Welcome :) On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM Michael Froh <msf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for the warm welcomes and congratulations! > > I've been a Lucene "enthusiast" since 2011, when I read Lucene in Action > (2nd Edition), and realized that the startup I was working at had a search > problem and not a "big data" problem. Knowing some Lucene got me a job at > Amazon on a team that owned an internal search platform for use by other > Amazon teams. If you've ever searched your past orders on Amazon, that was > us. My first Lucene issue was from that time: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-4185. Back then, I wasn't > allowed to share even a snippet of code without legal approval, so I > described my failing unit test with words. Luckily, things have changed a > lot over the years, and I've been able to do a lot more work on open > source, both as a maintainer on the OpenSearch project and with occasional > contributions to Lucene. I'm looking forward to doing a lot more with > Lucene for years to come! > > Three interesting facts about me: > 1. Despite being an English-speaking Canadian, I speak and understand > Romanian pretty well, after living in Romania for 6 years (and being > married to a Romanian for over 15 years). > 2. I've been teaching myself French cooking, and can make a pretty tasty > sauce chasseur. > 3. I partially supported myself in university by working as a part-time > model. > > Thanks again! > Michael > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM Dawid Weiss <dawid.we...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm pleased to announce that Michael Froh has accepted the PMC's >> invitation to become a Lucene committer. >> >> Michael, the tradition is for new committers to shortly introduce >> themselves. >> >> On behalf of the Lucene PMC, congratulations and welcome! >> >> Dawid >> > -- http://www.needhamsoftware.com (work) https://a.co/d/b2sZLD9 (my fantasy fiction book)
