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Bridging Gaps: The Importance of DevOps Communication
https://www.toptal.com/developers/devops/bridging-gaps-devops-communication
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Hire PiotrPiotr Gaczkowski
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Software Developer
Gdańsk, Poland
Toptal member since November 24, 2016
Bio
Piotr is the type of guy who likes to make his skills useful, whether it is through coding or organizing cultural events; he is satisfied when he sees others appreciate his work. His ideal projects include those that make a difference in ordinary people's lives by changing them for the better.
Portfolio
Opsis
C++, PlatformIO, Arduino IDE, ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico, Hardware Design...
Formbricks
Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon EKS, Kubectl, Kubernetes, Karpenter, Tailscale...
Enya Inc.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, CI/CD Pipelines, Terraform, Go...
Experience
- Python - 16 years
- Continuous Integration (CI) - 15 years
- C++ - 9 years
- Ansible - 6 years
- Terraform - 6 years
- Docker - 4 years
- Architecture - 3 years
- Kubernetes - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Bash, Linux, Zsh, Tmux, Vim Text Editor, Bash Script, Unix, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
The most amazing...
...automation I've coded cut down the setup time from a few hours to exactly two minutes (including downloading).
Work Experience
Product Developer
2023 - PRESENT
Opsis
- Designed and developed a set of indoor and outdoor screens connected to a time-tracking device for use in sports competitions.
- Created a web UI for easy operation of the time-tracking equipment.
- Designed custom PCB solutions for the time-tracking device and for the screens.
- Created an entire software stack for the solution: time-tracking device firmware, screen firmware, and web UI software.
- Designed a custom protocol based on RS-485 to communicate between devices over long ranges.
Technologies: C++, PlatformIO, Arduino IDE, ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico, Hardware Design, PCB Design, KiCad, React, HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, Multicast DNS (mDNS), ARM, Digital-to-analog Converters (DAC), Electronics, RS485, DMX512
Infrastructure Engineer
2025 - 2025
Formbricks
- Fixed an issue with a problematic VPN connection that prevented successful demos of a product.
- Managed migration to the new supported version of Kubernetes.
- Helped streamline the deployment process and prepared a strategy for future infrastructure development.
Technologies: Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon EKS, Kubectl, Kubernetes, Karpenter, Tailscale, Terraform, Terragrunt, AWS IAM, GitHub Actions, GitHub
Senior DevOps Consultant
2023 - 2025
Enya Inc.
- Performed due diligence on an acquired product, which required analyzing the existing codebase and assessing the feasibility of developing it further.
- Re-established infrastructure from scratch for CI/CD pipelines and for staging and production deployment.
- Helped build and deploy a new product based on the acquired platform and created several demo environments for prospective clients.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, CI/CD Pipelines, Terraform, Go, GitHub Actions, Haskell, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), CircleCI, Ansible, Kubernetes, DNS, SSL Configurations, SSL, JavaScript, Electron, Nix, NixOS, Terraform Cloud, Auth0, VPN, Zitadel, Basel, Python
DevOps Engineer
2022 - 2023
Allthings
- Replaced a deprecated AWS Elastic Beanstalk installation with Terraform and Amazon EKS.
- Improved the developer experience across different teams by introducing standardized and consistent tools.
- Migrated AWS deployment between regions using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD Pipelines, Buildkite, Docker, Bash Script, Bash, Cypress, Node.js, GitHub, Visual Studio App Center, GitLab CI/CD, Microservices, DevOps, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Terraform, Amazon EKS, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch, Technical Documentation, Monitoring, Documentation, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, AWS Lambda, AWS Key Management Service (KMS), HashiCorp, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, IT Systems Engineering, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Network Administration, Hosting, Infrastructure, Integration, Databases, Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, ECS, Unix
Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
2022 - 2023
Sage
- Created a CI/CD pipeline for a new project to help with faster deployments to production.
- Automated AWS infrastructure deployments using Terraform, making it easier to deploy new microservices.
