Ahmad Foroughi pyhp2017

Fernando (Ahmad) Foroughi

Senior Platform Engineer | Kubernetes | Go | Open-Source Contributor

Senior Platform Engineer focused on Kubernetes, platform reliability, and production infrastructure.
Mostly working with Kubernetes and Go these days.
Building and operating systems with Traefik, Talos Linux, Docker, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, and disk encryption.
Using Claude and Codex as part of my daily engineering workflow.
Contributing to open-source projects around package registries, observability, distributed systems, and infrastructure tooling.

envoyproxy/ai-gateway #2392: fixed a bug where content-length wasn't stripped when switching to streamed mode, causing Envoy to truncate SSE streaming responses.
verdaccio/charts #202: added HPA and PodDisruptionBudget support to the Verdaccio Helm chart, fixing a conflict between hardcoded replicas and GitOps controllers.
Verdaccio v6.4.0: contributed to the package filter plugin work included in the release.
sentry-kubernetes/charts: contributed 4 merged PRs including consumer liveness checks, ClickHouse internal_replication config fix, built-in Prometheus exporter migration, and missing configOverride in replica StatefulSets.
kommodity-io/kommodity-autobootstrap-extension #27: added support for LUKS2-encrypted STATE partitions in the Talos autobootstrap extension.
getsentry/snuba #6826: proposed migration robustness improvements for multi-replica and multi-shard ClickHouse clusters.
kommodity-io/kommodity #288: contributed to the Kommodity project.

Microservice Application - Sigasi Internship: Designed and implemented a microservice application during my internship at Sigasi.
Simple Kubernetes Controller: Developed a simple Kubernetes controller for specific use cases.
Zero Trust Network Architecture: Implemented a Zero Trust architecture using Elastic SIEM, Keycloak, Docker/Kubernetes, attack simulation, and security dashboards.
Telegram Text Browser Bot: Built a Telegram bot for browsing and searching the web as clean plain text with link navigation and pagination.
Scandiweb Stack: Infrastructure to host Magento 2 application on AWS. Easy to install and manage.
Requesto: Monitoring tool for HTTP endpoints, built with Python and Django Rest Framework.
Django OpenVPN Maker: A web interface built with Django for managing OpenVPN users using the Docker OpenVPN repository.
TCP Monitor: A simple tool that collects TCP packets for Prometheus, acting as an exporter.
Tank Trouble: A fun multiplayer game where players compete with AI or friends in tank battles.
LinuxFest Website Backend: Backend for the LinuxFest website.
ReserveRoom: API-based web application for meeting room reservations.
Blog CMS: A CMS for managing digital content, perfect for enterprise and web content management.

⏳ Working on Kubernetes platforms, Go services, infrastructure automation, and secure Linux systems.
🚀 Open to collaboration on platform engineering, cloud-native, observability, and open-source infrastructure projects.
🎯 Life Motto: "Focus on progress, not perfection."