Hideki Yamane
Engineeer at Freelance Technical Writer
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolHideki Yamane is a seasoned systems engineer and long-time Debian developer with 26 years of experience combining hands-on sysadmin work, open-source package maintenance, and practical InfoSec improvements. Based in Saitama, Japan, he manages corporate web infrastructure, GitHub Enterprise, and AWS Organizations with a focus on cost optimization, security automation (e.g., Security Hub), and eliminating EOL risk across on-prem systems. An official Debian developer and prolific package maintainer, he has driven packaging and documentation improvements for the project and translated key materials into Japanese. At SIOS Technology he specializes in tech debt cleanup, operational Kaizen, and introducing developer tools and E2E testing (Autify), while experimenting with Copilot and Gemini to accelerate engineering workflows. Notably, his blend of volunteer OSS stewardship and day-to-day platform ops gives him a rare perspective on maintaining large-scale, production-safe open-source ecosystems.
26 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, International Business, Bachelor's degree, International Business at 名古屋外語大学 / Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
English, Japanese
Github Skills (200)
bash10
wireguard10
squashfs10
fluentd10
vpn10
ipsec10
snap10
softethervpn10
pygobject10
shell10
information-retrieval10
openvpn10
gnome10
filesystem10
font-editor10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
henrich/snapper
Jan 2018 - Aug 2021
Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
tarballmodificationssnapshotsutilityfilesystem
henrich/blog
Jun 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:248 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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