Mike Dilger
Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Dilger is a seasoned architect, developer, and systems administrator with 13+ years building web services, APIs, and hosting platforms from New Zealand. He runs Optimal Computing Ltd, focusing on web services backends and has deep hands-on expertise across Gentoo Linux, PostgreSQL/MySQL, PHP, and modern Rust development. His background in PKI design and deployment at Sun Microsystems and enterprise security work for major corporates gives him a strong security-first approach to infrastructure and application design. An active contributor to Rust’s hyper HTTP library, he has improved server-side TLS integration and HTTP compliance, reflecting a focus on performance and standards. Comfortable across languages from C++ and PHP to Python and shell, he combines low-level systems chops with practical web-scale engineering. Colleagues value his pragmatic problem-solving and rare blend of long-term security experience with modern Rust-based API development.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineering at UC DavisMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at MS Computer Science, UC Davis
Github Skills (7)
hyper10
http10
rust10
server10
server-side10
network-programming9
openssl9
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
hyperium/hyper
Apr 2015 - Nov 2015
An HTTP library for Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 30 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily contributed to the hyper HTTP library's server-side functionality. They added features like the ability to use custom `SslContext` for secure HTTPS connections and implemented per-connection handler hooks. The user also refactored the server code for better flexibility and addressed issues related to HTTP header handling, specifically case-insensitive `Connection` header values and the correct use of `EmptyWriter` for responses with no body. Their work demonstrates a focus on improving the server's features, performance, and compliance with HTTP standards.
rustio-uringhttp-libraryhyper
mikedilger/epoll_demo
Jun 2013 - Nov 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 3 pushes in 4 years 6 months
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