Sachidananda Urs is a seasoned systems engineer and co-founder with 12+ years of hands-on experience in low-level Unix development, automation, and storage systems. He brings deep expertise in C, Perl, Python, shell scripting and debugging with gdb/pdb, complemented by benchmarking and result analysis using tools like iozone, filebench and R. A former Red Hat and Gluster engineer, he has contributed pragmatic bug fixes and modernizations to illumos and storage-focused modules in Ansible, improving system stability and storage automation. At Kadalu Technologies he applies this systems background to build and support storage solutions while maintaining close customer communication and technical documentation skills (LaTeX). Comfortable across the stack from rc scripts and Makefiles to PostgreSQL procedures, he combines sysadmin-grade troubleshooting with developer discipline. Colleagues value his knack for turning legacy code patterns into maintainable, modern implementations that quietly raise overall reliability.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at University of Mysore
MCA, Computer Science, MCA, Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Contributions summary:Sachidananda primarily contributed to bug fixes and code improvements within the illumos operating system's source code. Their work involved addressing missing prototypes, refactoring code, and replacing deprecated functions with more modern alternatives. These changes span multiple areas including network protocols, utilities, and system-level functions indicating a focus on system stability and code quality. The user also updated code to use more modern functions, like realpath.
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:7 commits, 10 PRs, 57 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Sachidananda primarily contributed to the Ansible project by modifying and adding modules related to storage and system management. They added a module for GlusterFS peer management, fixing issues, and improving the module's functionality. They also made updates to the `lvg` module, adding support for unit specification for pesize. Additionally, the user corrected documentation and improved the underlying commands used within the modules.
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