Hi Erick, You have been really helpful to everyone of us and we are gonna to miss you a lot. But best of luck and enjoy your time !!!
On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:22 PM Jason Gerlowski <gerlowsk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Erick, > > I'm sorry for our users and for the project overall to hear you'll be > "hanging up the spurs", but excited that you've found new, fun things > to expand into in your retirement! I hope they're awesome! > > Best of luck man, it's been great working with you! > > Best, > > Jason > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:05 PM Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote: > > > > Hi Erick, > > > > too bad that you want to leave us. I really hope to see you in person > after > > COVID19 allows us to meet at conferences again. It was always nice > > discussions with you on the mailing list, although I am not subscribed to > > solr-user@lao, so the whole work you were doing is not so obvious to me. > > > > About the squirrels: As an European, I have no idea why those grey > American > > squirrels are so aggressive and eat all your tomatoes! > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8w441njq8xvaxd/20210104_185757.jpg?dl=0 > (sitting > > in my garden) > > > > Here in Bremen, I have no problem at all with tomatoes and squirrels. The > > European red squirrels only collect and eat nuts (or to be more correct: > > they collect nuts and then forget about them, making hazelnut trees grow > > everywhere in my garden, if you do not destroy them). > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9twup0850vxpdz/20210104_185720.jpg?dl=0 > > (leftovers of the nuts...) > > > > My tomato plants all survived and I was able to harvest this year. > > > > Uwe > > > > ----- > > Uwe Schindler > > Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen > > https://www.thetaphi.de > > eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 3:09 PM > > > To: dev@lucene.apache.org > > > Subject: Old programmers do fade away > > > > > > 40 years is enough. OK, it's only been 39 1/2 years. Dear Lord, has it > > really been > > > that long? Programming's been fun, I've gotten to solve puzzles every > day. > > The > > > art and science of programming has changed over that time. Let me tell > you > > > about the joys of debugging with a Z80 stack emulator that required > that > > you > > > to look on the stack for variables and trace function calls by knowing > how > > to > > > follow frame pointers. Oh the tedium! Oh the (lack of) speed! Not to > > mention > > > that 64K of memory was all you had to work with. I had a co-worker who > > could > > > predict the number of bytes by which the program would shrink based on > > > extracting common code to functions. The "good old days"...weren't... > > > > > > I'd been thinking that I'd treat Lucene/Solr as a hobby, doing > occasional > > work > > > on it when I was bored over long winter nights. I've discovered, > though, > > that > > > I've been increasingly reluctant to crack open the code. I guess that > > after this > > > much time, I'm ready to hang up my spurs. One major factor is the > > realization > > > that there's so much going on with Lucene/Solr that simply being aware > of > > the > > > changes, much less trying to really understand them, isn't something I > can > > do > > > casually. > > > > > > I bought a welder and find myself more interested in playing with that > > than > > > programming. Wait until you see the squirrel-proof garden enclosure I'm > > > building with it. If my initial plan doesn't work, next up is an > electric > > fence > > > along the top. The laser-sighted automatic machine gun emplacement will > > take > > > more planning...Ahhh, probably won't be able to get a permit from the > > > township for that though. Do you think the police would notice? > Perhaps I > > > should add that the local police station is two blocks away and in the > > line of > > > fire. But an infrared laser powerful enough to "pre-cook" them > wouldn't be > > as > > > obvious would it? > > > > > > Why am I so fixated on squirrels? One of the joys of gardening is fresh > > > tomatoes rather than those red things they sell in the store. The > > squirrels ATE > > > EVERY ONE OF MY TOMATOES WHILE THEY WERE STILL GREEN LAST YEAR! And > > > the melons. In the words of B. Bunny: "Of course you realize this means > > war" > > > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNr-BQgpd0)... > > > > > > Then there's working in the garden and landscaping, the desk I want to > > build > > > for my wife, travel as soon as I can, maybe seeing if some sailboats > need > > > crew...you get the idea. > > > > > > It's been a privilege to work with this group, you're some of the best > and > > > brightest. Many thanks to all who've generously given me their time and > > > guidance. It's been a constant source of amazement to me how willing > > people > > > are to take time out of their own life and work to help me when I've > had > > > questions. I owe a lot of people beers ;) > > > > > > I'll be stopping my list subscriptions, Slack channels (dm me if you > need > > > something), un-assigning any JIRAs and that kind of thing over the next > > while. If > > > anyone's interested in taking over the BadApple report, let me know > and I > > can > > > put the code up somewhere. It takes about 10 minutes to do each week. I > > won't > > > disappear entirely, things like the code-reformatting effort are nicely > > self- > > > contained for instance and something I can to casually. > > > > > > My e-mail address if you need to get in touch with me is: > > > "erick.erick...@gmail.com". There's a correlation between gmail > addresses > > > that are just a name with no numbers and a person's age... A co-worker > > came > > > over to my desk in pre-historical times and said "there's this new mail > > service > > > you might want to sign up for"... Like I said, 40 years is enough. > > > > > > Best to all, > > > Erick > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
