I, Pushkar Kulkarni, apply for MOTU upload rights.

I am applying because:

• I'd like to eliminate delays in getting my work sponsored.
• I'd like to reduce the burden on my sponsors.

Who I am

Since graduation, I have been working on JVM technologies including dynamic compilation, standard libraries and debugging tools, across Java releases starting 1.3 and covering two JVM implementations - Open J9 and Hotspot. I contributed to Apple's Swift language project, as a committer on their "Swift Foundation" libraries and also contributed towards the creation of a "server-side Swift" ecosystem. For the past nineteen months, working for Canonical, I have been contributing to Ubuntu, focused on improving the overall Java developer experience.

I live in Belagavi, India. I Computer Science graduate from R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore.

My Ubuntu story

I still remember a friend giving my a set of Ubuntu CDs sometime in 2006 and strongly recommending "this flavor with an African name" over $(another-popular-linux-flavor) which I used back then. I don't remember which version it was, but I do recall being glad about switching to it for my graduation project and thesis. Later, in my professional life in JVM technology, Ubuntu was often the go-to distro for all Linux-related development and debugging. For three years starting 2016, I was involved in creating a "server-side Swift" ecosystem where trusty and xenial were the major target platforms.

I began

My involvement

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

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Areas of work

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Things I could do better

Plans for the future

General

What I like least in Ubuntu

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Comments

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Endorsements

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TEMPLATE

== <SPONSORS NAME> ==
=== General feedback ===
## Please fill us in on your shared experience. (How many packages did you sponsor? How would you judge the quality? How would you describe the improvements? Do you trust the applicant?)

=== Specific Experiences of working together ===
''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.''
## Full list of sponsored packages can be generated here:
##  https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi
=== Areas of Improvement ===