Sascha Peilicke is a seasoned freelance IT architect and security-focused mobile engineer with 19 years of experience designing and delivering native mobile and cloud-native systems across automotive, healthcare and enterprise domains. He blends hands-on implementation (iOS/Android, Kotlin/Swift, serverless and OpenShift) with security architecture—leading gematik/BSI-aligned evaluations and building CI/CD and SAST/DAST pipelines for regulated systems. A long-time open-source contributor, Sascha has improved security and maintainability in prominent projects like OpenStack Horizon and Glance and has driven robustness in tooling such as openSUSE’s osc. He runs his own consulting firm and publishes mobile apps commercially, while also mentoring and speaking at conferences. Off-duty he pursues student pilot training and astrophotography, a hint at his methodical curiosity and attention to complex systems.
19 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Informatiker (Dipl.-Inf.) / M.Sc. Computer Science, Computer Science, Diplom-Informatiker (Dipl.-Inf.) / M.Sc. Computer Science, Computer Science at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Informatique (systèmes intégrés), Informatique (systèmes intégrés) at Pierre and Marie Curie University
The Command Line Interface to work with an Open Build Service
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:47 commits, 1 issue in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Sascha primarily worked on improving the `osc` command-line tool, focusing on streamlining existing commands like `bugowner` and `maintainer`. They made code adjustments to enhance command functionality, including handling working-copy paths, and improved the build process by closing file handles and addressing argument parsing issues. They also contributed to the "request" functionality, including source build status. Furthermore, the user addressed various bugs and implemented code related to the "rebuild" functionality.
OpenStack Image Management (Glance). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:9 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Sascha primarily focused on enhancing the OpenStack Glance project's functionality and improving its robustness. They implemented features to handle self-signed certificates and improve the handling of authentication. The user also addressed compatibility issues with newer versions of WebOb, ensuring smoother operation, and optimized file handling within the image data processing pipeline. Furthermore, they addressed an issue related to setting the Content-MD5 header.
opendevglanceimage-managementopenstack
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