The Seven Year Itch: My Apache Story

Zili Chen

Chinese Session 2025-07-27 09:45 GMT+8  (ROOM : MainRoom - YiHe Hall) #keynote

This is my seventh year at The Apache Software Foundation. Starting as a contributor, I earned my first commit bit while working on the Apache Flink project. The more I contribute to ASF projects, the more credits I earn in their community.

Now I’m a board member of the ASF and an active incubator mentor who has mentored more than seven podling projects. Welcome to join this session to learn how I grow in the broader ASF community, and what I’m looking for on collborators in the ASF for the following years.

Speakers:


Zili Chen: Co-Founder, ScopeDB

Zili Chen (@tison) co-founded ScopeDB, a database built for semi-structured data with cloud services. He is a seasoned open-source advocate and ASF member with a wealth of experience. He has maintained several significant projects, including Apache Flink, Apache ZooKeeper, and Apache Pulsar.