My Gsoc Journey: Contributing to Chrome Extensions
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The post shares a personal experience of contributing to Chrome Extensions through Google Summer of Code (GSoC), highlighting the opportunity for new contributors.
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2 months ago
I appreciated how the author emphasized the procedural/interpersonal, rather than the technical, aspects of contributing to Chromium and participating in GSoC. Definitely something you wouldn't get by just reading code.
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