Anthony Lannutti

Senior Software Engineer @ IBM | Open Source Contributor

I build secure, high-performance infrastructure systems with a focus on Linux, containers, and automation.

🔧 Current Work

• Building certification infrastructure at Red Hat using Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, and Tekton
• Optimizing performance-critical systems with Rust (achieved 67x speedup via PyO3)
• Maintaining production Gentoo Linux systems and contributing to the ecosystem

🌐 Open Source Contributions

• COSMIC Desktop - Fixed systemd/OpenRC init system compatibility, enabling COSMIC to run on non-systemd distributions
• OpenTelemetry - Debugged and fixed critical instrumentation errors in FastAPI integration
• cosmic-overlay - Gentoo overlay for COSMIC Desktop environment
• starlette-session-middleware - Production session management library for Python web applications

💻 Tech Stack

Languages: Rust, Python, C/C++, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Go (learning)
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Podman, GitLab CI/CD, Tekton
Linux: Gentoo (6+ years), systemd, OpenRC, package management, build systems
Frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, PyO3, React, Spring Boot

🐧 About

Daily Gentoo Linux user for 6+ years. I believe in building reliable, minimal, and secure software. Passionate about supply chain security, build systems, and cloud-native infrastructure.

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📫 Contact: lannuttia@gmail.com | 💼 LinkedIn: Profile | 📝 Blog: dev.to/lannuttia