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> Read morePassion over pain. A phrase that I have grown to like and try to live by. My software development journey began with a pebble: a simple video game that I played as a kid, Watch Dogs, inspired me to venture forth into the technological realm. Of course other factors such as my appreciation for computers played a role but this was the catalyst that led to other stepping stones on this road.
> Read moremy name is Saksham Shekher and I hail from the vibrant city of Mumbai, India. A newcomer to the field of web development and Python, I take great pleasure in transforming unrefined websites into streamlined, visually appealing, and intuitive platforms.
Since 2019, I've contributed to open-source projects and honed my troubleshooting skills, inspired by my tech-savvy brothers. I've managed communities on Telegram, Facebook, and Discord, and shared my knowledge through teaching.
> Read moreI want to build popular open-source project that would be widely used and appreciated by the community.
> Read moreI personally was surprised by the community. Everyone is helping everyone.
> Read moreRuby and Rails libraries:
- [creator] Invisible Captcha: Anti-spam solution for Rails
- [creator] Maily: Rails engine to preview emails in the browser
- [creator] MiniI18n: Simple, flexible and fast Ruby Internationalization library
- [creator] Jekyll-Timeago: Ruby library to compute distance of dates in words, with localization support and Jekyll integration
- [maintainer] Sidekiq-Cron: Scheduling add-on for Sidekiq
- [maintainer] VideoInfo: Get video info from Dailymotion, Vimeo, Wistia, and YouTube URLs.JavaScript projects:
- [co-creator] Ralix: Microframework for building and organizing Rails front-ends via WebpackerStarter Kits:
- [creator] Rails + Ralix + Tailwind
- [creator] Middleman + BootstrapOthers:
- [creator] Awesome Ruby: A categorized community-driven collection of awesome Ruby libraries, tools, frameworks and software
- [maintainer] TimeOverflow: Time Bank management system
- [co-creator] Tonic: Automatically convert a YAML/JSON into a "filterable" collection websiteNow also helping to build Open Source Heroes!