Jor Bashllari

Maintained the build systems of all dev projects using Nix, continuously lowered CI times while adding new projects; helped flesh out a global migration plan to Flakes and improvements to the current deployment pipeline.

Helped migrate invoicing system (date calculation, PDF management, UI) from PHP to Haskell, learning PHP simultaneously.

Practiced recently learned skills related to container management and used Ansible for the first time in a business setting, focusing more on upgrading the infrastructure management model and developer experience over addition of newer solutions

Learned more on communication with people from different professional backgrounds and expressing myself more concisely even without technical jargon

Practiced managing large workloads and full-time school in a friendly and welcoming environment

Designed a test Kubernetes cluster to help integrate more services in the allocated hardware, and to facilitate backups, migrations and updates

Researched and benchmarked available cluster managers, teaching myself Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure

Projected and developed a parallel update operator for manager-agnostic cluster maintenance, learning Go and specifics of procedural concurrent programs

Learned how to be productive and healthy in a fully remote environment, striking a balance between individual work sessions, communication and studies

Developed and helped design the store website, teaching myself HTML/CSS and other frontend technologies, learning about long-term project planning

Built payment handling system utilizing Snipcart, getting to know the Django framework and Semantic-UI

Managed deliveries, learning bit by bit how to manage professional relationships and aiding in delivery coordination