- Deployed a developer portal using Spotify Backstage to allow platform self-service.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD Pipelines, Terraform, Kubernetes, Amazon CloudWatch, Monitoring, Documentation, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, AWS Lambda, DevOps, HashiCorp, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, IT Systems Engineering, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Hosting, Infrastructure, Integration, Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, ECS, Unix, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
DevOps Engineer
2021 - 2022
Bitwala
- Developed new Terraform modules to help with platform growth.
- Built CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to migrate from Buildkite.
- Helped launch a new product by preparing AWS infrastructure to handle microservices.
Technologies: Terraform, Terragrunt, Amazon EKS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), GitHub, Buildkite, Amazon CloudWatch, Monitoring, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, AWS Lambda, DevSecOps, GitOps, SIEM, DevOps, AWS Key Management Service (KMS), HashiCorp, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Hosting, Infrastructure, Sandbox to Production, Continuous Integration (CI), ECS, Unix
Technical Writer
2021 - 2022
Silver Gold Bull
- Helped to streamline the development and deployment processes by documenting the knowledge spread across numerous team members.
- Created automation using Ansible to help with deployment.
- Oversaw the AWS infrastructure and tweaked the resources used to cut costs.
Technologies: Writing & Editing, Blogger, Blogging, PHP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magento, Linux, Redis, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Technical Writing, AWS CodeDeploy, Ansible, Amazon CloudWatch, Technical Documentation, Monitoring, Documentation, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, HashiCorp, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Hosting, Infrastructure, Integration, Sandbox to Production, Continuous Integration (CI), Unix
AWS Deployment Expert
2021 - 2021
Ocumetra
- Helped to package a Flask-based application for deployment.
- Tweaked NGINX configuration to properly handle the workload.
- Created a CI/CD pipeline to improve the development process.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, Flask-RESTful, Gunicorn, Flask, CI/CD Pipelines, NGINX, Amazon EC2, Amazon API, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, DevOps, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, IT Systems Engineering, Hosting, Infrastructure, Unix
Senior DevOps Engineer
2020 - 2021
Lob
- Built a HashiCorp Nomad and Consul cluster on an AWS infrastructure.
- Automated infrastructure deployment with Terraform.
- Migrated the workload from an Amazon EKS-based scheduler to Nomad.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Docker, Packer, Node.js, Python, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Vault, Consul, Nomad, DevOps, HashiCorp, Amazon EKS, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, IT Systems Engineering, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Hosting, Infrastructure, Databases, Continuous Integration (CI), ECS, Unix
MailChimp Campaign Automation Workflow Builder
2020 - 2021
Recharge Capital
- Assisted in automating a Webflow application with financial news.
- Built API integration using Zapier and Mailchimp to onboard new customers.
- Created Mailchimp automation for better customer onboarding.
Technologies: JavaScript, Mailchimp, Mailchimp API, Airtable, Webflow, Zapier, Git, Integration
DevOps Consultant
2020 - 2020
NJFVision SAS
- Migrated deployment from AWS to a local smaller cloud provider.
- Maintained Terraform and Ansible configuration necessary to establish Kubernetes cluster.
- Used MetalLB, HAProxy, and Ansible to handle load balancing.
Technologies: Python, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Vault, Ansible, HAProxy, Load Balancers, Monitoring, Amazon EC2, Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, DevSecOps, GitOps, SIEM, DevOps, AWS Key Management Service (KMS), HashiCorp, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, Configuration Management, IT Systems Engineering, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Hosting, Infrastructure, Sandbox to Production, Databases, Helm, Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, Unix, Private Clouds
DevOps Consultant
2019 - 2020
Cloudtrucks
- Containerized the Django application to allow easier testing and deployment.
- Built Terraform configuration to host the application in GCP.
- Built a CI/CD platform for the application to allow manual and automated deployments and development environments.
Technologies: Bash, Debian, Linux, CircleCI, Docker Compose, Docker, NixOS, Django, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Regular Expressions, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, HashiCorp, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, IT Systems Engineering, Hosting, Infrastructure, Sandbox to Production, Continuous Integration (CI), Unix
DevOps Consultant
2019 - 2020
Ubble.AI
- Migrated hand-written shell scripts to Terraform to allow for idempotency.
