{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/issues/9","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/issues/9/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/issues/9/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/issues/9/events","html_url":"https://github.com/RustSydney/talks/issues/9","id":116891620,"number":9,"title":"Your first contributions in Rust","user":{"login":"absoludity","id":497518,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/497518?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity","html_url":"https://github.com/absoludity","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/labels/proposal","name":"proposal","color":"5319e7"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/labels/scheduled","name":"scheduled","color":"159818"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2015-11-14T03:16:08Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T10:57:00Z","closed_at":"2015-12-01T10:57:00Z","body":"I started learning rust recently and as part of my initial learning, landed [some](https://github.com/servo/euclid/commit/046c1f811c1e1d0aad560224bce3b87c2ce03298) [small](https://github.com/servo/euclid/commit/84150a904899957cb32e1c54fa31ad9100937507)  commits for euclid (a servo dependency). If there was interest, I'd be happy to spend 10mins chatting informally at a meetup about the experience as a newcomer, something like:\r\n\r\n * motivation for learning rust,\r\n * resources that were most helpful for active learning (and what's missing, IMO)\r\n * finding ways to contribute code as a newcomer (basically, find smaller dependencies like Euclid, improving tests as a way to better understand the code)\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/issues/comments/160934474","html_url":"https://github.com/RustSydney/talks/issues/9#issuecomment-160934474","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/RustSydney/talks/issues/9","id":160934474,"user":{"login":"absoludity","id":497518,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/497518?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity","html_url":"https://github.com/absoludity","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/absoludity/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-01T10:57:00Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T10:57:00Z","body":"@caspark Sure - there's not much info (I didn't get a chance to add notes), but for the record: [Your first contributions to rust](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Rk9fqY-Zi1-oc7B2ui1UNnlS177l4GxsvXq5ccIxHzA/edit?usp=sharing)\r\n\r\nThanks for hosting!"}}