Patricio Cano
Staff Software Engineer
the internet, Chile
Summary
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RockstarPatricio Cano is a Staff Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building reliable backend systems and deployment tooling while living on "the internet" from Chile. He created AlloyCI and contributes actively to notable open-source projects, improving GitLab Shell with Git LFS support and strengthening SSH and auth flows. His work on Shopify’s Shipit Engine optimized deployment log handling by moving output storage to Redis and implementing efficient tailing and roll-up strategies. He also modernized omniauth-saml by updating dependencies and adding metadata and Single Logout support, showing attention to security and interoperability. Comfortable across large-scale Ruby/Rails codebases, Patricio brings pragmatic engineering that balances performance, test coverage, and maintainability.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (19)
git10
caching10
redis10
apidoc10
saml10
testing10
versioninfo10
authentication10
user-authentication10
software-update10
git-lfs10
ruby10
api10
performance-optimization10
versioning10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
omniauth/omniauth-saml
Dec 2015 - Apr 2022
A generic SAML strategy for OmniAuth
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 9 reviews, 49 commits in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Patricio primarily focused on updating and maintaining the `omniauth-saml` library, a SAML strategy for OmniAuth. Their work involved updating the underlying `ruby-saml` dependency and bumping the version numbers to reflect the changes. The user also introduced new features such as issuer information for the metadata endpoint and support for Single Logout (SLO), expanding the library's functionality. They also made changes to the test suite to ensure compatibility with newer versions of dependencies.
omniauthsaml
gitlabhq/gitlab-shell
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
Replacement for gitolite. This repo is a mirror of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Patricio primarily focused on enhancing GitLab Shell's functionality by adding support for Git Large File Storage (LFS) and improving SSH protocol handling. They implemented the `git-lfs-authenticate` command, enabling the secure transfer of large files. The user also refactored the LFS authentication logic to use a dedicated API endpoint. Furthermore, they enhanced test coverage, ensuring robust performance and reliability.
gitlabgitoliteshell
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