- Built custom load-balancers to handle external and internal traffic.
- Provided foundation for secure services including end-to-end TLS and Hashicorp Vault.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bash, Debian, Linux, Flux, CircleCI, Prometheus, Datadog, Terraform, Consul, Vault, Kubernetes, Regular Expressions, Monitoring, Amazon EC2, Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, DevSecOps, GitOps, SIEM, DevOps, AWS Key Management Service (KMS), HashiCorp, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, IT Systems Engineering, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Hosting, Infrastructure, Sandbox to Production, Databases, ELK (Elastic Stack), Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Helm, Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, Argo CD, Unix
Technical Writer
2016 - 2020
IOD Cloud Technologies Research
- Wrote technical articles for various blogs dealing with DevOps topics, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, and more.
- Edited other technical writers' articles to get the necessary quality.
- Authored technical articles for various blogs dealing with cloud and architectural topics, mainly AWS.
- Expanded an ebook about Kubernetes for a customer.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bash, Linux, Toggl, Google Drive, Markdown, Amazon CloudWatch, Technical Documentation, Monitoring, Documentation, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, AWS Lambda, DevSecOps, GitOps, SIEM, Kubernetes, DevOps, HashiCorp, Bash Script, HTTP, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Azure, Containers, Puppet, Chef, Configuration Management, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Network Administration, SQL, Infrastructure, Databases, ELK (Elastic Stack), Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Helm, Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, Unix
DevOps Enforcement Agent
2016 - 2019
DLabs
- Reworked the ad serving system to properly use Docker containers. Orchestrated the Docker Swarm for easy scaling. Prepared deployment description using Ansible.
- Helped with the deployment of a redundant cluster serving application in Flask utilizing MongoDB. Prepared the migration for the database. Established a Vagrant environment for future development and maintenance.
- Introduced Jenkins CI in projects using manual development and tests.
- Automated new deployments and helped with the migration of existing ones to employ infrastructure-as-code with Ansible and Vagrant.
- Created and implemented architecture for an ad serving system using Amazon Web Services, Terraform, and Ansible.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bash, Debian, Linux, Ansible, Docker, Regular Expressions, Technical Documentation, Monitoring, Documentation, Amazon EC2, Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, AWS Lambda, DevSecOps, DevOps, Redis, MySQL, HashiCorp, Bash Script, HTTP, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Azure, Containers, Configuration Management, IT Systems Engineering, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Network Administration, Snowflake, SQL, Hosting, Infrastructure, Integration, Sandbox to Production, SVG, Handwriting Recognition, Databases, ELK (Elastic Stack), Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, Unix, WordPress
DevOps Consultant
2018 - 2018
BCG
- Helped establish a DevOps strategy for the digital transformation of one of the largest banks in the region.
- Assessed and recommended various tools and practices to empower developers and reduce the lead time and waste in release processes.
- Developed a continuous testing pipeline in Jenkins.
Technologies: Bash, Linux, Jira, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab, DevOps, Jenkins, Regular Expressions, Technical Documentation, Monitoring, Documentation, Amazon EC2, Amazon API, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, DevSecOps, HashiCorp, Bash Script, HTTP, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, Integration, Continuous Integration (CI), Unix
DevOps Engineer
2018 - 2018
Ebertech
- Developed a scalable and compartmentalized AWS environment for Rancher deployment.
- Configured AWS Secret Manager to store sensitive data necessary for deployments.
- Modularized Terraform code so it can be reused for different customers.
- Implemented resource tagging which allowed for one-glance customer billing as opposed to previous usage-based estimation.
- Created a deployment script that enabled the roll out of an entire environment in the desired region with one command.
- Ensured the use of best practices for security, collaboration, scalability, cost-effectiveness, and high availability.
Technologies: Bash, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rancher, Docker, Terraform, Regular Expressions, Amazon EC2, Amazon API, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, HashiCorp, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, Configuration Management, IT Systems Engineering, SQL, Hosting, Infrastructure, Integration, Sandbox to Production, Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, Unix
Back-end Developer | DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2018
Strypes
- Improved the internal CLI tool with a better UX.
