Welcome.
My name's Peter Valdez, based in Queens, New York City.
I write code & organize for the NYC tech community.
My work usually involves Python, JavaScript, Docker, Kubernetes, ✨ the cloud ✨, and lots of shell things.
I'm working as:
- Senior DevOps Engineer @ Book of the Month
Managing the cloud infrastructure with Crossplane, improving development and release lifecycles with ArgoCD in Kubernetes, managing SRE processes for high-traffic microservices, and building custom infrastructure automation
Previously and currently founder at:
- NYC Mesh - nycmesh.net
Community-owned network providing free, donation-based internet to all New Yorkers through volunteer-run wireless infrastructure - Shipyard - shipyard.build
Ephemeral-Environments-as-a-Service platform that creates full-stack preview environments from Docker Compose files - Astoria Tech Meetup - astoria.app
Monthly community meetup in Astoria, Queens featuring technical presentations and networking for local tech professionals
Author of:
- Snorlax - github.com/moonbeam-nyc/snorlax
Kubernetes operator that automatically sleeps and wakes deployments on a schedule to reduce cloud costs