Matt Rudge
Software Engineer at Self Employed Developer
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
Summary
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SeniorMatt Rudge is a seasoned software engineer based in Dublin with nine years of hands-on experience across full-stack development, systems administration, and networking. A pragmatic Pythonista and DevOps-minded coder, he has improved developer workflows by configuring complex Gitpod templates to integrate databases and CLIs for CI/CD student environments. Comfortable across Linux, Windows, Unix and macOS, he brings practical Cisco and wide-area networking knowledge alongside production-grade sysadmin skills. Regular lecturer and technical writer, he communicates complex topics clearly and enjoys speaking extensively about web development and tooling. Colleagues know him for balancing pragmatic engineering with developer experience improvements and an offbeat sense of humor (self-described “dinosaur” and “waffler”). A long-term vegan since 2011, he blends technical depth with a curious, personable approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
bash10
docker10
gitpod10
dockers10
mysql9
heroku9
mongodb-database8
cicd8
mongodb8
postgresql8
python7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Code-Institute-Org/gitpod-full-template
Oct 2019 - Nov 2022
Full workspace template for GitPod. Provides extensions and tools for CI students.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 187 commits, 22 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on configuring and improving the Gitpod development environment for a CI/CD student template. Their contributions involved modifying the `.gitpod.dockerfile` and related scripts (`init_tasks.sh`, `start_mysql.sh`, `arctictern.py`) to integrate tools like Heroku CLI, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL. They addressed issues with dependencies, Python linters, and font rendering, enhancing the overall developer experience within the Gitpod environment.
gitpodtemplateworkspacegitlabextensions
Code-Institute-Org/python-essentials-template
Sep 2021 - Jun 2024
Deployment template for students to use for P3
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 years 9 months
deployment
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