Bits & Bytes with Mike Jang – NGINX Community Chats – Ep. 8

In this series, OSS Technologist Dave McAllister sits down with the NGINX community to discuss what they love about open source. Brought to you by F5! This episode is a Bits & Bytes, where we uncover exciting new projects and technologies that are making waves in the open source tech world. 👾 Today's guest, Principal Technical Writer Mike Jang, sits down to discuss the recent open sourcing of all NGINX documentation. Mike also chats about the easiest ways to get started with contributing, the importance of a welcoming community, and how you can build your portfolio by improving NGINX's documentation. Whether you're a seasoned developer or a beginner, there's a place for you to make a difference. Read the announcement blog: https://blog.nginx.org/blog/nginx-doc... Check out the NGINX Documentation GitHub repository at https://github.com/nginx/documentation to start contributing today. We’d love your feedback and ideas! Where to find the NGINX Community: 💚 Website – https://nginx.org 💬 Community Forum – https://community.nginx.org ⭐ GitHub – https://github.com/nginx 🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/nginxorg 🦋 Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/nginx.org Where to find F5: 🔴 Website – https://www.f5.com/ 💬 DevCentral – https://community.f5.com/ 🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/F5 Other technologies mentioned in this episode: ⬢ Hugo – https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo ⬢ OWASP – https://owasp.org/ Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:21 - Meet Mike Jang, Principal Technical Writer 01:15 - Mike's Journey in Open Source 02:04 - Open Sourcing NGINX Documentation 03:16 - Challenges and Processes in Open Sourcing 04:10 - Ensuring Quality Contributions 05:42 - Getting Started with NGINX Documentation 06:51 - Using GitHub for Documentation Contributions 09:24 - Mike's Favorite Open Source Projects 10:20 - Closing Thoughts #OpenSource #Documentation #NGINX #TechTalks #GitHub #OSS #OWASP