Don't Open a Pull Request Yet

You want to contribute to open source, but you do not want to be that person. Not the one who opens a pointless pull request just to add their name to a README.md . Not the one who pastes in AI-generated code, wraps it in a polished PR description, and assumes “looks right” means “is right”. And not the one who leaves a maintainer with more work than before they saw your name in the notifications. That fear is healthy. Because the uncomfortable truth is this: a lot of visible contribution is not