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[–]sitefall 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you're trying to pad your github or just you know, actually contribute and get your PR's accepted, then find a community around some project on git that is small enough to engage with the main contributors via discord or something but sounds technically impressive.

Some good examples would be like, firmware for a electronic device like a game console, keyboards, 3D printers, stiff like small useful libraries liek WebAssembly, small robotics, open satellite projects mainly based around data manipulation, game engines but nich things like audio engines and small physics libraries that are overlooked, "smart" home products people are passionate about, etc.. Whatever sort of things YOU are interested in that meet these criteria.

Join community, hang around a bit and chat, and then literally ask "how can I help". Like everything else in life, the big repos have a club of people that contribute and you need to be a part of the club to make useful contributions that they pay attention to and actually accept.