The PHPUgly podcast, hosted by Eric Van Johnson, Tom Rideout and John Congdon, has posted their latest episode - Episode #33: Hacktoberfest Countdown.

Other topics mentioned (besides Hacktoberfest) in this latest show include:

• The Laravel Forge development blog
• An article about the security of the Linux kernel
• PHP 7.1.0 Release Candidate 3
• Taking LSD at work to increase performance

You can find links to these and other topics discussed in the show notes for the episode. If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter to get updates when the latest episodes are released.

It's that time of year again - the perfect time to get involved in Open Source. Why? Because DigitalOcean is back with Hacktoberfest once again, encouraging contributions to Open Source no matter the size.

The Laravel News site sums it up nicely:

Hacktoberfest, the month-long festival of code, is back again this year. The event is hosted in partnership between GitHub and DigitalOcean, and the rules are simple. If you make four pull requests between October 1st and October 31st, you’ll get a t-shirt. It’s available worldwide with no stipulations.

While the real incentive is to get more contributions to Open Source project, there's also a side benefit for those that get in their four pull requests during October: a cool t-shirt bearing the logo for this year's event. All you have to do is contribute and four pull requests to any repository (not your own ideally) before the end of October. If you're not sure of where to start and need some ideas, the Hacktoberfest site has you covered with some great suggestions to get you started.