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title: 'Overview'
description: 'This section helps developers build and contribute pieces.'
icon: 'hand-wave'
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Building pieces is fun and important; it allows you to customize Activepieces for your own needs.

<Tip>
 We love contributions! In fact, most of the pieces are contributed by the community. Feel free to open a pull request.
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<Tip>
**Friendly Tip:**
For the fastest support, we recommend joining our Discord community. We are dedicated to addressing every question and concern raised there.
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  <Card title="Code with TypeScript" icon="code">
    Build pieces using TypeScript for a more powerful and flexible development process.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Hot Reloading" icon="cloud-bolt">
    See your changes in the browser within 7 seconds.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Open Source" icon="earth-americas">
    Work within the open-source environment, explore, and contribute to other pieces.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Community Support" icon="people">
    Join our large community, where you can ask questions, share ideas, and develop alongside others.
  </Card>
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