Open Source Friday - Hardwood - [04-17-2026]

[brunoborges]

Name

Gunnar Morling

GitHub Handle

@gunnarmorling

Tell us about yourself

Gunnar Morling is a software engineer and open-source enthusiast by heart, currently working as a Technologist at Confluent. Previously, he helped to build a realtime stream processing platform based on Apache Flink and led the Debezium project, a distributed platform for change data capture. He is a Java Champion and has founded multiple open source projects such as JfrUnit, kcctl, and MapStruct. Gunnar is an avid blogger (morling.dev) and has spoken at various conferences like QCon, Java One, and Devoxx. He lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Project Name

Hardwood

Project Repo Link

https://github.com/hardwood-hq/hardwood

Stream Date

• Yes
• Not yet

Dates

04-17-2026

Twitter URL

@gunnarmorling

LinkedIn URL

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-morling/

Additional Information

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[github-actions]

Hi @LadyKerr, @AndreaGriffiths11, and @KevinCrosby,

This stream has been scheduled. Please complete the following tasks:

• Create social card
• Create meetup link
• Create and schedule twitch stream (Linkedin, Twitch, Youtube)
• Schedule social media post (Twitter)
• Send prep doc to guests

You can find the instructions in this guide.

[github-actions]

Hey @brunoborges, thank you for booking! ✨

The stream starts at 1:00 PM ET. Please join at 12:45 PM ET for prep and tech checks. Be ready with your demo—our audience strongly prefers technical demos.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Kedasha, Andrea & Kevin 👯

[github-actions]

Hey @brunoborges thank you for submitting your project! Looks super interesting! ✨

Please select a date from this calendar: https://gh.io/osf-booking

Do let me know in this issue what date you selected for the stream! 📅

[github-actions]

Welcome to Open Source Friday! 🎉

Gunnar Morling, we are excited to have you on Open Source Friday! Hardwood sounds like a fantastic project, and we cannot wait to hear more about your journey building it.

The Open Source Friday Team

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Looking forward to your session, @gunnarmorling!

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