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Posts in the Community category.
Echonect: Fifteen Years on Apache Camel
A five-part, fifteen-year story of building and running Echonect, one of Europe's larger SMS gateways, on Apache Camel. From a twelve-month rebuild deadline in 2011 to 500+ messages per second per node today, and the boring, durable engineering that kept it running.
Who Maintains Apache Camel: 19 Years, One Team, 100,000 Commits
Apache Camel has had 1,500+ contributors over 19 years, but who actually maintains it day-to-day? The git history tells a remarkably consistent story: the same core engineering team, through four company transitions, has contributed 80–95% of all commits every single year since 2007.
The Hidden Work: 2,449 Dependency Updates Across 20 Apache Camel Releases
Apache Camel manages 500+ third-party dependencies. Over 20 minor releases and 38 LTS patch releases, the community made 2,890 dependency version updates — quiet, invisible work that keeps the framework secure and compatible.