hacktoberfest-2025 event draft

Signed-off-by: Naman Verma <149177973+Namanv0509@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Namanv0509

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+title: "Hacktoberfest Prep 2025: Design with Meshery"
+description: "Prepare for Hacktoberfest with Layer5 MeshMates and Maintainers. Join seasoned open source maintainers, hack through easy issues, and grow your skills. Discover Newcomers resources and explore the Layer5 Community Handbook."
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+date: 2025-00-03
+eurl: 
+type: Event
+speakers: []
+published: false
+upcoming: true
+register: true
+---
+
+import { Link } from "gatsby" ;
+import preptemberslides from "./hacktoberfest-prep-2024-extending-meshery-models.pdf"
+import hacktoberfestBadge from "./layer5-hacktoberfest11-badge-large.png";
+
+<p>
+<Link to="/programs/hacktoberfest">Hacktoberfest</Link> is just around the corner. You'd be surprised to know how small changes can make a big impact on a project. The more a project scales, the easier it is for small errors to live within it. You can make a real difference by fixing these relatively easier issues and continue to grow from there.
+</p>
+
+<p>As in years past, Layer5 has a number of different projects and a variety of technologies for participants to choose from.  Our Hacktoberfest theme for 2025 will focus Design w. <Link to="/cloud-native-management/meshery">Meshery</Link> is an extensible, self-service platform for collaborative infrastructure management. Be sure to understand the <Link to="/blog/meshery/comparing-meshery-models-and-meshery-designs">difference between Meshery Models and Meshery Designs</Link>. The Meshery project is looking for contributors to extend these models to support new cloud native infrastructure and their features.</p>
+
+<p>
+Prepare for Hacktoberfest and ready yourself for contributing to CNCF projects the easy way with Layer5 <Link to="/community/meshmates">MeshMates</Link> and Maintainers. Spend an hour with seasoned, open source maintainers and hack your way through. To get a head start, see our <Link to="/community/newcomers">Newcomers Resources</Link>. Get familiar with the Layer5 community through our <Link to="/community/handbook">Community Handbook</Link>.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Earn a Badge </h3> 
+<p>Earn a Hacktoberfest Contributor badge by contributing to Layer5 projects during this Hacktoberfest.</p>
+<img src={hacktoberfestBadge} style="width: 250px"/>
+
+<ul>
+    <li><strong>DATE:</strong>October 3, 2025</li>
+    <li><strong>TIME:</strong>9AM CT | 3PM WAT | 7:30PM IST</li>
+    <li><strong>LIVESTREAM:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKe52yMWWK4">YouTube</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p> Resources:</p>
+<ul>
+    <li><Link to="/blog/open-source/ways-to-contribute-at-layer5">Code and Non-Code Contributing at Layer5</Link></li>
+    <li><a href="https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+archived%3Afalse+org%3Alayer5io+org%3Ameshery+org%3Aservice-mesh-performance+org%3Aservice-mesh-patterns+label%3A%22hacktoberfest%22+">Issues for Hacktoberfest</a></li>
+    <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKe52yMWWK4">Recorded Livestream</a></li>
+    <li><a href={preptemberslides}>Presentation Slides</a></li>
+</ul>