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dkerwin/README.md

Hi there πŸ‘‹

I'm Daniel (he/him). I am an experienced leader in the Ops/Platform/DevOps/SRE space with a passion for people AND technology.

My Background πŸ•°οΈ

My professional journey started in a classical IT operations role in 2000, managing systems for an online Bank. I've traversed through big corporates and small startups, and I'm currently working for Gini, a German FinTech, and I'm in charge of the platform and IT. My responsibility is to enable cross-functional product teams with a platform based on Kubernetes for fast and reliable delivery. Millions of people use the platform in Europe each month.

I'm passionate about ✨

  • Leadership, especially in the context of self-organization
  • coaching, growing, and enabling people
  • the cloud-native ecosystem
  • programming in Go
  • becoming a better version of myself

Technologies I πŸ’™

  • OS
    • Server: Linux. Primarily Debian-based, but I have a seasoned history with other flavors like Gentoo, too 😏
    • Client: Apple MBP 🍏
  • Cloud Provider
    • AWS. It is my daily work, and I also had some exposure to GCP. Not used Azure yet
  • Kubernetes
    • I've been using it for years on bare-🀘 and the ☁️, and it has served me well
    • CNI: Cilium. eBPF is the future, and the stuff the folks at Isovalent do is just amazing 🍯
  • Monitoring
    • Sysdig Monitor & Secure. The products are getting better every day, and the kernel integration may really open your eyes πŸ‘€
    • Prometheus. It's the cloud-native way, and it is also nicely integrated into Sysdig 😏
  • Observability
    • Honeycomb: Delightful to implement and crazy powerful 🐝
  • Networking
    • VPN: Tailscale. Not even a question. One of the simplest and yet most exciting technologies there is
    • L2/L3: Comfortable with both
    • BGP: It can be fun. Use it primarily in bare-🀘 setups. FRRouting, kube-router & cilium work great
  • Programming
    • Golang: It has been my language of choice for quite a while now, and I've created several tools and libraries at Gini
    • Python: Mostly for more straightforward tasks and one-offs
    • Bash: You can get pretty far with it

πŸ“« How to reach me

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  1. gini/dexter gini/dexter Public

    dexter is a Kubernetes OIDC helper with as much automation as possible

    Go 166 29

  2. gini-api-go gini-api-go Public

    Go client to access Gini API

    Go 2