Ayu Adiati
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Ayu Adiati
@adiatiayu.bsky.social
🤩 Tech blogger | Documentation & Open source enthusiast | Front-end developer

🥰 Documentation & Monthly Challenge Team Lead @VirtualCoffeeIO | Moderator @ DEV & CodeNewbie

🙋🏻‍♀️ Mom of 1 | 🇮🇩 based in 🇳🇱 | Love 📸 & 🧊☕️
I see the Hacktoberfest trend: some contributors only show up for the PR count, then never come back.

I wrote this post because the real journey and growth in open source happen when you stay long after the event is over.

Read the full story here:
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Beyond Hacktoberfest: Building a True Open Source Journey
Hacktoberfest is almost over. How has your contribution journey been so far? Are you confident about...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
A fantastic primer on #Hacktoberfest for newcomers with some helpful reminders for veterans. By the always thoughtful Ayu Adiati ✨

#Hacktoberfest2025 #opensource
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
Big congratulations to the authors in DEV's Top 7 this week! 👏

Great work by @huijing.bsky.social, @paulyu.dev, @nickyt.online, and others!

Loved the deep dives into the challenges of migrating a personal blog from Hugo to Astro and how to reclaim your passion for coding.

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Top 7 Featured DEV Posts of the Week
Welcome to this week's Top 7, where the DEV editorial team handpicks their favorite posts from the...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🧵 For this year's Hacktoberfest, I did something new, something that I've never done before. I made no-code contributions by creating two video tutorials for @MauticCommunity

- Setting up your local environment to work with the Mautic Documentation

youtu.be/Hnzp-aJ4NWA?...
Setting up your local environment to work with the Mautic Documentation
YouTube video by Mautic
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October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I was super skeptical of AI and didn't know much about APIs. But my manual OSS tracking was getting nowhere. 😅

So, I tried vibe coding for the first time on vacation and built a fully automated open source portfolio using just my smartphone! 😄

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How I Built a Curated, Automated Open Source Portfolio
I've been on a continuous journey in open source since 2020. First, as a contributor, and for the...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
Setting up GitHub CLI on WSL2 can fail at auth despite what the browser says. So here, Ayu teaches you a reliable fix + full “gh” setup on Ubuntu/WSL2. She explains the install, the device-code login workaround, upgrades, uninstall, & how to revoke OAuth access.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
Code & Coffee: A Virtual Coffee Conference is on April 25!

Join Code & Coffee in their first-ever conference where members of their community join in sessions about code, careers and community.
Code & Coffee: A Virtual Coffee Conference
The Virtual Coffee community has been supporting developers at all stages of their career for 5 years. Join their first ever conference for sessions about code, careers and community.
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April 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The video of my talk from last week is up! (link in the comment)

Here, I forgot to share my slides at the beginning. 😆

I keep this part as a journal of my growth & milestone. Mistakes happen. But I'm proud that I bounced back & pushed through. 🥰

Feedback is welcome! Let me know what you think! 😄
April 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am very excited about getting the opportunity to give a talk and share stage with some awesome women tomorrow, at 6-8 pm CEST! ✨️

Will you join me? 🤩

Find the link for RSVP in the comment below... and it's free!
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm super excited to give a talk about my journey in tech writings on April 9 at 6-8 pm CEST! 🤩

You can now RSVP in the link below, and I hope to see you there! ✨️

womentechmakers.at
Women Techmakers Vienna
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March 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
When I created my GitHub account a few years ago, the handles that I wanted were taken.

Lately, I have the itch to change it to be the same as my social handles, but I'm afraid if I don't do it right, it will cause trouble bc I'm still actively contributing 😅
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Alt: michael scott is sitting in front of a window with his eyes closed and his hand on his forehead.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I work with Gitpod for the 1st time today. I created a branch, made all changes, added & committed them. Then, my browser crashed. When I opened it again, my working branch was gone! 😭

Does anyone understand why it happened & if there's any way I can find/safe my branch?
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February 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
Reflecting on the ups and downs of another year in coding. A submission for the New Year Writing Challenge running through tomorrow 💫 #DEVcommunity #Careergrowth

Full post: https://dev.to/adiatiayu/thank-you-2024-the-challenges-and-achievements-2loj
February 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Moving our Virtual Coffee Community Docs to Docusaurus is not as straightforward as I thought. 😅

It's mainly bc the structures & contents are intended to be read on GH repo only.

I encountered many errors every time I ran it. But I've learned a lot & I love it! ✨️🥰
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January 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I allowed my kid to use my phone to google for DIY tutorials.

She was like, "Mom! Do you know that you're famous??? I googled your name. There are so many pictures & websites about you!"

Then she jumped & gave me the biggest hug in the world. I just couldn't stop smiling. 🥰
a woman is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and says `` you don 't know how much just '' .
Alt: a woman is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and says, `` you don 't know how much just that made my day.''
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January 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm working with Docusaurus.

I ran `git restore .` more than 10x, and I have 20+ tabs open to debug within almost 5 hours (even though it's not working yet)! 🤣

This is what I missed all this time. The excitement of problem solving and learning something new. ✨️
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Alt: a cartoon of a man with the words it makes me feel alive
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January 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I hesitated to publish this post because I'm being (too) honest and vulnerable here. But I finally hit the publish button. 🥹

Thank you, 2024: The Challenges and Achievements 💖

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Thank You, 2024: The Challenges and Achievements
The year 2024 was such a roller coaster for me. In one minute, I felt on top of the world, and the...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
Contributing to open-source can be a little overwhelming. So in this guide, Ayu walks you through the basics of Git and GitHub to make contributing to OSS less daunting.
Search "How to Contribute to Open-Source Projects – Git & GitHub Workflow for Beginners" on freeCodeCamp News or our app
January 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
It's time for my #GitHubUnwrapped 2024! 🚀

- Opened 159 issues with 141 closed.
- 129 pull requests merged.
- 1512 contributions.

I'm looking forward to what 2025 gonna bring! ✨️🎉
December 23, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
If you'd like to have efficient code reviews, this pull request template by @ashleemboyer.com is great!
An Undefeated Pull Request Template | Ashlee M Boyer
A pull request template I've developed over my career that so many seem to love.
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December 9, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Although the Netherlands is on the list, apparently, Claude Ai still doesn't recognize Netherlands' phone number. 😅
December 4, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Open source is for everyone, regardless of their technical backgrounds.

In this blog post, I shared my first non-code contribution experience to Mautic, an open-source marketing automation platform, and what I learned from it. 😊

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Open Source is For Everyone: First Experience in Non-Code Contribution to Mautic during Hacktoberfest 2024
This year's Hacktoberfest felt different from my previous ones as a contributor. I was massively...
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November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I'm super bad with social media lately. 😂

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I added a GIF on this post and just realized something about the ALT text.

I'm amazed by the detailed description of ALT text of the GIFs at 🦋. Accessibility FTW! 🤩
a woman says i 'm pretty bad at it while laughing
Alt: a woman says i 'm pretty bad at it while laughing
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November 16, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by Ayu Adiati
I created a starter pack for folks in @virtualcoffee.io, one of my favourite communities. go.bsky.app/8eVFptf
November 7, 2024 at 4:47 AM
I joined the DEV "2024 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge" at the last minute!

This year's Hacktoberfest marks my 2nd year as an open-source projects maintainer, and I wrote my experience in this blog post. ✨

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Hacktoberfest 2024: My 2nd Year Experience as A Maintainer
This is a submission for the 2024 Hacktoberfest Writing challenge: Maintainer Experience This...
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November 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM