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20. August 2008 by Asher.
So I’ve been told many times by a a few people (my mentor being the biggest supporter), but I’m not sure what to get into and how to go about it. Some things I’ve been looking into:
- KeePass(X): an encrypted password storage system for both Windows and Unix. Part of the reason I’m thinking about this because I use it frequently to store a lot of my passwords and think it would be a good place to make my entrance into the open source world.
- Jetlang/Retlang: libraries for messaging based concurrency. These libraries are both based on Erlang and were started by Mike Rettig, with whom I currently work. At work, I’ve used Retlan a fair amount, so feel that it would be a really good project to work on and would help me learn more about a library that I employ in some of my projects at work.
The open source world that have prevented me from dabbling in it. Until recently I had trouble finding time for more than my school work. However, recently I feel that I have more time (not doing homework until the wee hours of the morning) and should contribute to some of the open source projects, which I frequently use. I’m just am unsure of the best way to start this adventure. I feel like, as is true for most projects, that there is a lot of ramp up time for any project to which I want to contribute code. I’m not sure if the best way to overcome this is to just lock myself in my room for a weekend and learn as much code as I can or to slowly learn what I can while contributing smaller amounts. I guess either way I just need to pick one, make my mentor help me out and dive in!
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