Val V
Project Lead at Source Mage GNU/Linux
United States
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RockstarVal V is an experienced systems architect and project lead with 18 years building fault-tolerant, security-focused infrastructure across Linux, BSD, Solaris and embedded UNIX variants. He combines deep hands-on UNIX administration, kernel and network tuning with practical SRE and security engineering—designing high-availability mail, AAA and gateway clusters, automated provisioning, and production IPv6-ready networks. A pragmatic minimalist who follows UNIX and KISS principles, Val favors elegant, low-dependency solutions and has shipped automation modules for Ansible/Puppet and Docker images for Source Mage GNU/Linux. He contributes to notable open-source projects such as Ansible and polybar, fixing core stability and C++ build issues, and raises the “standard of trust online” through secure, well-documented systems. Val’s background includes corporate CIO experience running global HA services and policy, plus a habit of creating custom initrd, BusyBox and low-level tooling that most operators rarely touch.
18 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Russian, English
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Github Skills (15)
ansible10
automation10
linux10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
python10
yaml9
cpp9
packaging9
window-manager8
i38
devops8
i3-config8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
polybar/polybar
Feb 2018 - Dec 2020
A fast and easy-to-use status bar
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 26 comments in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Val contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the Polybar project. Their commits address issues related to the xworkspaces module, the script module, and linking problems related to compiler versions. They also added a missing header file. Their work primarily involves modifying C++ code and addressing build and configuration issues.
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ansible/ansible
Sep 2015 - Jan 2017
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 5 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Val primarily contributed to fixing typos and making minor improvements across different Ansible modules, including those related to packaging (pacman, swdepot, sorcery). They also added a new fact related to Source Mage GNU/Linux, and made adjustments to other modules. Furthermore, the user worked on fixing stealth exceptions and related issues within the `daemonize` function, indicating a focus on improving the core functionality and stability of the Ansible framework.
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