--- title: "Plus One People Series: JB Onofré" url: https://daily.dev/posts/plus-one-people-series-jb-onofr--tzvbxf3ap source_url: https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/plus-one-people-series-jb-onofre type: article source: "The Apache Software Foundation Blog" published: 2026-03-31T19:49:33.644Z updated: 2026-03-31T19:50:02.600Z tags: ["open-source", "big-data", "apache", "agentic-ai"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Plus One People Series: JB Onofré **[The Apache Software Foundation Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/apache)** · 7 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Jean-Baptiste Onofré (JB), an ASF Board member and contributor to dozens of Apache projects, shares his open source journey starting in 2004, his current focus on big data projects like Apache Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow, and Beam, and his views on the future of open source. He discusses the rise of agentic AI, the EU Cyber Resilience Act's impact on security practices, and why the Apache Way's 'community over code' principle is critical for project sustainability. He also offers practical advice for newcomers looking to contribute to Apache projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [ASF Plus One Newsletter: April 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/asf-plus-one-newsletter-april-2026-ht0qqcmm1) · The Apache Software Foundation Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sponsor Success at Apache: Google and Apache Iceberg](https://daily.dev/posts/sponsor-success-at-apache-google-and-apache-iceberg-td8rfdqga) · The Apache Software Foundation Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [ASF Plus One Newsletter: May 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/asf-plus-one-newsletter-may-2026-vunrepqyw) · The Apache Software Foundation Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [ASF Plus One Newsletter: July 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/asf-plus-one-newsletter-july-2026-vnqv8bzvk) · The Apache Software Foundation Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Enterprise Open Source Security & Career Growth](https://daily.dev/posts/enterprise-open-source-security-career-growth-xlbtjkihe) · OpenSSF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#big-data](https://daily.dev/tags/big-data), [#apache](https://daily.dev/tags/apache), [#agentic-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/agentic-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/plus-one-people-series-jb-onofr--tzvbxf3ap)