Ned Bass
Livermore, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarNed Bass is a seasoned computer scientist based in Livermore, California with 15 years of hands-on engineering experience and 25 years of broader exposure to both technical and management roles. He specializes in low-level systems and file system internals, contributing meaningful backend improvements to the widely used OpenZFS project—implementing task-queue features, device control fixes, and regression tests. Ned pairs deep C/kernel-level expertise with a pragmatic focus on reliability and testability, often tackling subtle concurrency and interface issues. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex systems requirements into maintainable, well-tested code and to shepherd tricky fixes from prototype through regression coverage. Quietly versatile, he brings institutional knowledge of legacy and modern system design to projects that demand durability and correctness.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
kernel10
filesystem10
openzfs10
c-programming10
system-programming10
kernel-mode10
testing9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
openzfs/zfs
Jun 2010 - Jan 2020
OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 141 commits, 44 PRs in 9 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ned primarily contributed to the OpenZFS codebase, demonstrating expertise in low-level system programming and file system internals. Their commits focused on core functionality improvements such as implementing task queue features, including a TQ_FRONT flag, and addressing issues related to the device control interface. Additionally, the user implemented test cases and regression testing for the features developed.
freebsdlinuxopenzfssystem-softwarefile-system
chaos/lustre-kdmu
Dec 2010 - Mar 2011
Contributions:9 commits in 3 months
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