I'm Not Special
summary
Claims that sustained impact comes from small practical actions rather than genius, with concrete examples: built .NET WebDriver bindings (C#, ported WebDriver to enable cross‑browser tests) after rejecting Selenium RC and Watir limitations; reproduced a slow/locking test suite and found an IE driver memory leak in the Windows C++ COM implementation, which got fixed and improved test stability. Contributions listed are specific: join mailing lists/IRC, triage issues, reproduce bugs, write docs, volunteer at meetups — all low‑barrier, repeatedly effective steps.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 0:25Introduction
- 13:25Public Source Projects
- 15:49Connect to It
- 17:11Issues in Bug Trackers
- 25:19Contribute to a Project
- 33:12Emily Proctor
- 33:52Being a Good Collaborator
- 34:30The West Wing
- 40:54Contribute To Open Source Projects
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