Ben Rexin
DevOps Dev Instructor at AKRA GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolBen Rexin is a DevOps developer and instructor based in Hamburg with 14 years of hands-on experience building and operating web and backend systems. He combines formal training in applied computer science and application development with long-term roles as a full-stack and systems architect, currently teaching and engineering at AKRA GmbH. Ben has contributed to notable open-source projects like SUSE/Portus and lolcommits, focusing on backend reliability, database setup, CI/CD automation and pragmatic refactors that improve maintainability. Comfortable across Ruby and Docker ecosystems, he brings a practical DevOps mindset to bridge developer workflows and production operations. Colleagues know him for clean, reusable code and a knack for improving developer experience through thoughtful tooling and process changes.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ausbildung, Ausbildung at Gewerbeschule Informations- und Elektrotechnik, Chemie- und Automatisierungstechnik (G18 in Hamburg)Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg)Fachhochschulreife, Fachhochschulreife at Gewerbeschule 18 Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
English, German
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Github Skills (21)
git10
ruby-rails10
container10
back-end-development10
rails10
ruby10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
dockers9
docker9
devops9
rest-api9
ruby-on-rails6
nodejs6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
lolcommits/lolcommits
Feb 2015 - Jan 2020
:camera: git-based selfies for software developers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits, 6 PRs, 14 comments in 5 years
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on refactoring and improving the core functionality of the `lolcommits` project. Their work included removing unnecessary code, optimizing existing processes, and extracting code into reusable methods. The commits demonstrate a strong understanding of Ruby, Git, and the project's overall architecture, with a focus on improving code readability and maintainability. The user also added a new plugin integration related to posting commits to Protonet and Hipchat.
webcamcameraselfiesgit-addonsselfie
SUSE/Portus
Oct 2015 - Oct 2017
Authorization service and frontend for Docker registry (v2)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:20 commits, 18 PRs, 56 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the authorization service, focusing on improving the configuration and database setup. They made changes to handle Docker host configurations and refactored code for better readability, particularly around database setup and repository management. The user also introduced a new user creation form and made improvements to database interactions. Moreover, they contributed to the DevOps aspect of the project, introducing updates for CI/CD processes and added core-js polyfills.
containersauthorizationrailssecuritydocker-registry-v2
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