Kurt Rose is an experienced software engineer and owner based in Minneapolis with 13 years in the field, blending hands-on backend development with small-business leadership. He contributes to well-regarded open-source Python projects such as boltons and glom, where his work on socket utilities, netstring handling, and nested-data tooling highlights strengths in networking, data transformation, and robust error handling. As owner of Rose-Fleischaker Assoc, he pairs practical engineering discipline with client-facing responsibility, translating real-world requirements into maintainable solutions. Colleagues can expect a developer comfortable refactoring core APIs, adding test coverage, and tackling advanced data-structure problems—often in projects relied upon by the broader Python community.
☄️ Python's nested data operator (and CLI), for all your declarative restructuring needs. Got data? Glom it! ☄️
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Back-end Developer
Contributions:29 reviews, 161 commits, 58 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Kurt primarily contributed to the core functionality of the `glom` library. They implemented new features and refactored existing code, as evidenced by the addition of a `Glommer` object and the creation of an API example. The user also focused on improvements to the code and error handling, including exception handling. Additionally, they added new capabilities and tests.
🔩 Like builtins, but boltons. 250+ constructs, recipes, and snippets which extend (and rely on nothing but) the Python standard library. Nothing like Michael Bolton.
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Back-end Developer
Contributions:13 commits, 7 PRs, 42 comments in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Kurt primarily contributed to the `boltons` library, focusing on socket and set utility enhancements. They implemented `BufferedSocket` and `NetstringSocket`, demonstrating socket programming skills and addressing network communication needs. Additionally, the user developed a `complement` set with associated methods, indicating work on advanced data structures and set theory concepts within the Python standard library.
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