SheCodesOKC is hosting our annual HacktobHERfest event again in 2023! This meeting is in honor of participating in the popular event, Hacktoberfest.

Hacktoberfest is DigitalOcean's annual event that's used to encourage people to contribute to open-source throughout the month of October. Most modern tech infrastructure relies on open-source projects, which are built and maintained by passionate people who don't have the staff or budget to do more than keep the project alive. Hacktoberfest is about giving back to those projects, sharpening skills, and celebrating all things related to open-source, including the people that make it so special.

Thousands of coders and non-coders have participated in this event to support the projects they've used and loved, to learn and practice skills to enhance their careers, and to meet new people who love open-source as much as they do.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hacktoberfest, and they’re calling for your support! Whether it’s your first time participating—or your tenth—it’s time to hack out four pristine pull/merge requests as we continue our month of support for open source.

For more information about Hacktoberfest, check out their website at https://hacktoberfest.com/.

HacktobHERfest is an event for women/non-binary to provide support in creating the 4 pull requests needed to complete Hacktoberfest and plant a tree through Tree Nation!

Don't worry if you don't have much (or any!) GitHub experience, our organizers are here to help.

You can sign up for Github (https://github.com/) or Hacktoberfest (https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) ahead of time, or if you have questions you can ask any of our hosts.

Join us on October 15, 2023 from 1300-1500 CDT at Tailwind in Oklahoma City. Details to RSVP are here. We hope to see you there!