Martin Zibricky
Software Engineer at Red Hat
Czechia
Summary
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RockstarMartin Zibricky is a seasoned software engineer with 19 years of experience specializing in Python and Linux development, currently contributing at Red Hat. He is a long-running core developer and maintainer of PyInstaller, leading the project since 2010 and focusing on bootloader, dynamic library loading, Unicode path handling and cross-platform packaging of Python apps into standalone executables. At Red Hat he applies his low-level and DevOps skills to system configuration and data-collection tooling, contributing to high-profile projects like RedHatInsights/insights-core. Comfortable in Java and C as well, he combines practical production experience with open-source stewardship and deep familiarity with Linux internals. Based in Czechia, he favors Linux as his primary development platform while occasionally working across macOS and Windows.
19 years of coding experience
English, Czech, German
Github Skills (21)
bootloader10
azure-application-insights10
python10
redhat10
configuration-management10
nsight10
c1110
c1710
u-boot10
boot10
loader10
system-administration10
azure-timeseries-insights10
app-insights10
file-manipulation9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pyinstaller/pyinstaller
Aug 2010 - Jun 2016
Freeze (package) Python programs into stand-alone executables
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Maintainer
Back-end Developer & MaintainerContributions:14 releases, 1986 commits, 105 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Martin's contributions center around fixing bugs and improving the bootloader and associated tools for the PyInstaller project. Their work involved modifications to code related to dynamic library loading, memory management, and Unicode path handling. The user has also contributed to various dependency hooks, and fixed issues with the build process on different operating systems.
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RedHatInsights/insights-core
Aug 2016 - Oct 2020
Insights Core is a data collection and processing framework used by Red Hat Insights
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 32 commits, 9 PRs in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the configuration of the `falafel/config/specs.py` file, adding and modifying file specifications related to system configurations, specifically those related to Red Hat Insights data collection. The changes involve integrating new commands like `sestatus` and updating existing specifications, such as `imagemagick_policy` and `nfs_exports`, utilizing `SimpleFileSpec` and `PatternSpec`. Further contributions added a shared mapper for `/etc/yum.conf`, updating architecture lists.
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