After looking at a lot of Java/JVM based NLP libraries listed on Awesome AI/ML/DL I decided to pick the Apache OpenNLP library. One of the reasons comes from the fact another developer (who had a look at it previously) recommended it. Besides, it's an Apache project, they have been great supporters of F/OSS Java projects for the last two decades or so (see Wikipedia). It also goes without saying that Apache OpenNLP is backed by the Apache 2.0 license. In my current research project, I experimented with @ApacheOpennlp and was delighed to see it's a valuable NLP toolkit with a user-friendly API.

Introduction Some time ago I came across this life-cycle management tool (or cloud service) called Valohai and I was quite impressed by its user-interface and simplicity of design and layout. I had a good chat about the service at that time with one of the members of Valohai and was given a demo. Previous to that I had written a simple pipeline using GNU Parallel, JavaScript, Python and Bash - and another one purely using GNU Parallel, and Bash. I also thought about replacing the moving parts with ready-to-use task/workflow management tools like Jenkins X, Jenkins Pipeline, Concourse or Airflow but due to various reasons I did not proceed with the idea.