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- Apache HugeGraph — with Himanshu VermaApache HugeGraph is a fully open source graph database stack: the database, distributed mode, analytics, web UI, and the HugeGraph-AI toolkit, all under one Apache license and one community. In this episode, contributor Himanshu Verma explains why graphs matter for AI: ordinary retrieval finds text that looks similar, but some questions are about how things are connected, and a graph lets the model look up real facts instead of guessing. We talk about how HugeGraph compares to Neo4j, JanusGraph, and Apache AGE, its support for both Gremlin (Apache TinkerPop) and Cypher, and the 1.8 release work, including the MCP server, GraphRAG, text2gremlin, Helm charts for Kubernetes, and the new Hubble UI. Himanshu also walks through a demo: you upload your documents, an LLM pulls out the people, companies and links between them for you to review, and then you ask questions in plain language. It can run on a local model through Ollama, so private documents stay on your machine. We finish with how to get involved, from filing issues and fixing docs to taking a good first issue.https://plusone.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hugegraph_himanshu.mp3Learn more: https://hugegraph.apache.orgPrefer video, that’s on our YouTube channel.8 min
- The ASF Responsible AI Initiative (with Jeff Genender & Andrew Musselman)
“Responsible” means aligning the Foundation-wide use of AI with the ASF’s greater mission of providing software for the public good. That’s our raison d’être.
Prefer video? That’s here: https://youtu.be/DgQtZzeHX2w
The Responsible AI (RAI) Initiative is one of the newest efforts at the Apache Software Foundation. In this PlusOne conversation, recorded at Community Over Code in Glasgow, Rich Bowen sits down with Jeff Genender and Andrew Musselman to talk about why the Foundation launched RAI, what “responsible” actually means in practice, and how the Initiative is helping Apache projects use AI well — without getting in their way.
We cover the copyright and licensing questions behind AI contributions, why every contribution still has to clear the same human-review bar it always has, the security-scanning work that protects projects from a rising flood of automated PRs, and the ASF’s own LLM gateway with self-hosted models. We also get into the Foundation’s philosophy of best practices over rules, the sponsors backing the effort (a \$1.5M donation from Anthropic and continued support from Alpha-Omega), and the longer-term dream of an open-weight model under the Apache umbrella.
https://plusone.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/RAI.mp3Learn more and get involved:
https://rai.apache.org/https://llm.apache.org/Mailing list: [email protected]11 min - Apache Geode, with Jinwoo Hwang
Rich Bowen speaks with Jinwoo Hwang about Apache Geode, the distributed in-memory data management platform that delivers low-latency, scalable data access for high-performance applications. In a rare story of open source revival, Jinwoo describes how Geode — originally born as GemFire in 2002 and donated to the ASF in 2015 — declined into inactivity by 2023 and was voted for retirement, only to be brought back to life with a major 2.0 release in December 2025. They discuss the massive modernization effort required (Java 21, Spring Framework 6, Jakarta EE), the personal cost of that work, and what’s next for the project’s security and stability roadmap.
https://plusone.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/apache-geode-jinwoo.mp3Prefer video? That’s on our YouTube channel
More about Apache Geode at https://geode.apache.org/
17 min - Matt Pavlovich: ActiveMQ 6.1.7 and beyond
I talked with Matt Pavlovich about the recent release of 6.1.7, and we also talked bout 6 in general, and what’s on the roadmap for the future.
https://plusone.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ActiveMQ_Classic_render1.mp3This is the second ActiveMQ video in two weeks, since ActiveMQ has two active sub-projects. See also the Artemis video from last week.
Prefer video? That’s HERE
ActiveMQ website
Previous ActiveMQ videos: [April 2007], [September 2021]
19 min - Community Over Code Europe 2024, Bratislava, Slovakia
Community Over Code Europe 2024 (formerly called ApacheCon) will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, June 3-5 2024. Come join us!
https://plusone.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/community_over_code_eu_2024.mp3Prefer video? That’s HERE.
Links:
Event site: https://eu.communityovercode.org/
How to get there: https://eu.communityovercode.org/how-to-get-there/
Schedule: https://eu.communityovercode.org/schedule/
Community Over Code North America: https://communityovercode.org/
Community Over Code Asia: https://asia.communityovercode.org/
8 min - Airflow Summit and Hybrid Events – Jarek Potiuk['Jarek Potiuk talks about the new multi-city hybrid event model that they’re experimenting with for the upcoming Airflow Summit https://airflowsummit.org/ May 23-27, 2022 Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bengaluru, India. Lagos, Nigeria. London, UK. Melbourne, Australia. New York City, USA. Paris, France. Sao …', 'Jarek Potiuk talks about the new multi-city hybrid event model that they’re experimenting with for the upcoming Airflow Summit https://airflowsummit.org/ May 23-27, 2022 Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bengaluru, India. Lagos, Nigeria. London, UK. Melbourne, Australia. New York City, USA. Paris, France. Sao …']18 min
- Apache ShardingSphere: Trista Pan['Apache ShardingSphere is “an open-source ecosystem consisted of a set of distributed database solutions”. PMC member Trista Pan is with us to talk about what that means. Prefer video? That’s HERE. Links: Project site: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/ Project info: https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?shardingsphere Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShardingSphere …', 'Apache ShardingSphere is “an open-source ecosystem consisted of a set of distributed database solutions”. PMC member Trista Pan is with us to talk about what that means. Prefer video? That’s HERE. Links: Project site: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/ Project info: https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?shardingsphere Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShardingSphere …']13 min
- Apache PLC4X, with Chris Dutz['PLC4X is a set of libraries for communicating with industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) using a variety of protocols but with a shared API. Project member Chris Dutz talks with us about what that actually means. Project website – https://plc4x.apache.org/ …', 'PLC4X is a set of libraries for communicating with industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) using a variety of protocols but with a shared API. Project member Chris Dutz talks with us about what that actually means. Project website – https://plc4x.apache.org/ …']18 min
- Apache Infrastructure Team, with Andrew Wetmore['The Apache Infrastructure team keeps all of the servers and services running, which all Apache projects rely on. Team member Andrew Wetmore talks the what and the how of that work, as well as what’s new, and how you can …', 'The Apache Infrastructure team keeps all of the servers and services running, which all Apache projects rely on. Team member Andrew Wetmore talks the what and the how of that work, as well as what’s new, and how you can …']21 min
- FeatherCast: NLPCraft (Incubating) with Nikita Ivanov['Apache NLPCraft (Incubating) is An API to convert natural language into actions. I spoke with project member Nikita Ivanov about what that means. Prefer video? That’s HERE. More about NLPCraft: https://nlpcraft.apache.org/', 'Apache NLPCraft (Incubating) is An API to convert natural language into actions. I spoke with project member Nikita Ivanov about what that means. Prefer video? That’s HERE. More about NLPCraft: https://nlpcraft.apache.org/']19 min
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