Fabio Tranchitella
Systems Engineer at Northern.tech
Summary
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RockstarFabio Tranchitella is a systems engineer with 19 years of experience specializing in backend, DevOps and QA for embedded and update systems. He contributes actively to the Mender open-source ecosystem, adding D-Bus support, robust acceptance tests and a handy "show-provides" command that improved OTA client functionality. Fabio combines hands-on C/C++/system-level development with test automation and CI improvements, often refactoring code to make signaling and update flows clearer and more reliable. He has a distinct interest in direct and relational marketing/CRM, bringing product-minded thinking to technically complex projects. Based in Norway, he’s the kind of engineer who moves between low-level system details and pragmatic tooling improvements to keep production fleets healthy.
19 years of coding experience
Github Skills (16)
go10
yocto-project10
acceptance-testing10
pytest10
python10
dbus10
apidoc9
api9
command-line-interface8
system-administration8
command-line8
cli8
open-source6
docker6
bash6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mendersoftware/mender
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
Mender over-the-air software updater client.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:101 reviews, 99 commits, 94 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Fabio implemented a new command, "show-provides", for the Mender client, enhancing its functionality. They switched the inventory update process to use a new PUT endpoint. The user refactored the code to send signals to a process for update checks and inventory updates, improving code clarity. Furthermore, the user introduced D-Bus support, allowing communication between the Mender client and the D-Bus system.
software-updateopcuadevice-managementatspcf
mendersoftware/meta-mender
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Yocto Project meta layer for the Mender client
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:58 reviews, 96 commits, 91 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Fabio primarily contributes to acceptance tests within the Yocto Project meta layer for the Mender client. Their work focuses on adding and improving D-Bus-related tests, including fetching JWT tokens and verifying system configuration files. They also refactor existing tests to be more robust, and add test fixtures. The user has added a test for the D-Bus API specs and also has improved the build process for testing the preferred versions of different recipes.
meta-layermetayocto-projectproject-metamender
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