David Berube
President at Durable Programming, LLC
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
Summary
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SeniorDavid Berube is an experienced software engineer and founder with 17 years maintaining and modernizing Ruby on Rails and PHP systems, currently serving as President of Durable Programming, LLC and proprietor of Berube Consulting. He helps companies with Rails upgrades, bug fixes, and legacy system stewardship while also creating new projects that balance practicality and longevity. An author of multiple Rails books and frequent conference speaker, he brings both deep technical knowledge and clear communication to client engagements. His background includes a successful exit from CastingFrontier, showing an eye for product and business outcomes in addition to engineering. Based in Manchester, New Hampshire, he combines hands-on coding with consulting leadership to deliver durable, maintainable solutions. Colleagues value his blend of practical problem-solving, long-term system care, and published expertise in the Rails ecosystem.
17 years of coding experience
Github Skills (55)
docker-machine10
rubygems10
docker-image10
capistrano10
deployer10
docker-api10
docker-registry10
docker-container10
docker-swarm10
dockerfile10
rollback10
container9
ruby9
text-based9
moby9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
durableprogramming/mysql_change_database_encoding
Mar 2018 - Dec 2022
Tool for changing a database's encoding, collation, or both. Supports online schema change via pt-online-schema-change with configurable fallback.
Contributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 23 pushes in 4 years 10 months
database
djberube/sqlaxe
Jun 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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