Patrik Votoček is a seasoned technology leader with 17 years of hands-on experience building resilient web and cloud infrastructure, currently operating as a CTO-as-a-service and Venture CTO from Prague. He blends deep PHP/Nette framework roots and open-source contributions (notably to Nette libraries and Tracy debugger) with production-grade SRE and DevOps expertise across Kubernetes and AWS. Patrik has led SRE teams and delivered infrastructure for diverse clients—from automotive platforms to consumer hardware projects—while stepping in as interim CTO for startups to align engineering with product and growth. Known for pragmatic improvements (small but impactful OSS fixes and dependency cleanups) and a bias for operational reliability, he excels at turning legacy systems into maintainable, observable platforms.
17 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Programmer, Programmer at Střední Škola Aplikované Kybernetiky s.r.o.
A command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Cloud Engineer
Contributions:23 commits, 12 PRs, 35 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Patrik primarily contributed to infrastructure-as-code and configuration management within the Kubernetes cluster on AWS. Their work focused on adding support for features like Application Load Balancers (ALBs), updating Kubernetes dashboard versions, and increasing the Kubernetes version. This included modifications to deployment configurations, validation checks, and core cluster settings, reflecting expertise in cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes management. The user also addressed bugs and configuration issues related to volume configurations, including implementing and adjusting IOPS settings.
😎 Tracy: the addictive tool to ease debugging PHP code for cool developers. Friendly design, logging, profiler, advanced features like debugging AJAX calls or CLI support. You will love it.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Patrik primarily contributed to the debugging and error-handling features of the Tracy debugging tool. They added functionality to open console errors in the browser, incorporated support for bottom panels in the blue screen, and ensured proper logging of errors, including defining the severity level for logging in production mode. Additionally, the user made modifications to the time panel and test files, refining the output and behavior of the debugging information.
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