Andrew Stormont
Senior Software Engineer at Racktop Systems
Folkestone and Hythe District, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarAndrew Stormont is a senior software engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in operating systems and systems-level engineering, currently building BrickStorOS at Racktop Systems. He has deep open-source credentials, contributing bug fixes and performance improvements to high-profile projects like illumos and OpenZFS, with work touching core utilities, libuuid and ZFS import/mount code. Comfortable across the full stack of OS development—from porting and packaging to debugging and ISO generation—he previously led illumian efforts at Nexenta and developed system bridges at Jolicloud. An Australian with indefinite leave to remain in the UK, he pairs pragmatic production focus with a penchant for low-level problem solving and build-system optimization that often goes unnoticed in higher-level roles.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
filesystem10
openzfs10
il10
unix10
c1110
c1710
operating-system10
debug9
utilities9
utility9
sys9
systemd9
error-handling8
networking7
linker6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
illumos/illumos-gate
Jun 2013 - Jul 2021
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:75 commits, 7 pushes, 5 comments in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrew contributed to the illumos operating system by addressing bugs and implementing improvements related to system utilities and core functionalities. They focused on resolving issues in the `find` command, optimizing build processes, and correcting errors in user management tools. Furthermore, their work extended to enhancing the performance and functionality of core libraries, including `libuuid`, and related system components. The user's contributions spanned a variety of system-level code areas.
unixkerneloperating-systemlinuxillumos
openzfs/zfs
Jan 2016 - Oct 2018
OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the OpenZFS project by addressing bug fixes and implementing specific functionalities related to the file system's core operations. Their contributions included modifications in core system files such as `libzfs_import.c`, `dmu_send.c`, and `libzfs_mount.c`. The user also introduced new features such as the ability to disable setting of DRR_FLAG_FREERECORDS. They were involved in resolving issues concerning error handling and property management.
openzfstarballlinuxfreebsdsystem-software
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