GIS Ph.D., Co-founder and CEO of @LuceniaIO #OpenSource. Opinions my own.
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11 Mar 2024
I am thrilled to announce the next step in my professional journey. Announcing: Lucenia.
linkedin.com/posts/nknize_hoβ¦
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Nick Knize π retweeted
11 Sep 2025
Our CEO, @nknize Nicholas Knize, Ph.D., is speaking today at @TheASFβs Community Over Code in Minneapolis!
π Community Over Code Conference
π 2:20 PM CT, September 11
π€ Forking for Freedom: What Forks & Sporks like OpenSearch Teach Us About Open Source
See you there!
#CommunityOverCode #OpenSource #Open #Apache #Lucenia #apache #opensource #code #devops #technology #tech
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16 Apr 2025
Me, every time I see Big Cloud slap a βcommunityβ label on something they control:
#OpenSource #search #foss #searchAI #AI
15 Apr 2025
How do we, the startup community, tell big cloud vendors (like Amazon) that vendor-controlled βopen sourceβ isnβt acceptable?
@nknize (creator of OpenSearch) just gave a π₯ talk on whatβs next.
π₯ youtube.com/watch?v=FJex8lHMβ¦
#OpenSource #FOSSBackstage #Lucenia #SearchAI #CloudComputing
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9 Jan 2025
Berlin, March 11 @fossback '25
I'll talk good, bad, ugly of creating OpenSearch. From PR #1, drama ensued. My journey, while rocky, paved the way for other forks & taught hard lessons re: Corporate interests in Open Source. Come hear it all!
#opensource
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Nick Knize π retweeted
2 Jan 2025
Happy New Year from us at Lucenia! π
Hereβs to a 2025 filled with growth, innovation, and success. Wishing you all prosperity, health, and happiness in the year ahead. We canβt wait to see what this new year brings.
#HappyNewYear #Welcome2025 #Innovation #Teamwork #Lucenia
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2 Jan 2022
And another year passes. This is the fourth time I haven't missed one of my favorite episodes "The Invaders" during the amazing #TwilightZoneMarathon
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Nick Knize π retweeted
24 Dec 2024
Santa is flying! π
Track his sleigh in real time, starting NOW!π Gifts delivered, miles traveled, and sleigh speedβLIVE!π santa.lucenia.dev
You can also chat with Mrs. Claus or peek at the Naughty/Nice List!
#SantaTracker #HolidayMagic #christmas #search #startup
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25 Dec 2024
It appears @NoradSanta tracker might have some slight miscalculations. According to their tracker, Santa arrives in Brazil around 9:20pm local time. Our tracker still has him in Portugal at 12:20am local time, which seems to track his flight plan better.
santa.lucenia.dev
25 Dec 2024
Folks, I've just received intel from the experts at @NoradSanta that Santa Claus is on his way!
ALT President Biden and First Lady participate in the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa tracking calls with children and families across the country.
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Nick Knize π retweeted
24 Dec 2024
Santa is flying! π
βLIVE!π santa.lucenia.dev Track his sleigh in real time, starting NOW!πGifts delivered, miles traveled, and sleigh speed!
#SantaTracker #HolidayMagic #RAG #generativeai #NORADTracksSanta #Christmas2024 #tech #startup
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24 Dec 2024
Santa is delivering to Borat. @LuceniaIO
santa.lucenia.dev
#MerryChristmas #search #lucenia #Christmas2024
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24 Dec 2024
We're live!!
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Experience the magic of @LuceniaIO's cutting-edge Gen AI Search ππ with the Santa Tracker! π
#MerryChristmas #Christmas #Search #OpenSource
santa.lucenia.dev
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23 Dec 2024
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Experience the magic of @LuceniaIO's cutting-edge Geospatial Search ππ with the Santa Tracker! π
#MerryChristmas #Christmas #Search #OpenSource
santa.lucenia.dev
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22 Dec 2024
Spatial RAG meets the North Pole! π
Lucenia teamed up with Santa to power his Naughty/Nice list using Hybrid Search Gen AI. Track Santa, chat with the North Pole, analyze deliveries, and moreβall powered by @LuceniaIO! πβ¨
lucenia.io/post/the-ultimateβ¦
#SantaTech #Lucenia
22 Dec 2024
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What if holidays inspired real-world innovation?Luceniaβs Santa Tracker showcases:
β¨ Hybrid Search
β¨ Retrieval Augmented Generative AI
β¨ Real-Time Data from NORAD
Explore: lucenia.io/post/the-ultimateβ¦
#SantaTracker #AIInnovation #HybridSearch #ChristmasTech #search #RAG
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18 Dec 2024
0.3.0 GA of @LuceniaIO brings full EPSG spatial projection support, faster & fully unified ingest & search pipelines, simple migrations, and hybrid cloud backed indexes. Just wait for our #GenAI Christmas announcement! We're moving fast, and have barely started. #search #AI
16 Dec 2024
π Lucenia v0.3.0 is here! π
lucenia.io/post/lucenia-0-3
New features: π» Developer Licenses π¦Seamless OpenSearch migration βοΈ Multi-cloud repo support β‘ Faster pipelines π Spatial Reprojection Learn more: #Lucenia #OpenSource #TechUpdates #tech #search
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3 Dec 2024
It's a bad sign when you require ~2 years for the biggest architectural change in years and you're still behind @LuceniaIO. Come join a company that listens to its customers & actually delivers "search more with less" starting w/ 40% savings .
lucenia.io/post/cloud-nativeβ¦
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24 Nov 2024
The signal speaks for itself. 5 days, 1 dev and we were upgraded to Lucene 10. 2 days later and we were first to market. @lucenia is moving at lightning speed. Reach out if you're interested in joining. No RTO policy here - fully remote. π Lots of disruption coming.
23 Oct 2024
A few days effort & @LuceniaIO is ready w/ Lucene 10. Big thanks to the RMs for their efforts. While this release brings useful incremental improvements for Pojo vector w/ SIMD, our native hybrid vector search shines brighter, delivering significant performance gains. #opensource
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Nick Knize π retweeted
22 Nov 2024
Want to make your cloud docs searchable? πIn our new blog, CTO @nknize shows how Lucenia turns PDFs, Word docs, & more into a powerful, searchable database.
π lucenia.io/post/storage-to-sβ¦
#SearchTech #CloudStorage #Lucenia #cloud #Technology #TechInnovation #Technews
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17 Nov 2024
Unconventional? IMHO, this is just good leadership 101. I've never liked 1:1s. A quick check in is good, but the ROI for a recurring 1:1 is what, 0.01% at best? Seek to maximize your clock's ROI. I will forever be a student of this skill.
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