𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲

I started coding last year. I used AI to help me learn. I thought it would be easy. I was wrong.

AI gives answers with confidence. Often, the code it provides fails in my terminal. AI provides guidance, but it does not replace understanding.

I changed my learning method. I stopped trusting AI blindly. I started doing this instead:

• Finding real open-source projects
• Studying how people build software
• Listing core topics from those projects
• Reading documentation with care
• Asking AI to explain specific lines of code

This helped me understand real-world software.

Then I decided to build my own open-source projects. I thought a good project would bring users automatically. This was a mistake.

I spent all my time in VS Code. I did not talk to anyone. I did not share my work. I learned that being a developer requires more than writing code. You need visibility and communication.

I started posting my progress on LinkedIn and Dev.to. I did not get many comments at first. I did get reactions. That small feedback kept me going.

Open source is not just about code. It is about helping others and sharing knowledge. You must be consistent. You must be visible.

Coding is one part of the job. Community and communication are the other parts. I will keep building and keep sharing.

Source: https://dev.to/motionmind2007/what-nobody-told-me-about-maintaining-an-open-source-project-307m