Yuna<p>I'm Now an Official NATS Maintainer! 🎉. </p><p>The votes are in, and I'm deeply honoured to join the NATS maintainers list, This is more than just a title. It's a moment of genuine pride.</p><p>Years ago, I got tired of the complexities and overhead that came with traditional messaging systems. Kafka? Powerful, yes, but exhausting. Then I discovered NATS. Brutally simple, elegant in design, and feature-rich without the bloat. Clustering, multi tenancy, portability – it just works. And that changed everything for me.</p><p>As a Java developer, I wanted to bring NATS into my ecosystem. As i love meaningful tests, I've built testing tools for it. For JUnit, Spring Boot, and plain Java.<br>The goal? The same philosophy as NATS: simple, reliable, user-friendly. These tools now have high test coverage, automation, and are easy to extend – just like NATS inspired me to do.</p><p>Open source became more than a hobby. It became my space. A place where I can contribute, grow, take ownership, and be appreciated globally. There are no politics, no "office vs home office" debates, no gatekeeping. Just a community building solid, high quality software that the world relies on.</p><p>I'll never forget when Synadia reached out and allowed me to use the NATS logo for my libs and even sent me a package from the USA. That personal written letter? Still on my desk. A reminder that kindness and recognition can come from anywhere.</p><p>In OSS, I don't follow OKRs, SCRUMs, or agile charts. I follow curiosity, quality, and contribution. And I believe this is where innovation really thrives.</p><p>💡 One thing I still hope for: that more developers and companies recognize NATS as the powerful tool it is. Yes, there were recent changes in the CNCF relationship and yes, it raised questions. But the APL-licensed NATS is here to stay. And it's still gold.</p><p>Companies build their businesses on OSS. I hope one day they'll also support it financially or through real contributions. Without open source, there is no modern software and no Business. </p><p>To everyone in the NATS and broader OSS community: thank you. I'm proud to be one of you. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@Scott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Scott</span></a></span>, @Ginger, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@derek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>derek</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NATS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATS</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messaging</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ProudMaintainer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProudMaintainer</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DevLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevLife</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Synadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Synadia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Gratitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gratitude</span></a></p>