Søren Berg Glasius

🏛️ Open Source Leadership & Governance Apache Software Foundation: Member of the Apache Groovy PMC and Apache Grails PMC. Committed to the long-term stewardship and governance of the Groovy ecosystem. Grails Framework Specialist: Expert in complex migrations (Grails 2 to 6), plugin authorship (External Config), and JVM-based architecture. GR8Conf Founder: Visionary behind the premier international conference for the Groovy community, bridging the gap between developers and framework creators for over a decade. 💻 The "Groovy Nerd" Stack Polyglot Engineering: Groovy-first, Java-second, with a penchant for Vue.js & TypeScript on the front end. DevOps & Infrastructure: Power user of Ubuntu, UniFi networking, and Home Assistant automation. Pragmatic practitioner of AI-assisted development. Legacy Transformation: Specialist in "un-gnarling" Hibernate lifecycles and modernizing enterprise Java/Groovy applications. 🏘️ Community & Social Architecture Social Logistics Expert: Founder and developer of local-dinner.dk, automating the "Running Dinner" experience for hundreds of participants. Civic Leader: Chairman of Aktuelt i Gl. Rye and key figure in securing the Årets Landsby (Village of the Year) title for Gl. Rye in 2017 and 2025. Volunteerism: Long-time cinema operator at Ry Biograf, former chair of Javagruppen, and coordinator of local volunteer networks.