Yesterday, I wrote about my New Year's resolutions for 2025, to kick start this fresh new year. However, GitHub is sweetening the deal even more!
So, what does that mean? Let me share a little snippet from their website:
The GitHub Stars program thanks GitHub’s most influential developers and gives them a platform to showcase their work, reach more people, and shape the future of GitHub.
I can't even start to express how incredibly honored, proud, happy, and super thankful I am! This recognition is most definitely a star ⭐ on all the open source work I have been doing since 2017. Most notably, of course, my work on the open source smart home software: Home Assistant.
Looking at the other 90-ish GitHub Stars in the program makes me feel quite small and humble. There are so many rock stars in this program that I look up to 😳. I'm honestly just some guy from the Netherlands writing some code behind his desk in his living room... 🫣 Imposter syndrome, as I have been told. 😅
I was at GitHub Universe 2024, where I met a lot of people, including many Hubbers (as GitHub employees call themselves) and existing GitHub Stars. Every single one of them have been so incredibly nice and like-minded; you all made me feel right at home. 🤗
Besides this nice-looking star, I will also have a voice in shaping GitHub's future, meaning early feature access and access to insight and brainstorming calls with their teams. Additionally, they will feature my profile and give me access to training resources. Lastly, we will help each other spread the word about open source all around the world. 🤝
To all who have nominated, selected, and accepted me for a GitHub Star, a sincere thank you! ❤️
../Frenck
