?

3 pointsby veyronvor 15 Jahren4 comments

I'd like to give back to the open source community that produced the software that underpin my business (e.g. Linux, GCC, Python, Vim, and a ton of other projects of varying sizes).

I'm pretty strong in X86 assembly, C, Bash and Python (and am competent in a myriad of other languages, but I think I could best contribute in those languages).

I'd like to contribute to a project that sorely needs help, and it would be nice if it were something I don't necessarily use every day. Any recommendations? Alternatively, are there any tools or ideas that you would like me to implement?

3 comments

tobylanevor 15 Jahren

CorsixTH is a remake of Theme Hospital. The only C coder so far is the creator, and he's busy at Cambridge. We'd like your help, theres a page on what could be done. The other language involved is Lua, the parts in Lua are active.

https://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/wiki/ProgrammingIdeas

cpt_yesterdayvor 15 Jahren

Scratch an itch that you currently have with a program that you're currently using. Whether a new feature or a fix to a nagging bug it will be more enjoyable working on something that you already use and care about than a random project that you don't know very well. Hopefully once you start you'll contribute to a few different projects.

nandemovor 15 Jahren

Whatever project you choose, please fix bugs. :-)

Also, if I had a business that benefited from open-source software, I'd consider donating money to one of the foundations (GNU Project, Mozilla, etc, or even Wikimedia).

veyronvor 15 Jahren

The problem is that many projects are high-profile (and therefore will have many developers). I want to taret something that could use some help but doesn't necessarily have good developer coverage.