Betsy Lichtenberg
Technical Writer at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarBetsy Lichtenberg is a technical writer with nine years of experience based in San Francisco who blends clear documentation craft with hands-on cloud infrastructure know-how. Comfortable translating complex GCP and Terraform concepts into practical examples, she has contributed example configurations for Cloud SQL, Cloud Run, VMs, firewalls, and load balancers to the widely used GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules project. Her background as a practitioner—working as a cloud/infrastructure engineer—means her docs are grounded in real deployment patterns and best practices rather than theory. Known for a personable, unconventional style (she describes herself as a “technical writer/hippie”), Betsy brings empathy and clarity to developer-facing content, helping teams reduce onboarding friction and operational errors.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (13)
google-cloud-run10
infrastructure-as-code10
terraformer10
google-cloud-platform10
load-balancing10
cloud-infrastructure10
cloud-sql10
terraform10
gcp10
networking9
go9
devops8
ruby7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
Add Google Cloud Platform support to Terraform
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure EngineerContributions:27 reviews, 55 commits, 93 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Betsy primarily contributed to example Terraform configurations within the repository, demonstrating expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure as code. The user focused on creating and modifying examples for various GCP services, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Run, and load balancers. Their work involved setting up and configuring resources like virtual machines, firewalls, and networking components using Terraform. The user also made adjustments to existing examples, ensuring functionality and adhering to best practices, further enhancing the repository's usability for others.
golanggcpappenginegooglecloudgooglecloudplatform
betsy-lichtenberg/terraform-docs-samples
Aug 2022 - Jun 2023
Terraform samples intended for inclusion in cloud.google.com
Contributions:153 pushes, 117 branches in 10 months
terraformgoogle-cloudaws
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