Senior IT Engineer | Release Engineering • Infrastructure Automation • AI-Assisted Development
Senior IT Engineer at The Linux Foundation, specializing in release engineering, cloud infrastructure automation, and developer tooling. I architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines that power some of the largest open source projects, focusing on scalability, reliability, and intelligent automation.
Currently building AI-powered agentic workflows across DevOps and home automation—from GitHub Copilot agentic CI/CD pipelines to smart home systems with AI health coaching, solar energy monitoring, and Garmin fitness tracking. Experimenting with LLM-assisted development to make infrastructure smarter and more autonomous.
When I'm not optimizing build systems or tinkering with smart home automations, you'll find me on two wheels (🚴 bicycle or 🏍️ motorcycle) or exploring trails on foot 🥾.
- Infrastructure Engineering - Cloud platforms, container orchestration, distributed systems
- Release & Deployment Automation - CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, deployment strategies
- Developer Experience - CLI tools, APIs, workflow optimization, productivity automation
- AI-Assisted Development - LLM integration, agentic workflows, intelligent automation
- Smart Home & IoT - Home Assistant, energy monitoring, AI health coaching, Garmin fitness
- Infrastructure as Code - Declarative automation, configuration management, immutable infrastructure
Complete CI/CD infrastructure for OpenDaylight—orchestrating automated builds, testing, and deployment across 60+ repositories.
Impact: Supports 100+ developers | 500K+ builds executed | 99.8% uptime
GitHub Action for automated cloud image building with secure bastion integration. Enables ephemeral infrastructure provisioning in CI pipelines.
Tech: GitHub Actions • Cloud Automation • Security
Suite of 40+ reusable GitHub Actions and workflows for the Linux Foundation ecosystem. Production-grade automation for multi-cloud deployments.
Used by: 50+ LF projects | 1000+ workflow runs/month
⚡ LFTools
Python CLI tool for Linux Foundation infrastructure management—cloud resource orchestration, build automation, and developer utilities.
Tech: Python • CLI Development • API Integration
Exploring AI-assisted automation, LLM integration workflows, and intelligent tooling. Experimenting with n8n, vector databases, and AI agents.
Status: Active experimentation | Learning in public
Home Assistant OS configuration featuring GitHub Copilot agentic workflows—automated daily health reports via GitHub Issues, AI-powered PR reviews for config validation, energy/solar monitoring (Fronius inverter, Wattpilot EV charger), multi-camera security with Frigate + Coral TPU object detection, and multi-user Garmin health coaching pipelines.
Tech: Home Assistant • Agentic Workflows • Frigate • Solar/EV Monitoring • Spec-Driven Development
Home Assistant addon for Garmin Connect data sync with AI-powered coaching dashboard. Multi-user health tracking with InfluxDB time-series storage and Grafana visualizations at grafana.askb.dev.
Tech: Python • Home Assistant Addon • InfluxDB • Grafana • AI Coaching
AI-powered sport scientist web app—transforms Garmin health data into evidence-based coaching with personalized workout recommendations, diabetes tracking, and fitness analytics.
Tech: Next.js • TypeScript • tRPC • Drizzle ORM • AI/ML
Contributing across multiple Linux Foundation projects and communities:
- OpenDaylight - Release Engineering Lead
- Linux Foundation IT - Infrastructure Automation
- OPNFV - CI/CD Pipeline Development
- FD.io - Build System Maintenance
Shell • Python • Java • JavaScript • Dockerfile • TypeScript • HTML • Groovy • HCL • CSS • PowerShell • Perl • Makefile • Jinja
I'm always interested in discussing:
- 🔧 Release engineering and deployment strategies
- 🐧 Infrastructure optimization and cloud architecture
- 🚀 CI/CD pipeline design and best practices
- 🤖 LLM integration and AI-assisted agentic workflows
- 🏠 Smart home automation, energy monitoring, and IoT
- 💪 Health tracking, Garmin fitness, and AI coaching
- 🌐 Open source community building and collaboration
- 🚴 Trail recommendations (tech conferences or bike trails!)
- Email: askb23@gmail.com
- Twitter/X: @askb23
- Keybase: askb
- LinkedIn: abelur
- Telegram: Available on request
If my open source contributions have helped you, consider buying me a coffee! Your support helps me dedicate more time to building tools that benefit the community.
