Rob Lanphier
Uhmm.... Something at robla.net
San Francisco, California, United States
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SeniorRob Lanphier is an experienced software collaborator and open-source evangelist with 16 years in the field, based in San Francisco. Currently leading initiatives at his own venture robla.net, he blends hands-on back-end development with community-driven projects that make tools more usable and secure. His contributions include enhancing an XKCD-inspired passphrase generator—adding CLI options, entropy reporting, and cross-distro wordlist handling—demonstrating attention to usability, security, and portability. Known for shepherding teams and organizations toward open collaboration, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a knack for translating technical complexity into accessible developer experiences.
16 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
regular-expression10
python10
cli9
command-line9
command-line-interface9
develop8
curses6
wikidata-api6
ncurses6
wikidata6
mediawiki-api6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
redacted/XKCD-password-generator
Nov 2011 - Nov 2011
Generate secure multiword passwords/passphrases, inspired by XKCD
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Rob primarily focused on enhancing the xkcd-password-generator project. They implemented features such as command-line options for customizing password generation, including word length, the number of words, and the use of valid characters. They also added functionality to report entropy estimates and made a modification to handle different wordlist file locations on various Linux distributions. These changes expanded the project's usability and provided users with greater control over password generation.
passwordssecurestatelessxkcdpassword-generator
robla/pycookbook
Jun 2019 - Jun 2024
Contributions:5 pushes in 5 years 1 month
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