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########## content/pages/blogposts/2026-10-29-a-search-hackathon-at-coc-2026.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Title: A Search Hackathon at Community over Code, Glasgow 2026 +category: solr/blogposts +summary: It’s always a pleasure to spend time with search people - and last month’s Community over Code, run by the Apache Foundation in Glasgow, was a great opportunity to do so. Here's what we worked on. Written by Charlie Hull, The Search Juggler. +slug: a-search-hackathon-at-coc-2026 +URL: blogposts/a-search-hackathon-at-coc-2026.html +save_as: blogposts/a-search-hackathon-at-coc-2026.html + +# A Search Hackathon at Community over Code, Glasgow 2026 + +It’s always a pleasure to spend time with search people - and last month’s [Community over Code](https://communityovercode.apache.org/events/glasgow-2026/), run by the Apache Software Foundation in Glasgow, was a great opportunity to do so. Although you might think that the majority of these people would be concerned with [Apache Solr](https://solr.apache.org/), the underlying [Apache Lucene](https://lucene.apache.org/) project underpins many other search engines including Elasticsearch and OpenSearch - so this was a gathering of search enthusiasts from many different backgrounds, companies and traditions. +On Monday I was pleased to join and help organise the Search Hackathon. + +For many, this was the first time they had met in person for a while (we were going to make up for this over a few evenings enjoying the attractions of Glasgow!). There were a lot of friendships renewed and sometimes begun between those who had already collaborated on a project but hadn’t yet met in person. This felt like a gathering that hadn’t happened since the old days of Lucene Revolution conferences, with around 20-30 people in the room, many of them Lucene and/or Solr committers - a chance to set the direction and make the big decisions about projects that underpin most of today’s search and AI infrastructure. Review Comment: ```suggestion For many, this was the first time they had met in person for a while (we were going to make up for this over a few evenings enjoying the attractions of Glasgow!). There were a lot of friendships renewed and sometimes begun between those who had already collaborated on a project but hadn’t yet met in person. This felt like a gathering that hadn’t happened since the old days of Lucene Revolution conferences, with around 20-30 people in the room, many of them Lucene and/or Solr committers - a chance to set the direction and make the big decisions about projects that underpin most of today’s search and AI infrastructure. You can see some pictures from the day [here](./blog/2026-10-29-a-search-hackathon-at-coc-2026/). ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
