Hi, I'm Balasankar C 👋
Geek. Freedom. Privacy.
Senior Software Engineer at GitLab | Debian Developer | Free Software Advocate
🔍 About Me
My name is Balasankar C, but that is way too many syllables and not so easy on the tongue for everyone. So, you can just call me "Balu".
I am from Kalady, Kerala.
I work on the Build team at GitLab, where I help build and maintain the code that powers GitLab's package distribution and deployment systems.
🎩 Identities & Contributions
- Debian Developer - Contributing to one of the most influential Linux distributions
- Mozillian - Part of the Mozilla community
- GNOME Foundation Member (Emeritus) - Contributing to the GNOME ecosystem
- Administrator, Malayalam Wikisource - Preserving Malayalam literature digitally
- GSoC 2016 Alumnus - Completed Google Summer of Code with Indic Project on Malayalam spellchecker
🛠️ Interests
- Free Software Philosophy - Committed to software freedom and the principles around it.
- Privacy Advocacy - Exploring social and technical aspects of individual privacy.
- Infrastructure Automation - Building declarative, version-controlled solutions that minimizes human interactions.
- Package Management - Debian/RPM repositories, content distribution at scale.
- Container Orchestration - Kubernetes, operators, and scaling strategies.
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