From Zero to First PR: How I Contributed to an Open-Source AI Project as a Beginner

July 15, 2026 · Dev.to

I built a free set of subtitle tools that run entirely in your browser (no upload)
As a side project, I've been building Lazyblink — a collection of free browser-based tools — and I recently added a set
The Bug That Kept Coming Back
The first sign something was wrong wasn't a crash. It was a pattern. blockly-platform was the first real thing I built w
The same bug, fixed three times: all my guards lived on the write side
There's a kind of bug that isn't hard to fix — it's just that it comes back. I run a small coffee e-commerce platform, a
India moves to block imports linked to forced labour amid USTR probe
India is inserting a new clause into its foreign trade policy. This clause will allow blocking imports produced using fo
12-year-old gorilla gets what may be the world’s first skull surgery of its kind
A young gorilla named Mizani received groundbreaking skull surgery for a severe infection. Veterinarians discovered the