I will try and look for issues on which I can contribute (because I don't know how to implement many of the issues opened right now, I am still learning). Some of these issues needed at least when I contributed last time some tags in order to be able to distinguish from which is in progress, which is ready to be implemented, and which still needs clarifications. Especially after removing the other projects except HF21 from the Steem projects, it is pretty hard to know which backlog item can be implemented by external contributors.
But after all, you are doing just better than ever, undelegating from inactive and malicious accounts. This is a huge move for a cleaner blockchain!
IMO, the condenser repository is probably the best place to start.
I don't like front end so much, I am lacking some knowledge of react js which is heavily used in condenser, but I am pretty familiar with C++, even though it is still pretty hard for me to follow the code on Steem, but in time it always gets better. I am sad that I don't have so much time to invest in it right now...
Even though I understand why it can be simple to start with the condenser, because in this way a new developer gets used with the Steem API and then he can move to Steem to get a deeper understanding of what's behind.
For C++, your best bet is probably the
steemrepository, but I don't know how many "easy" issues there are to solve there. You could just start by reviewing the incoming PRs to see if you understand them, and going through the issues to see if anything looks interesting and within your comfort level.Thanks, I really appreciate your help!