Big Thoughts, Small Notes
- Guide5 October 2025
The Guide I Wish I Had: My Outreachy Story and Step-by-Step Blueprint
Navigating the world of open source isn’t easy. If you’re new, it can feel intimidating. Huge codebases, legacy systems, technical jargon and people who seem way more experienced than you. For a long time, I wasn’t sure how to step in.
Read → - Introduction30 August 2025
What I Learned, Built, and Found Through Outreachy
It feels a little surreal to write this, my Outreachy internship has come to an end. When I started this journey, I wasn’t sure if I belonged. Open source always felt like this big, intimidating world where you had to be an expert to contribute. I was worried I’d mess things up, or that my contributions wouldn’t really matter.
Read → - Wikimania11 August 2025
From My Desk to Nairobi: My Wikimania 2025 Journey
Wikimania is the annual heartbeat of the Wikimedia movement, a global gathering of volunteers, editors, developers, translators, and dreamers who work to build the world’s largest free knowledge projects. Each year it moves to a different part of the world, and 2025 marks its 20th edition and the first time it’s being hosted in East Africa.
Read → - Introduction30 July 2025
What My Dream Job Looks Like
As I reach the halfway point of my Outreachy internship, I’ve found myself reflecting not just on what I’ve done so far but on the kind of work I want to keep doing long after the internship ends.
Read → - Introduction7 July 2025
Taming the Chaos: How Cat-a-lot Makes Batch Categorization Easy
When I first came across Wikimedia Commons as part of my Outreachy project, I saw it as just a place for freely usable media but behind the scenes, Commons is a complex, community-driven platform where contributors work together to maintain, organize, and improve millions of media files.
Read → - Thoughts22 June 2025
Everyone Struggles (And That’s Okay)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned since stepping into the world of open source and Outreachy, it’s this: everyone struggles.
Read → - Introduction1 June 2025
A Little About Me and Why I'm Here
Hello there! 👋 I’m Adiba Anjum, a computer science student, full stack developer, and open source enthusiast. I’m currently embarking on an exciting adventure as an Outreachy intern, contributing to the Cat-a-lot JavaScript Gadget for Wikimedia Commons. It’s surreal to transition from being a user of Wikimedia projects to becoming a contributor behind the scenes.
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