My Open Source Adventure as a Product Designer
My Hacktoberfest Experience Contributing to TBD
You know that feeling when something seems completely out of reach?. That’s exactly how I felt about open source for the longest time. Every time someone mentioned “open source contributions,” my mind would immediately jump to scenes of developers hunched over their keyboards, typing away in different programming languages. I use to think, “Open source is mainly for developers” — because let’s face it, contributing to open source as a designer isn’t clear cut as it is for a developer 🫠.
The Day I Decided to Jump In 🤾♂️
Here’s the thing about comfort zones — they’re comfortable until they start feeling like cages. One day, I found myself thinking, “What if?” What if I could contribute to open source as a designer? Instead of just wondering, I decided to do something about it.
I opened GitHub (feeling a bit like a tourist in a tech city) and typed in probably the most…
