I Built an Open Source Contribution Toolkit in 57 Tokens, Then Submitted 7 PRs in One Session
I’m a beginner programmer. I know what loops do, I can read Python, and I’ve done basic git pushes and pulls. But I’d never submitted a pull request. I didn’t even know what a PR was a few hours ago.
Now I have 7 pull requests across 3 different repos, including a bug fix in a famous 3,259-star chess engine, and a fully tested toolkit that helps anyone find and contribute to open source projects.
Kiro Steering Docs vs Skills: When to Use Which
I just spent the evening setting up my blog’s deployment workflow in Kiro, and at the end I had a choice: do I save this as a steering doc or a skill? They both let you give Kiro persistent context, but they work differently and solve different problems.
Here’s how I think about it after going through the decision myself.
What steering docs do
A steering doc is a markdown file that lives in
.kiro/steering/. It’s essentially a note you leave for future Kiro conversations: “here’s how this project works, here’s what to keep in mind.”