Hi Everyone, Happy New Year - just bumping this thread!
Would love any and all feedback. Cheers, Stefan On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 1:14 PM Stefan Krawczyk <stefan.krawc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Apache Incubator PMC, > > I hope this email finds you well. My name is Stefan Krawczyk > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/skrawczyk>, and I am reaching out to > introduce two projects Hamilton <https://github.com/dagworks-inc/hamilton>, > & Burr <https://github.com/dagworks-inc/burr>, that I would like to > consider for the ASF incubator program. Currently, we are looking for a > Champion (or two?) to guide us through the incubation process and to help > generate interest and engagement from the ASF community. We are eager to > learn from the ASF's vast expertise and to ensure the project adheres to > ASF's best practices. Details on the projects below. > > Hamilton is a lightweight *python DAG* orchestration framework (think > pipelines) that comes with a self-hostable observability UI. People use it > to wrangle pyspark code, through to pandas, and even LLM calls within > web-services, Note: Hamilton is not an alternative to Airflow, infact > people use Hamilton within their Airflow tasks. > > - GitHub repository <https://github.com/dagworks-inc/hamilton> (1.9K > stars, 500K+ downloads, 400+ community - users from banks to start-ups) > - Documentation <http://hamilton.dagworks.io/en/latest/>, or > https://www.tryhamilton.dev/ > - Blog <https://blog.dagworks.io/> for longer content > > Burr is a lightweight *python graph* orchestration framework (an > alternative to langgraph if you've heard of that) with a self-hostable > observability UI. Its primary focus is to help one structure a state > machine as a series of actions and manage state -- which is very topical at > the moment with how one might design "agents". > > - GitHub repository <https://github.com/dagworks-inc/burr> (1.4K > stars, 500K+ downloads, 100+ community) > - Documentation <https://burr.dagworks.io/> > - Blog <https://blog.dagworks.io> for longer content > > I believe both projects align with the Apache Foundation’s commitment to > fostering innovative, community-driven open-source projects and I believe > it is important that with this new wave of GenAI tooling that there are > healthy vendor neutral alternatives. Hamilton & Burr can become just as > successful as Airflow with the right support. > > If you or someone in your network might be interested in championing, > mentoring, or collaborating with us, we would be delighted to discuss the > project further. > > Thank you for considering this opportunity to help Hamilton and/or Burr > thrive within the ASF ecosystem. I look forward to any advice, interest, or > questions from the community. > > Warm regards & Happy Holidays! > > Cheers, > > Stefan Krawczyk > CEO & Co-Founder DAGWorks Inc. <https://www.dagworks.io/> (sent from > personal) >
