Robby Workman
Devel Team Member at Tuscaloosa County Schools
Northport, Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobby Workman is a seasoned developer and long-time member of the Slackware devel team who blends 17+ years of practical open-source engineering with a parallel career as a high school physics teacher. He contributes to projects like Blueman, where he improves maintainability and real-world integration (e.g., NetworkManager fixes and precise ip command usage), and brings a user-focused, educational approach to support and mentoring. Based in Northport, Alabama, he leverages classroom experience to demystify Unix-like systems for newcomers, turning support cases into learning opportunities. With graduate training in educational leadership and a background in chemistry, Robby pairs technical depth with clear communication and a knack for making complex systems approachable. He plans to grow his moonlighting consultancy after retirement, grounded in decades of community-driven development and pedagogy.
17 years of coding experience
B.S., Chemistry, B.S., Chemistry at The University of West AlabamaA.A., Chemistry, A.A., Chemistry at Meridian Community CollegeM.A., Educational Leadership, M.A., Educational Leadership at The University of Alabama
Github Skills (7)
python10
bluetooth9
linux9
gtk9
bluetooth-le9
git8
networkmanager8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
blueman-project/blueman
Nov 2014 - Nov 2017
Blueman is a GTK+ Bluetooth Manager
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 5 PRs, 37 comments in 3 years
Contributions summary:Robby contributed to the Blueman project by addressing icon management, specifically moving icons to a dedicated pixmaps directory and updating references. They also made a trivial change to improve UI text clarity by correcting an underscore. Furthermore, the user removed obsolete HAL support and misleading plugin conflicts related to Network Manager integration, improving the project's maintainability. Finally, the user explicitly specified the "dev" parameter in a call to the `ip` command, ensuring correct interface setup.
bluetoothbluezgtklinuxpython-library
rworkman/blueman
Jan 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:30 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years
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