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Why "good-first-issues" are usually not good first issues


Contributing to open-source projects is a goal of many programmers. Issues tagged with "good-first-issue" is one way to find something to work on. When ne...

The issue is written as if the newcomer is supposed to understand a lot of context. There are tribes of developers working on something off GitHub (Discord/Email/Whatever) and issues is where end users come and report bugs or feature requests. You enter a contract with a fragile newbie; be precise, helpful and unassuming.

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