Robert Trencheny is Head of Infrastructure and IT in New York with 16 years of experience architecting and operating cloud-native, high-scale systems. He specializes in Kubernetes, containers, Linux, Terraform, AWS/GCP, identity and endpoint management, and has led complex migrations—most notably a Heroku-to-AWS Docker/Kubernetes migration with under ten minutes of downtime recorded. He drives security and compliance programs (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001), deploys client-side Kubernetes/Postgres stacks, and has supported platforms serving hundreds of millions of requests per day and WordPress properties at 50M+ MAU. Robert also single-handedly developed and maintains the Home Assistant iOS companion app used by millions and actively contributes to open-source projects from Ansible Consul roles to Go libraries and Home Assistant integrations. He combines hands-on SRE/devops skill with product-minded engineering from founding and YC-backed roles.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Orinda Academy
DEPRECATED in favor of native HomeKit support. - Homebridge plugin for Home Assistant
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:21 releases, 96 commits, 99 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert contributed significantly to extending the functionality of the Home Assistant plugin, adding support for various HomeKit device types. They implemented new features for garage doors, locks, and fans, integrating them with the HomeKit ecosystem. The user's work involved creating new accessory types and defining the interactions with Home Assistant, including setting up different states. Their contributions included modifications to existing code, and merging in code from external branches.
Contributions:28 releases, 207 commits, 22 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on refactoring the codebase, replacing `fmt` with `logrus` for logging and adjusting the log levels. They made several code changes involving the use of `fmt.Sprintf` instead of string concatenation. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the codebase's maintainability and readability through better logging practices and code style improvements.
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Robert Trencheny - Head Of Infrastructure And IT at Campus