Welcome, Stefan! On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 1:01 AM Mikhail Khludnev <m...@apache.org> wrote:
> Welcome, Stefan! > Good choice, btw! > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 10:03 PM Stefan Vodita <stefan.vod...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thank you all! It's an honor to join the project as a committer. >> >> I'm originally from a small town in southern Romania >> <https://maps.app.goo.gl/fz3Ju683kF91MmbT7>, so I'm really looking >> forward to seeing #12172 <https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/12172> >> resolved, since both the characters in question (ș, ț) >> are supposed to show up in my name. >> >> In university <https://maps.app.goo.gl/D93VnxFEeRrZFHJs9>, I had >> professors who contributed to open software <https://github.com/unikraft> >> and I was >> lucky enough to be given a taste of the open source world. I had become a >> teaching assistant for a few of the courses (Data Structures, Control >> Theory), >> and it had crossed my mind to stay at the university. Then I got an offer >> to >> come work at Amazon, in Ireland >> <https://maps.app.goo.gl/25nSmtv87hZ2mcKv5>. They gave me a list of >> teams I could join that >> only had the names of the teams - I thought Search Engine Tech sounded the >> coolest. I was right! That's how I first learned about Lucene and started >> working with/on it. It's a privilege, Lucene is an amazing piece of >> software and >> I'm proud to be contributing. >> >> Outside programming, I like history and philosophy. I've been a voracious >> reader basically since I learned how to read. Recently, I've been going >> down >> a spiral of increasingly obscure books, but nothing has topped >> Dostoevsky's >> classic, The Brothers Karamazov >> <https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/4934>. Knowing books also >> happens to be useful >> for thinking up faceting examples >> <https://communityovercode.org/past-sessions/community-over-code-na-2023/#SH004>, >> so that's a plus. >> When I was in middle-school, I half-willingly went through 4 years of >> classical >> guitar training and was left with a life-long desire to be a good musician >> despite my inconsistent practice habits. Practice will have to wait until >> I >> finish up the next PR - looking forward to many more in the future! >> >> Cheers, >> Stefan >> >> On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 15:56, Michael McCandless < >> luc...@mikemccandless.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Team, >>> >>> I'm pleased to announce that Stefan Vodita has accepted the Lucene PMC's >>> invitation to become a committer! >>> >>> Stefan, the tradition is that new committers introduce themselves with >>> a brief bio. >>> >>> Congratulations, welcome, and thank you for all your improvements to >>> Lucene and our community, >>> >>> Mike McCandless >>> >>> http://blog.mikemccandless.com >>> >> > > -- > Sincerely yours > Mikhail Khludnev >
