How did you handle the nerves of opening your repo to contributions?
Hey everyone,
I recently opened up my first real personal project to open-source contributions. I also set up some templates/issues and labeled a few things as good first issue.
To my surprise, within the next few minutes someone commented asking to be assigned to an issue. I assigned it to them and replied politely. Initially I was pretty excited, but honestly, since then I've been feeling a bit of a wave of imposter syndrome and anxiety.
This phase of my project has been complete uncharted territory for me, especially as a student, so I've been nervous that I may obviously not be "up to par" in reviewing PRs or even just regular interaction/discussions on issues.
To find some solace: for those who remember their very first contributor: how did you handle the nerves? What boundaries or mental frameworks did you set up early on to protect your peace and your codebase? And what lessons or skills would you say you learnt?
Thanks in advance