Samuel Hierholzer
Linux System Engineer at Adfinis
Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland
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RockstarSamuel Hierholzer is a Linux System Engineer based in Winterthur with nine years of hands-on experience managing desktop and server Linux environments. He has progressed from apprentice roles to a current engineering position at Adfinis, bringing practical expertise in bash scripting and system administration. Samuel is an enthusiastic NixOS tinkerer with a clear ambition to professionally design and operate complex CI/CD pipelines. Colleagues describe him as curious and persistent—comfortable digging into low-level system details while keeping an eye on long-term automation goals. His understated GitHub presence hints at a focus on craft over publicity, favoring solid engineering work over showy contributions.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (180)
bash10
duplicates10
kde-plasma10
window-manager10
linux10
api10
cookie10
snapshots10
unix9
javascript9
desktop-application9
nixos9
time-tracking9
cli9
mode-line9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
Melkor333/nixos-boot
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
A NixOS Plymouth theme displaying a fancy growing and shrinking NixOS Logo
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 commits, 4 PRs in 1 day
Melkor333/nixpkgs
Oct 2018 - Feb 2025
Nix Packages collection
Contributions:23 pushes, 16 branches in 6 years 5 months
nixnixosnix-packagesnixos-configuration
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