Hello from a noob who wishes to contribute.

[Justin Sherrill]

The thing I tell people most often, for this sort of question, is:
work on a project that you find personally useful.  A driver for
hardware you have, a particular tool you already use, etc.  Otherwise,
it's likely you will give up when frustrated because you don't see any
benefit from the work.

More specifically, the 'development' man page may be useful.

https://www.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=development&section=ANY


On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Satyajit Ranjeev <s at ranjeev.in> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Like many I have been programming for a long time and never got my
> hands onto kernel development. I have been developing web applications
> and some times implementations of protocols. I have tried developing
> toy file systems and persistent queues most of which are half
> completed. I have had an itch to do some low level programming for a
> very long time.
>
> Being a long time Linux user I was quite disappointed by the forceful
> move to systemd, what annoys me the most is how it is engulfing
> several projects. This led me to try out several of the BSD's. I came
> across DragonFlyBSD as it seemed to have best driver support for my
> laptop.
>
> I was pleasantly surprised by the welcoming note on the home page
> titled "Now Hiring". I started going through your various projects and
> research ideas and found them quite interesting and quite overwhelming
> seeing that there are so many tasks. Is there some place I could
> start? I like file systems, so would HAMMER be a good place to start
> with? Or would it be wise to pick up a tiny bug and try solving it?
>
> I would appreciate any feedback and would love to be a part of this community.
>
> Looking to help out,
>
> satran