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🟩 🟩 🟩🟩 🟩 🟩🟩 🟩 Did you know that you can generate tetrominoes from you contribution graphs? Enjoy a nice game of Tetris via gh-tetris.vercel.app 💚 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩🟩 🟩🟩
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Last time around, we asked what types of contributions maintainers prefer. This time, we’d like to hear more about what sorts of contributions you’ve personally made to open source:
  • Code (Features/Bug Fixes)
    57%
  • Testing or bug reports
    13.3%
  • Docs and design
    8.2%
  • I haven’t contributed
    21.5%
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What metrics would you use to measure how well developers communicate?
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4. Have a friend outside of your industry review your content before you submit it. They might not understand the technical language but a fresh perspective is always a good idea.
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3. Convey that your topic is best served as a conference session. If it can only work as a blog post, then the content committee likely won’t accept it.
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2. Be specific with your key takeaways. What exactly will someone leave your session knowing that they didn’t know before? These should be complete sentences and begin with words such as, “Gain insight into… learn… understand… discover…”
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1. Think about your session title like you would the subject line of an email—it needs to grab the attendee quickly and persuade them to read more.
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Our favorite people are developers. We love to make developers happy and productive, and today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we want to celebrate their achievements by sharing some great stories about a few developers with disabilities
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