Jacob Tomlinson • 8/27/2020

Leveraging the Hacktoberfest community

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This article critically examines the Hacktoberfest open-source contribution event. It discusses the influx of low-quality pull requests, such as minor typo fixes, that burden project maintainers. The author provides insights and practical advice for maintainers on how to better curate issues and manage contributions to derive real value from the event.

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