Setting the premise
There is an upcoming wave of (not coronavirus) young tech enthusiasts and geeks who are ready to learn to code. They...
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What if I want the t-shirt and I already planted trees?
How many trees should I plant before I can legitimize getting new clothes?
That's up to you!
Thank you.
But my questions intend to challenge your opinion:
When have you already participated enough?
When are you good enough at open source?
My first pull request this october was changing a "13" to a "17" here. If this were the only type of commit during Hacktoberfest, I would disappoint myself. In 2019 I received 9 PRs to my own projects. In 2018 (my first Hacktoberfest) I submitted over 20 PRs. This year, I don't know what my goal should be. I've contributed to some C# code for the first time. But the most important code I make this October is either in projects that are still closed, but will be opened, or committed to master, so no t-shirt trigger.
So how do I get a t-shirt to remind me of my month in Switzerland, which happened to coincide with Hacktoberfest? What if all I manage to show for my Hacktoberfest efforts is the bare minimum? Do I feel guilty over textile manufacturing? This would be the third t-shirt I have ever owned that contained print that I chose. I never bought or owned any "merch". Suddenly I find that I want to be part of this global community of people who give their work to each other for free, and I want to let everyone on the street know that it exists.
I am not "getting a free t-shirt". I am spreading the word.
In short, I think that guilt-tripping others over the economy is neither productive, conductive, inductive, or kind. :-)
As for planting trees, I already do that: via Ekofolio and via Isha Foundation. "T-shirt vs. tree" is just a case of whataboutism: You can actually get a t-shirt from Hacktoberfest and plant any number of trees you like without cynical, mutual exclusion. :-)
I was looking forward to an article like this (actually I got it from a Google search).
I got two tees in the past and this year I think I won't be getting any. But if I can decide, I was going to choose the tree.
Maybe the whole T shirt was a good idea at the beginning, but due to the recent spam, I think that planting trees should be the only prize for upcoming hacktoberfests.
Yes! This is why I wrote this article. I hope this reduces spam.
This is awesome! It's an undeniable fact of life that after us coders spend so much time in front of our screens, greenery is a nice change of scenery 🌸.
But, the ocean makes more oxygen than trees. I wonder if next year you can opt to culture plankton or fund the removal of plastic from the seas?
Yes! That's a brilliant idea and an undeniable fact that oceans are suffering so much! Thanks for putting this point forward.
I have received five tees so far this year but I would still get a sixth tee because it looks nice.
I've been removing plastic from local rivers so that they don't go into the sea.
Hell yes! That's exactly what we need to do 🚀
Great article. I am hopeful that next years Hacktoberfest will be much better after all the lessons learned in this one 👍
Thanks, Joel! If you like it, then can you share this article?
Sure👍
Okay, this was my first hacktober fest participation, was eager to choose plant a tree option, then my 4 pull requests got approved and passed the review period today. And then I thought of requesting a t-shirt, you know the craze of a hacktoberfest t-shirt, right? Then, i tried finding alternatives, found some, but then I thought of finding the some inspiration to plant a tree, I cam across your post, read it, and right away chose the plant a tree option.
Thank you for inspiring me to plant a tree!!!......
This is so good to hear! Thank you for caring about the planet. Hope you had a great Hacktoberfest. 🎉
Woah, already? On the first day of Hacktoberfest! Did you receive an email regarding this?
Great job then! I'll wait for mine to come :)