My Hacktoberfest 2026 Journey: Contributing to DevOps Daily
Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles Hacktoberfest is back, and this year I decided to join the 7-Day DevOps Contribution Challenge hosted by @thedevopsdaily. I’m still learning my way around open-source contribution workflows, so I’m using this challenge as an opportunity to practice working with real repositories, following existing project conventions, and getting more comfortable with the…
This brief covers the author's experience participating in the 7-Day DevOps Contribution Challenge hosted by @thedevopsdaily for Hacktoberfest 2026. The author used the challenge as an opportunity to practice working with real repositories, following project conventions, and learning the Git workflow. Day 1 involved adding a personal expert profile to the platform's repository by creating a JSON profile file, uploading an avatar image, and testing the changes locally using pnpm dev.
The author then opened a pull request on the @thedevopsdaily repository. On Day 2, the challenge was to modify a TypeScript component and add a new tool to the curated Toolbox. The author chose Lazydocker, a Go-based Terminal UI for managing Docker containers, and added its configuration to the toolbox component. The author documented the process, including local testing and opening pull requests, to share their progress and learning experiences.
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