Silvio Tomatis
Freelance Software Engineer at Self-employed
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSilvio Tomatis is a Berlin-based freelance software engineer with 17 years of hands-on experience spanning system administration, backend development, and DevOps. He blends deep Linux/Ubuntu ops skills with Python/Zope/Plone, Java, and JavaScript expertise, plus strong SQL, HTML/CSS and geospatial stacks (PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers). Known for choosing pragmatic technology mixes to deliver customer value, he has led teams as CTO and improved production deployments like the Docker-based Open edX distribution by streamlining logging, gunicorn configuration, and non-interactive upgrades. Comfortable across version control systems (svn, bzr, git), he frequently bridges the gap between infrastructure and application code to reduce dependencies and simplify operations. Colleagues value him for practical, delivery-focused solutions rather than job hunting—he’s explicitly committed to freelance and consultancy work.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Università degli Studi di TorinoBS Liceo scientifico, BS Liceo scientifico at Peano - Cuneo
Italian, English, French, German
Stackoverflow
4,710reputation
1.2mreached
22answers
23questions
ubuntu
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python
top-5%
printing
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Github Skills (22)
docker10
openedx10
configuration-management10
docker-compose10
dockers10
ubuntu9
printing9
python9
automation9
automations9
kubernetes-pods8
kubernetes8
script7
bash7
pip6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
overhangio/tutor
Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
The Docker-based Open edX distribution designed for peace of mind
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:13 commits, 13 PRs, 27 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Silvio focused on improving the deployment and environment setup of the Open edX platform using Docker. Their contributions include aligning `docker-compose logs` invocations, modifying gunicorn configuration, and implementing changes to improve environment upgrade procedures and ensure non-interactive environments are handled correctly. Furthermore, the user worked on refactoring code related to logging configurations and made efforts to reduce dependencies in docker containers. These changes streamline the deployment and management of the Open edX platform within a Docker-based environment.
cmsdockerfilepythondocker-imagepeace
Abstract-Tech/derex.runner
Jun 2019 - Oct 2020
Manage Open edX projects
Contributions:4 reviews, 1013 commits, 130 PRs in 1 year 4 months
edxpythonopen-edx
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