Comment by gavinray

I read the entire article once I recognized the name.

Geoffrey is synonymous with OR/Constraints solvers in my mind. I once had to tackle an issue in this domain and wound up using OptaPlanner after weeks of research.

It had the most intuitive API and the best community support by far.

It's a bummer to hear that OptaPlanner was killed, but it sounds like ultimately it led to something greater, so there's a silver lining.

Wishing you the best in your future endeavors, Geoffrey!