Tino Reichardt
DevOps Science Engineer With Focus On Storage at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Finsterwalde, Brandenburg, Germany
Summary
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RockstarTino Reichardt is a DevOps Science Engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience, currently focusing on storage solutions at DESY where he applies Linux, GitOps and filesystem expertise to support cutting-edge scientific research. He spent two decades managing IT and digitalization for Landkreis Elbe-Elster, bringing operational rigor and long-term infrastructure stewardship to research-grade systems. An active open-source contributor, Tino has improved core storage projects like OpenZFS (introducing BLAKE3 checksums and fixing per‑CPU allocation issues) and enhanced compression and multi-threading in projects such as 7-Zip-zstd and NeoMutt. His background in embedded/OpenWRT work shows a practical low-level systems mindset, making him adept at bridging kernel-level storage concerns with reliable DevOps practices. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, performance-focused solutions that prioritize data integrity and reproducibility in demanding environments.
9 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (53)
code-optimization10
filesystem10
c-language10
openzfs10
sendmail10
back-end-development10
data-integrity10
multithreading10
routers10
send-email10
dsl10
compression-algorithm10
router10
c-programming10
c1110
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd
Jun 2016 - Jan 2023
7-Zip with support for Brotli, Fast-LZMA2, Lizard, LZ4, LZ5 and Zstandard
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:77 releases, 5 reviews, 338 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Tino primarily worked on improving and maintaining the LZMA2 encoder, with a focus on multi-threading compression efficiency. Their commits involved refactoring, optimizing memory usage, and fixing potential issues with multi-threaded compression, alongside implementing the correct features that were broken. Also involved creating build scripts and ensuring correct file management and compatibility with existing builds.
lizardlziplzmazstandard7-zip
openzfs/zfs
Apr 2021 - Oct 2022
OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:224 reviews, 18 commits, 68 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Tino primarily contributed to the OpenZFS codebase by implementing and improving core functionalities related to data integrity and filesystem features. They removed obsolete SHA1 hashing, and introduced BLAKE3 checksums, enhancing data integrity with a new cryptographic hash function. Furthermore, the user addressed a memory allocation issue in the BLAKE3 implementation by pre-allocating per-CPU contexts, ensuring correct operation. The contributions also included code improvements and bug fixes related to CPU feature detection and system compatibility.
openzfstarballlinuxfreebsdsystem-software
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