Below are some practices we have found essential in order to respectfully contribute to Open Source.
Read CONTRIBUTING.md & CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md: Projects usually have guidelines for how to best contribute, and how to engage with the community. Let's respect them!
Read and follow the project's LLM guidelines: Some projects allow LLM usage for contributions, others don't, and some require disclosure. Our own recommendation? Make sure you understand all of the code you're submitting.
Make meaningful changes: Prioritise changes with real-world impact. Squishing bugs should help folks, not be a box-ticking exercise.
Quality over quantity: Maintainers will appreciate fewer high-quality well-researched PRs more than a flurry of small changes.
