Writing

Notes on building developer communities, open-source maintenance, and DevOps. Community posts live on blogs.elixpo.com; deeper Pollinations engineering write-ups on Substack.

Running a 290-Person Hacktoberfest Meetup

Nov 2, 2025

The logistics, the sponsors, and the contributor-first format behind Kolkata's biggest Hacktoberfest - and what we'd do differently next time.

CommunityEvents
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A First-Timer's Guide to Landing Your First Open-Source Contribution

Jan 20, 2026

What we teach students at GDG on Campus before their first PR - finding good-first-issues, reading a codebase, and writing a contribution maintainers actually merge.

Open SourceTeaching
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Building a Campus Developer Community From Zero

Mar 10, 2026

Two years of running GDG on Campus at JIS University - how we went from empty rooms to a recurring contributor pipeline.

CommunityLeadership
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Building a Contributor Pipeline That Actually Retains PeopleSubstack

Apr 18, 2026

What I learned wiring up payouts, triage bots, and app-submission workflows at Pollinations.ai - and why most onboarding funnels leak.

Open SourceMaintainership
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