- Automated the testing of the email templating system.
- Implemented bulk editing features to the internal CLI tool to allow for easier scaling.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bash, Linux, Sinatra, Ruby, Python, Regular Expressions, Technical Documentation, Amazon EC2, Amazon API, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, Bash Script, Git, Cloud Infrastructure, Containers, Configuration Management, IT Systems Engineering, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), SQL, Hosting, Infrastructure, Databases, Continuous Integration (CI), Unix
Senior C++ R&D Engineer
2014 - 2017
ADVA Optical Networking
- Developed and maintained a system application (C++) to monitor the performance of networking hardware.
- Improved the build system and continuous integration as well as introduced good practices regarding code organization (CMake).
- Prepared a reproducible run-time environment based on Vagrant.
- Provided tools to automate day-to-day work (Ruby, Sinatra, AngularJS, and Python).
Technologies: Bash, Debian, Linux, Vagrant, JavaScript, Ruby, CMake, C++, Regular Expressions, Sockets, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, HashiCorp, C, Bash Script, Git, Containers, Configuration Management, IT Systems Engineering, Network Administration, Integration, Databases, Hardware, Continuous Integration (CI), Unix, Private Clouds
Graphics Software Engineer
2011 - 2014
Intel Technology Poland
- Introduced a memory leaks monitor and integrated it with continuous integration tests. It detects stuff in the C++ driver and conducts an analysis and presentation in Python.
- Helped reduce the memory footprint in the OpenGL driver enabling such titles as Minecraft and Rage to become playable.
- Maintained OpenGL graphics driver (C++) as part of a larger team.
Technologies: Bash, Linux, OpenGL, Python, C++, Regular Expressions, Sockets, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, C, Bash Script, Hardware, Continuous Integration (CI)
Junior C++ Developer
2007 - 2011
Wolters Kluwer
- Introduced and implemented the concept of continuous integration as well as automated testing within the company.
- Developed and maintained the HTTP-based XML front-end to a proprietary data-base.
- Built and maintained XSLT style sheets for content presentation in a GUI application.
- Created inter-operable web services in C++, C#, and Java using SOAP and XML.
Technologies: Bash, Debian, Linux, SOAP, XSLT, C++, Regular Expressions, Sockets, Telnet Protocol, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, C, Bash Script, HTTP, Network Administration, Hosting, Infrastructure, Integration, Databases, Continuous Integration (CI), Unix
Experience
Linuxbrew
I worked as part of the Linuxbrew package management team—maintaining both the core Homebrew version on Linux and providing formulas for both Linuxbrew and the upstream Homebrew. I helped with testing and fixing the packages and keeping the repositories up to date with upstream changes.
ohMediaPlayer
https://github.com/DoomHammer/ohMediaPlayerAn OpenHome software audio player. I inherited it from the original authors who abandoned it.
My Publications
A list of publications that I have helped create while working for IOD and on my own.
Songcorder
https://meraki-acoustic.com/songcorderSongcorder transforms your favorite vinyl records into high-quality digital files.
Same sound. New format.
Songcorder was created by people with a passion for vinyl music, just like you. We know firsthand how expensive it can get. This is why we created this program to digitize vinyl records and create a digital archive.
Same sound. New format.
Songcorder was created by people with a passion for vinyl music, just like you. We know firsthand how expensive it can get. This is why we created this program to digitize vinyl records and create a digital archive.
