Why I Love Open Source

Open source taught me more than any course did. A few stories about first PRs, kind maintainers and the joy of building in the open.

My first pull request fixed a typo in a README. The maintainer thanked me like I'd shipped a feature. I've been hooked ever since.

Reading other people's code is the closest thing we have to an apprenticeship. Open source makes that apprenticeship free for anyone with curiosity.