Scott Baker
Senior System Administrator
Canby, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Baker is a Senior System Administrator with over 12 years of hands-on experience managing Linux-based infrastructure for ISPs and enterprise services from Canby, Oregon. An RHCE with deep expertise in virtualization, high-availability Linux services, and web technologies, he has maintained mission-critical systems supporting DHCP, mail, HTTP, IPv6, VPNs and monitoring stacks. He pairs systems work with programming chops—contributing to open-source projects like diff-so-fancy and Facebook’s zstd where he improved CLI UX and cross-platform size formatting. Known for clear error handling and usability improvements, he brings a practical, user-focused mindset to backend tooling and operational reliability. Comfortable across the stack, Scott blends long-term production stewardship with ongoing code-level contributions that make administrative workflows and developer tooling smoother.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Microcomputer Specialist, Associate's degree, Microcomputer Specialist at La Salle High SchoolAssociates, Microcomputer Specialist, Associates, Microcomputer Specialist at Clackamas Community College
Github Skills (27)
git10
difference10
c-language10
game-engine10
game-dev10
command-line-interface10
c1110
perl10
c1710
fileio10
command-line10
file-processing10
file-handling10
error-handling10
game-development10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
so-fancy/diff-so-fancy
Mar 2016 - Nov 2022
Good-lookin' diffs. Actually… nah… The best-lookin' diffs. :tada:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 2 reviews, 286 commits in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of the `diff-so-fancy` tool. Their contributions include fixing formatting issues, improving line counting for specific diff scenarios, and incorporating user configuration settings. Additionally, the user added command-line interface (CLI) functionality and implemented version information, enhancing the usability and user experience of the tool.
diff-highlightlookindiffsfancydiff
adventuregamestudio/ags
Nov 2013 - Jan 2019
AGS editor and engine source code
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 10 comments in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on enhancing the AGS engine's command-line interface and error handling. Their contributions included improving the `--help` message for new users, correcting error messages to be more informative, and standardizing the presentation of errors. Additionally, they updated command-line options to include doubledash versions for better compatibility.
agssource-engine
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