Markus Birth
Associate, Platform Engineer (Linux)
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMarkus Birth is a seasoned Linux-focused platform engineer with 33 years in IT and over 15 years of deep Linux expertise, currently enabling resilient infrastructure at the EBRD. He blends hands-on systems engineering and automation with a strong software background—having moved from web development to sysadmin roles and back again—so he comfortably spans backend code, databases and production operations. Markus has led 24/7 newsroom platform reliability and monitoring at major broadcasters, is a certified Zabbix specialist, and routinely builds custom tools and checks to keep complex IP-based production systems running. His open-source contributions demonstrate pragmatic backend focus—improving SQLite support and dependency management in projects like Spotweb and enhancing PHP-based ebook servers—showing an eye for performance and maintainability. Colleagues rely on his can-do attitude, rapid learning, and ability to translate legacy systems into maintainable, automated platforms.
33 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Specialised Computer Scientist / Computer Science Expert, Software Development, A+, Specialised Computer Scientist / Computer Science Expert, Software Development, A+ at OSZ Informations- und MedizintechnikAbitur, Majors: Maths, Physics, Abitur, Majors: Maths, Physics at Lise Meitner Gymnasium FalkenseeUnfinished, Computer Engineering, Unfinished, Computer Engineering at Technische Universität BerlinGrundschule "Immanuel Kant" Falkensee
English, German, French, Spanish, bsl
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Github Skills (28)
sqlite10
php10
database-design10
composer10
ebooklib9
javascript9
css9
ods9
docbook9
co9
html9
usenet9
bootstra8
pdo8
uid8
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
spotweb/spotweb
Aug 2015 - Sep 2018
Decentralized community
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 11 PRs, 54 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Markus primarily focused on enhancing the SQLite database support within the Spotweb project. They implemented SQLite options within the installer and fixed `SpotStruct` for SQLite compatibility. Furthermore, the user added Composer configuration, removed external libraries, and updated dependencies, including phpseclib for PHP7 compatibility. Additional contributions include setting timeouts, optimizing SQLite database usage, and migrating to FTS5 for improved SQLite performance.
reactethereumnzbforumindexing
seblucas/cops
Jun 2015 - Dec 2016
Calibre OPDS (and HTML) PHP Server : web-based light alternative to Calibre content server / Calibre2OPDS to serve ebooks (epub, mobi, pdf, ...)
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:53 commits, 3 PRs, 14 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Markus primarily focused on improving the PHP-based web application, likely for managing and serving ebooks. Their work involved integrating Composer for dependency management and updating libraries. They also modified both bootstrap and default templates, indicating involvement in UI/UX. They also made changes to `login.html` and `epubreader.php`, which reveals involvement in front-end and backend development within the context of ebook management.
ebookebookspdfweb-serverlight
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