Education
2005 - 2011
Master's Degree in Information Technology
Gdańsk University of Technology - Gdańsk, Poland
Skills
Libraries/APIs
POSIX, Amazon API, OpenGL, Mailchimp API, PhantomJS, REST APIs, jQuery, Node.js, PyGTK, Libxml2, Dropbox API, Requests, Flask-RESTful, Sockets, Terragrunt, Stripe, Stripe API, React
Tools
Terraform, Ansible, Git, Vagrant, Notion, Homebrew, KVM/Qemu, Vim Text Editor, GitHub, Bitbucket, Chruby, Docker Swarm, Docker Compose, Zsh, Toggl, CMake, LaTeX, AWS Fargate, Amazon CloudWatch, HashiCorp, Helm, Vault, Conan, Jekyll, CircleCI, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab, Jira, Jenkins, Makefile, Ansible Tower, Docker Hub, NGINX, Make (formerly Integromat), Subversion (SVN), AutoTools, Systemd, ELK (Elastic Stack), BusyBox, Bundler, Travis CI, CasperJS, Virtualenv, wxPython, Tmux, Wireshark, Expect, NPM, GNU Debugger (GDB), cURL Command Line Tool, Zapier, Mailchimp, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Mercurial, Perforce, Codeship, uWSGI, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Ghost, Packer, AWS CodeDeploy, Visual Studio App Center, Amazon EKS, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), AWS CloudFormation, MQTT, AWS Key Management Service (KMS), Keycloak, Puppet, Chef, Kibana, Logstash, VPN, Kubectl, AWS IAM, KiCad, Amazon CloudFront, Auth0
Languages
Python, Bash Script, Python 3, Markdown, C++, Bourne Shell, Bash, XML/XSLT, C, XSLT, C++11, Ruby, CoffeeScript, YAML, Sed, AWK, XPath, Perl, JavaScript, Embedded C, Embedded C++, HTML, HTML5, PHP, Snowflake, SQL, Go, Haskell, TypeScript
Frameworks
.NET, Swagger, Flux, Qt 5, Electron, Flask, Bootstrap, Google Test, Sinatra, AngularJS, Boost, Django, Cypress
Paradigms
Continuous Integration (CI), DevOps, Hosting, Web Architecture, Continuous Delivery (CD), Serverless Architecture, Microservices Architecture, Unit Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD), Agile Software Development, REST, Microservices, DevSecOps
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Unix, Debian, Embedded Linux, Docker, Amazon EC2, Netlify, AWS Lambda, Kernel, Kubernetes, Raspbian, Raspberry Pi, Mailgun, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ARM Linux, Rancher, Arduino, Blogger, Magento, Buildkite, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Webflow, Azure, WordPress
Storage
JSON, Docker Cloud, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Databases, Datadog, Google Cloud, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, OVH
Other
GNU, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Infrastructure, Software Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, Automation Scripting, Technical Documentation, Containers, Infrastructure, Integration, Technical Architecture, APIs, Compilers, Computer Science, Unix Shell Scripting, SSH, PIP, TCP/IP, DNS, Blogging, Technical Hiring, Technical Writing, Regular Expressions, GitHub Actions, Networking, IP Routing, Monitoring, Documentation, Amazon RDS, HTTP, Configuration Management, IT Systems Engineering, Network Administration, Sandbox to Production, Hardware, ECS, Private Clouds, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), SOAP, Google Drive, Prometheus, NixOS, Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro), Architecture, Screen Scraping, Writing & Editing, HAProxy, ZFS, NFS, RSync, XMPP, UPnP, DHCP, Embedded Systems, LLVM, Doxygen, Consul, AWS Auto Scaling, GitFlow, Amazon Kinesis, Email, Embedded Software, ARM, AWS Certificate Manager, Web Scraping, Scraping, Data Scraping, Server Infrastructure, AWS DevOps, Gunicorn, IT Consulting, Multicast DNS (mDNS), Cloud Architecture, Nomad, Discord, Discord Bots, ESP32, ESP8266, Telnet Protocol, API Integration, Airtable, Load Balancers, IoT Protocols, Internet of Things (IoT), Dashboard Development, Data Visualization, GitOps, SIEM, Cloudflare, PKI, SVG, Handwriting Recognition, LoRa, Time Series, Argo CD, Karpenter, Tailscale, PlatformIO, Arduino IDE, Raspberry Pi Pico, Hardware Design, PCB Design, Digital-to-analog Converters (DAC), Electronics, RS485, DMX512, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), SSL Configurations, SSL, Nix, Terraform Cloud, Zitadel, Basel
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