PatrickĀ Birch
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarPatrick Birch is a Principal Technical Writer based in Houston with seven years of focused experience in technical communication and documentation, currently shaping developer-facing content at Percona. He brings a deep background in curriculum and information development from roles at Informatica and Symantec, and has experience as an independent consultant translating complex engineering concepts into clear learning materials. Known for bridging product, engineering, and user education, he excels at turning database and enterprise software details into practical, consumable guidance. Patrick combines institutional knowledge of enterprise software lifecycles with a hands-on approach to creating documentation that helps teams ship and support robust systems.
7 years of coding experience
Github Skills (47)
operator10
innodb10
pbm10
postgresql10
xtrabackup10
percona10
mysql10
mariadb10
high-availability10
databases10
kubernetes-operator10
percona-xtradb-cluster10
backup10
database-tools10
version-control10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
patrickbirch/percona-xtrabackup
Jun 2020 - Mar 2023
Open source hot backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB databases
Contributions:173 pushes, 141 branches in 2 years 10 months
pagerdutydatabasesbackup-tooldatabasefilemaker
patrickbirch/percona-xtradb-cluster
Apr 2020 - Feb 2023
A High Scalability Solution for MySQL Clustering and High Availability
Contributions:219 pushes, 146 branches in 2 years 10 months
availabilitymysqltidbscaleclustering
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