Aaron De Bruyn
Systems Engineer at CTRL ALT IT
Winlock, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron De Bruyn is a seasoned systems engineer and developer with 20 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining infrastructure for managed service providers, healthcare, government, and small business clients. He blends deep systems expertise—SAN, ZFS, virtualization, Linux/BSD/Windows—with practical software skills in Python and Node.js to solve operational problems end-to-end. At CTRL ALT IT and prior roles he has focused on tooling and automation for MSPs while contributing to notable open-source projects like Cachet and Haraka, where his database migration and SMTP plugin work improved cross-database compatibility and core server behavior. Based in rural Winlock, Washington, he pairs technical craft with a libertarian outlook and a farmer’s practicality, bringing resilience and thrift to system design. Aaron publishes a current resume online and prefers pragmatic, maintainable solutions that prioritize reliability and interoperability.
20 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Stevenson High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (39)
database-migrations10
jquery-plugin10
javascript10
postgresql10
haraka10
mysql10
laravel-mix10
smtp10
laravel10
smtps10
plugin10
datatables10
smtpd10
php10
sql10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
haraka/Haraka
May 2016 - May 2017
A fast, highly extensible, and event driven SMTP server
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 11 PRs, 62 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Aaron's contributions primarily involve modifying and extending the functionality of the Haraka SMTP server. Their work includes adding features like hiding version information in headers and improving the behavior of plugins such as the aliases plugin. The user also addressed issues related to Redis integration, including proper shutdown procedures and a typo fix, while also updating dependencies and refining routing logic. These changes indicate a focus on core server functionality and plugin development.
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cachethq/cachet
Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
🚦 Cachet, the open source, self-hosted status page system.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:5 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributed to database migration scripts within the CachetHQ project. They fixed database-related issues by renaming columns and resolving compatibility issues between MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. Their work included removing default values and adjusting SQL statements to ensure the application functions correctly across different database systems. The contributions indicate a focus on maintaining and improving the database schema and associated logic.
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