Hacktoberfest Hands-On Day

Join us for a full day of coding, learning, and building together at our Hacktoberfest co-working session!

We'll have experienced developers ready to help you make your first (or next) contribution, plus mini-talks on cool open source tools throughout the day.

What we're doing: A relaxed co-working day where you can contribute to real Hacktoberfest projects, learn about awesome AI and dev tools, and hang out with Dublin's friendliest developers.

The format:

• 10:00 - Doors open, grab a coffee and get set up
• 10:30 - Quick intro and project suggestions
• 11:00 - Co-working time - contribute to Hacktoberfest repos with support
• Throughout the day - Lightning talks on open source and agentic coding tools
• All day - Networking, helping each other, and casual tech chats
• 17:00 - Wrap up (but you made real contributions!)

Projects you can contribute to (with swag!):

• 🦢 Goose – open-source generative AI framework
• ☁️ Cloudinary – media management and optimisation tools
• 🤖 CopilotKit – open developer platform for building AI copilots
• 🧩 Appwrite – backend-as-a-service for web and mobile apps
• ❤️ Codú - The web dev community platform

What you'll get:

• Hands-on help making real contributions 💻
• Lightning talks on cool open source tools 🚀
• Project-specific swag from the repos you contribute to! 🎁
• Coffee and refreshments ☕
• A supportive environment to code and learn 🤝
• Real commits to show off on your GitHub profile ✨

Where: Baseline, 3rd Floor, 61 Thomas St, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 W250

When: October 18th, 10:00 - 17:00

This event is brought to you in partnership with AI Tinkerers Dublin and Give(a)Go. Whether you're making your first contribution or your hundredth, come code with us!

No need to be intimidated - we'll have mentors floating around to help with everything from Git basics to finding the right issue to tackle. Bring your laptop and let's build something together!

Shout outs: Massive thanks again to our sponsors Couchbase, Ninedots, and Marsh McLennan for supporting our Hacktoberfest celebrations and making these free community events possible! 💙

See you there - let's make those contributions count! 🎉