Marc Lainez is a seasoned software entrepreneur and strategic technology leader based near Brussels. Co-founder of Spin42 and Commuty, and formerly CEO of Ibanity, now part of Isabel Group, he led product strategy, API marketplaces, and fintech integrations. He served as VP API Marketplace and later CSO at Isabel Group, guiding multi-year growth, incubation of new initiatives, and M&A strategy. An educator and mentor, he has taught at Université catholique de Louvain and coached teams across enterprises and startups. He is a prolific open-source contributor in the Ruby on Rails ecosystem, notably advancing the Sorcery authentication framework with OAuth2 providers, as well as building lightweight PaaS tooling (Piku). Based in the Brussels area, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership to turn ideas into scalable, impactful solutions.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer science, Master Computer science at Université catholique de Louvain
The tiniest PaaS you've ever seen. Piku allows you to do git push deployments to your own servers.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Marc primarily focused on improving the deployment process and configuration of the PaaS. Their contributions include configuring LetsEncrypt for HTTPS, adjusting the app detection order to properly identify Ruby on Rails apps, and simplifying Ruby app building. The user also refactored the code to ensure Ruby apps are exposed behind Nginx. These changes collectively streamlined the deployment process and improved the reliability of the platform.
Contributions summary:Marc primarily contributed to the implementation of Google and LiveID OAuth2 authentication providers within the Sorcery authentication framework. They added and modified code to support these providers, including setting up authentication flows, user information retrieval, and callback handling. Furthermore, the user removed code duplication within the OAuth2 protocol and addressed related specifications. The contributions centered on enhancing the framework's capabilities by integrating with external authentication services.
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