Horst Gutmann
Staff Software Engineer at Grafana Labs
Graz, Styria, Austria
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RockstarHorst Gutmann is a Staff Software Engineer based in Graz, Austria, with 22 years of experience and a decade-long focus on Go since 2013 alongside earlier Python/Django work. He blends full‑stack web development with DevOps and CI/CD expertise, currently shaping release and build automation at Grafana Labs. Horst is an active open‑source contributor—his enhancements to the popular slack-go client added authenticated unfurls and context support, and his CI/CD work improved Grafana's artifact publishing and Docker builds. He also contributes to community projects and events, having helped organize EuroPython 2014 and PyCon DE 2012, and helped modernize docs and site tooling for projects like Write the Docs. Comfortable across frontend templating, backend APIs, and deployment automation, he brings practical attention to test coverage and deployability. You can find more about his projects and writings at zerokspot.com.
22 years of coding experience
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (51)
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docker10
slack-api10
python10
jinja210
apidoc10
sphinx10
testing10
css10
sass10
grafana10
dockers10
cicd10
gcp10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
ulope/pyformat.info
Apr 2015 - Aug 2017
Single page cheat-sheet about Python string formatting
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 commits, 12 PRs, 39 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Horst primarily contributed to building out the front-end interface and features for the Python string formatting cheat sheet. They implemented HTML templates, added CSS styling using Sass, and incorporated syntax highlighting. Furthermore, the user integrated markdown processing for descriptions and enhanced the website's appearance with features like a GitHub banner and version information. The user also set up deployment via Fabric.
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grafana/grafana
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:404 reviews, 6 commits, 482 PRs in 16 days
Contributions summary:Horst primarily contributed to the CI/CD pipeline and build processes within the Grafana repository. Their commits involved adding and modifying build commands, including the implementation of artifact publishing to cloud storage and GitHub releases. They also made changes related to Docker image builds and the integration of various build tools and dependencies. Furthermore, they introduced improvements to error handling in cloud copy operations and optimized the release process for npm packages.
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