Gary Frederick is a backend-focused software engineer with seven years of experience building resilient, cloud-native services using Go, Python, Rust, and C/C++. Based in Oakland, he has shipped backend systems at HashiCorp and Pryon and interned at Twitch, blending systems-level expertise (Linux, TCP/IP, HTTP/2) with modern service patterns like gRPC and REST. He contributes to open-source tooling—authoring a fast Go-based website cloner that includes CLI ergonomics, local serving, and auth features—demonstrating a knack for practical developer UX. Comfortable across AWS and GCP, Gary enjoys breaking and rebuilding systems to harden them, paired with a curiosity that spans low-level languages to production orchestration.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA Computer Science, Associate of Arts - AA Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
High School Computer Science, High School Computer Science at Oakland Technical High School
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Dominican University of California
Website Cloner - Utilizes powerful Go routines to clone websites to your computer within seconds.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:4 releases, 15 reviews, 90 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Gary primarily focused on enhancing the website cloner's functionality. They refactored HTML structure, implemented an HTML formatter, and introduced the ability to serve the cloned website using an echo server. The user added features such as a command-line interface using Cobra, automatically opening the cloned website in the default browser, and incorporated user authentication functionality. These updates indicate a focus on improving both the cloning process and the user experience.
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