Phillip Eby
Senior Software Engineer (DevOps, SRE, Backend) at Dirt Simple, Inc.
Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
Summary
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RockstarPhillip Eby is a senior software engineer with 23 years designing scalable backend systems, DevOps tooling, and SRE practices, currently leading engineering at Dirt Simple, Inc. He specializes in API and library design, high-throughput REST architectures (including a single-machine system handling thousands of writes/sec), and practical cost-cutting via virtualization and containerization. An early contributor to Python‘s ecosystem (authoring setuptools and PEP 333/WSGI) and a long-time open-source maintainer, he’s also patched and improved a wide range of projects from setuptools to Obsidian plugins. Phillip blends systems thinking with human-centered design—creating information systems that change behavior and amplify collaborative networks. He mentors plugin developers and publishes durable devops utilities (bashup, dirtsimple, ophidian-lib) that embed operational knowledge where teams need it. Based in Boynton Beach, FL, he looks for interesting technical problems where protocol-level design and pragmatic engineering meet.
23 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (56)
javascript10
python10
setuptools10
webhooks10
openid-connect10
testing10
plugin-development10
wordpress10
component-development10
github-webhooks10
configuration-management10
slack-webhooks10
user-authentication10
typescript10
authentication10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
community-archive/obsidian-kanban
Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
Create markdown-backed Kanban boards in Obsidian.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 59 commits, 15 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Phillip primarily contributed to the implementation of new features and bug fixes for the Obsidian Kanban plugin. They added support for image embeds, multiple items to lanes, and the ability to create cards by dropping links, text, or files. Furthermore, the user addressed performance issues by streamlining the build process and optimizing code, while also addressing various bugs related to drag-and-drop functionality, error handling and settings. This indicates a focus on both front-end and back-end development within the plugin's architecture.
markdownobsidianobsidian-mdobsidian-plugin
pypa/setuptools
Jul 2005 - Dec 2010
Official project repository for the Setuptools build system
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Phillip primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements related to the `upload` command in the setuptools package. Their work addressed issues such as file truncation on Windows, socket error handling, and support for the `--identity` option. Additionally, the user made modifications to the `install_egg_info` command, improving its behavior with projects that contain no modules or packages. These contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the robustness and functionality of the setuptools build system.
build-systemsetuptools
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