About
Me:
Hi. I'm Russ, a DevOps engineer.
I initially started off as a MERN software developer.
Ever since I've learned to use robots I've always enjoyed
programming. It is extremely satisfying because I enjoy solving
problems and seeing things come to life.
Outside of coding, I'm often found geeking out about emerging
technologies.
Current Ongoing Projects:
DevOps things at work
- Created Chef Cookbooks to automate 400+ security controls and configuration setups for CentOs, Debian, RedHat, SUSE, and Ubuntu
- Created Ansible Playbooks to automate 400+ security controls and configuration setups for CentOs, Debian, RedHat, SUSE, and Ubuntu
- Wrote Chef InSpec tests to validate configurations of over 400+ security controls
- Implemented automation for repetitive tasks using Configuration Management tools
- Provisioned infrastructure in AWS, GCP, IBM, and Azure using Terraform
- Wrote technical documentation
- Troubleshoot Linux configuration issues
- Helped architect cloud infrastructure
Projects
Slack Clone - Project Manager
This project clones the popular communication app, Slack, using the MERN stack.
Motivation: During our first group meeting, one of our
members suggested a live chat app. Cloning Slack was brought up
and we stuck with it and ran.
I joined a
Chingu
voyage to get the experience of working in an Agile work
environment. I had 6 sprints with 3 other team members to
complete this project. We had meetings every week regarding the
project.
Tech Stack:
React
Node
MongoDB
Express
Passport
JWT
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
socket.io
Znayti
Znayti will help Russian speaking users locate Russian speaking businesses so that they will be able to communicate in a language that they both understand clearly.
Launch Date: In the near future.
Motivation: Whenever I'm trying to find a business that can do the same job cheaper I sometimes turn to the Russian speaking community, but trying to locate the right business is a little hard because most of it is word of mouth.
Tech Stack:
React
Node
MongoDB
Express
Passport
JWT
Mocha
Chai
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Hike Carpool
Hike Carpool is a blog dedicated to helping hikers find other hikers that have room in their cars when they are going hiking or even share when they have room in their cars.
Motivation: Whenever I want to go hiking I usually have open seats in my car, and am always open to the idea of meeting new people on hikes.
Tech Stack:
Node
MongoDB
Express
Passport
JWT
Mocha
Chai
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Late Night Coffee and Tea Search
It is 8 pm and I want to find a coffee or tea house that is open late night within a 5-mile radius of my location.
Motivation: I was tired of looking for places to get coffee late at night only when to click on the location to find out that it is now closed.
Tech Stack:
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Leaflet
jQuery