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Comment by emptyparadise | Hacker News Reader

I want to become powerful enough to contribute to SerenityOS.

You are already powerful enough! Some of our most active developers today didn't even know C++ when they started. If you're interested, look for something small that annoys you, and then see if you can't figure out enough of the code to fix it. :^)

Andreas, you are underestimating the complexity of C++ for mere mortals.

Maybe you should take a break from SerenityOS and write a book about the useful/practical subset of the C++ language??

I've been sneaking peeks at the SerenityOS documentation and style guide - it's great stuff. I think I'd rather see that expanded further.

Just do it.

Seriously, you don't even have to know programming to contribute. Writing documentation, porting software, trying to boot on real hardware, trying out websites with the web browser, looking for bugs in the user interface... There's no such thing as a barrier to entry with SerenityOS as long as you're motivated to learn.

Thank you for saying this!

Shave a few Yaks :)

No, kidding... But their Jakt[1] language will make it much easier to contribute than in arcane reality of C++.

[1]: https://github.com/SerenityOS/jakt

This will hopefully be true, but Serenity is nevertheless one of the most pleasant C++ codebases to read that you're ever likely to come across.

One nice thing for a new contributer is there is so much low hanging fruit everywhere.

Can just open any app and you will see little things that would make for a good first PR. The codebase is also full of Fixmes, many of which are very approachable for a beginner.

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