On the AI for fixing up non-native text, I would 100% prefer that people write in their native language or broken English and leave the translation to me. Even the slightest wiff of LLMisms are enough to completely turn me off. Just dont do it.

Coommunicate your motivation

coom :yesyes:

You reap what you sow. For years I would attempt to contribute to open source projects with minor improvements and bug fixes, leaving well thought out PR descriptions, only to be rejected because of a slight formatting error in my submission or because of the maintainers' egos.

You want real human connection? Go outside and talk to someone. Open source code is just that--code. And code has always been the realm of computers and technical correctness.