#145 Open Source Superstar and Roap.sh Founder Kamran Ahmed 2e49k

11/10/2024

On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Kamran...

On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Kamran Ahmed. He's a software engineer and founder of Roap.sh, which has skill tree roaps for lots of developer fields, such as DevOps. As a teacher, he's also a Google Developer Expert and a GitHub Star.
We talk about:
- Kamran's tips for finding the right open source projects to contribute to - The story behind Roap.sh, his popular developer website - Other specialized open source Kamran has built over the years - How Kamran became a Google Developer Expert and GitHub Star
Can you guess what song I'm playing during the intro?
Also, I want to thank the 10,922 kind people who our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can them and our mission at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate
Links we talk about during our conversation:
- Kamran's website, Roap.sh: https://roap.sh/
- Kamran's "Design Patterns for Humans" GitHub book: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/design-patterns-for-humans
- freeCodeCamp's "How to Contribute to Open Source guide" Quincy mentions: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-projects-beginners-guide/
- Kamran on Twitter: https://x.com/kamrify

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