Akita Noek is a seasoned software engineer and co-founder with 15+ years building scalable, reliable systems across startups and enterprise projects. He blends low-level expertise in C/C++ and Unix-like systems with practical skills in scripting languages and databases, routinely optimizing performance and usability for real-world deployments. As Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat and co-founder of Online-Go.com and Sonicwhale, he’s shipped high-availability services, custom control panels, and identity assurance platforms. His open-source work spans front-end WebRTC UX improvements and back-end security hardening in Ansible AWX, including efforts to redact sensitive data and speed up test suites. Based in Albuquerque, he pairs a pure mathematics and CS background with a knack for pragmatic engineering trade-offs, often tackling the hardest edge cases others avoid.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Pure Mathematics, Computer Science, BS, Pure Mathematics, Computer Science at The University of New Mexico
Small but complete example of how to use WebRTC to setup voice and/or video chat between 2+ people.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:13 commits, 5 PRs, 6 pushes in 8 years
Contributions summary:Akita primarily worked on the front-end, enhancing the user interface and fixing minor issues. They updated the HTML and JavaScript code in client.html, likely to refine the user experience. The user modified signaling-server.js and client.html to support HTTPS and updated documentation as well, demonstrating work on the project's infrastructure and potentially API integration.
AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:758 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Akita primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of AWX, specifically focusing on the implementation and enhancement of the no_log functionality within Ansible. They modified the callback modules to redact sensitive information and handle recursive operations, addressing data leak vulnerabilities. In addition, they optimized the test suite by improving performance and fixing edge cases around inventory updates.
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