Fernando Doglio

Fernando Doglio

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Fernando Doglio

3yr ago

Looking for feedback- It's like Tinder but for OSS projects

It's 2022 and getting into Open-Source is still not easy. This is not acceptable. Mind you, there are multiple ways of doing it, but they're not good enough (IMHO). There are people who do all they can to help. - They create communities of poeple that help each other. Others write articles, share videos, give you all you need. - But having the info doesn't mean you can find the right project to help with. There are apps out there that show you the door, like https://goodfirstissue.dev/ - You're shown where to start. - But what happens afterwards? What if those projects are stale and not maintained anymore? Where are your PRs going? Of course, you can use Github, and search for OSS projects to contribute to. - They have most of the information and their search is quite nice. - But you only get results, it's up to you to make sense of them and find the right project on your own. And what if you're a startup with an OSS project looking for contributors? What can you do then? How can you tell who's interested in contributing to OSS projects like yours? Wouldn't t be nice if there was a single place where developers could find the best projects for them to contribute to AND have companies find the right developers for their projects? That's what I want to build for the OSS community Looking for Pull Requests, is like Tinder, but for Open-Source! - Are you a Developer? Find the best OSS projects and get updates from them. - Are you a startup? Find the ideal developer eager to contribute to your project. I've created a landing page for it, and I would love it if some of you could take a look and tell me what you think: https://lookingforpullrequests.c...

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