Chris Lemmons
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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RockstarChris Lemmons is an experienced application and web programmer based in Denver with 11 years building systems in C, C++, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and HTML, and a strong footing in Linux and Windows operations. He blends software development with hands-on systems administration, specializing in C/C++ and Go for backend and REST services while also improving build and deployment automation. Chris has contributed to prominent Apache projects—enhancing CDN build/release workflows in Traffic Control and fixing memory, stability, and plugin issues in Traffic Server—demonstrating a knack for low-level debugging and production reliability. His work often bridges developer and DevOps concerns, from memory-leak fixes to packaging and licensing corrections. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, systems-minded solutions that tighten stability and accelerate releases.
11 years of coding experience
English
Github Skills (20)
docker10
c-language10
plugin-development10
memory-management10
bash10
dockers10
cicd10
build-automation10
cprogramming-language10
security9
proxy9
packaging9
http9
package9
rpm9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
apache/trafficcontrol
Jan 2017 - Dec 2020
Apache Traffic Control is an Open Source implementation of a Content Delivery Network
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:54 reviews, 90 commits, 42 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Chris's primary contribution focuses on enhancing the build and deployment processes for the Apache Traffic Control project. Their commits include adding scripts for building and packaging the project, integrating a transitive source build for Apache Traffic Server, and fixing licensing issues in build scripts. These efforts aim to improve the project's build automation, packaging, and overall release process.
apachecontent-deliverycontent-delivery-networktraffictrafficcontrol
apache/trafficserver
May 2017 - Jul 2018
Apache Traffic Server™ is a fast, scalable and extensible HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 compliant caching proxy server.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 22 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the `uri_signing` plugin, adding functionality to control which paths are signed and fixing memory leaks. They also fixed a bug in the `url_sig` plugin related to length calculations. Additionally, the user addressed a slow memory leak related to un-freed capabilities in `traffic_manager`, and fixed several other memory and type-related issues, improving the stability and security of the project.
proxy-serverproxyload-balancingreverse-proxyhttpd
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