Open Source is spreading its reach in the world. It is bringing out the practices of transparency and healthier internet. Google baba defines it as:

Denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.

Open Source is vast. Open source is healthy.

My open source journey

At a random meet with Shivam Singhal, he ran some ./mach build and ./mach configure in my laptop and introduced me to Mozilla Central repo, the early development version of Firefox. The huuu😰uuuuge code base overwhelmed me ta first, but just got interesting-er by each contribution.

Consequently, I also crept into Debugger, Add-Ons, Taskcluster, UX (firefox devtools) as the curiosity levelled up.

Thankfully the cat in me is still alive! 😛

Squashing them bugs

I’ve been working on the code development in the following areas:

— Solving priority bugs for ESLint Javascript linter v6.0 by laying out various rules

— Providing insights on UX design and enhancing the code for the Mozilla Debugger Tool

— Adding to the Add-Ons Linter repository documentation and linting

— Working on the UI of the Taskcluster- the CI Tool for Firefox Browser Tests

— Maintaining openDesign project and helping Mozilla communities around the world

Of vouches and recognition

This is an emotionally big and literally small gratitude section of this blog. Thankyou Mark, Shivam, Jason, Hassan, Caitlin, Kumar and others for bringing out the best and beast of my potential. Keep being awesome Mozillians! You guys inspire more warmth in this community.

Kumar McMillan on Twitter writes about my Github bio!

Firefox Commits on Twitter writes about my patches!

Caitlin Neiman warites about patches to Add-Ons!

Mark Banner and Daniel Holbert write about my patches to Mozilla Central!

Shivam Singhal talks about me!

I, the next Mozillian

The next Mozillian story will be yours. Get started with your contribution guide here:

— Keep contributing to the Mozilla projects that resonate with you. Here’s the GitHub repo : [https://github.com/mozilla].

— Promote your own projects — and find others — on Mozilla Pulse[https://www.mozillapulse.org/featured], a platform for amplifying open-source projects, ideas and research.

Have a look at my Mozilla profiles here:

— Bugzilla : bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=610327

— Phabricator : phabricator.services.mozilla.com/p/RuchikaGosain/

— Mozillians : mozillians.org/en-US/u/ruchikabgosain/

— wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Contribute/Recognition