Phillip Toohill
Software Developer at Rackspace Hosting
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorPhillip Toohill is a seasoned software developer with 25 years of experience based in San Antonio, Texas, currently building the Rackspace platform. He brings deep backend expertise and practical cloud-native experience, including notable open-source work on OpenStack Octavia where he improved HAProxy configuration generation with Jinja templating, added optional logging and timeout controls, and extended API and DB models to support SNI containers. Known for a learn-build-grow mindset, Phillip focuses on reliable, scalable systems and pragmatic enhancements that improve operability and monitoring. His long tenure at Rackspace underscores a sustained commitment to enterprise-scale infrastructure and delivery.
25 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (16)
configuration-management10
load-balancing10
service-provider10
haproxy10
service-design10
jinjava10
python10
apidoc9
template-engine9
api9
templater9
git6
http-get6
hibernate6
android6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/octavia
Dec 2014 - Oct 2016
Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS) for OpenStack. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:45 commits in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Phillip primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Octavia project, focusing on enhancements related to the HAProxy configuration generation. They implemented Jinja templating for HAProxy configurations, adding features such as optional logging and timeout parameters, and incorporating support for health monitor rise thresholds. The user's work also involved updating the API and database models, along with adding support for the Sni_containers functionality.
boshcloud-foundryopenshiftload-balancingcloudfoundry
the2hill/rs-flex-uptime
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:420 pushes, 2 branches, 64 comments in 3 months
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