Christopher Mosetick

Open-Source

Tailscale: Kubernetes Operator

Discovered a gap in the Tailscale Kubernetes Operator through real-world GKE usage. Filed an issue and submitted a PR that was merged upstream. Tailscale has raised $160M in Series C funding -- yet this was missed by their team.

Tags: Vpn, Tailscale, Kubernetes, Open-Source

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Tailscale: Dedicated Log Files for Linux

Work in progress: adding dedicated file-based logging for tailscaled on Debian/Ubuntu. Validated across 4 systems. Upstream PR to Tailscale (a $160M Series C company) not yet submitted -- but the gap is real, documented, and reproducible.

Tags: Tailscale, Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Open-Source

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ZFS: Armbian Linux

Ongoing work: developing safety scripts and APT hooks to protect ZFS pools during kernel upgrades on Armbian ARM64 systems. Found and fixed two critical bugs that left systems in an unsafe-to-reboot state after routine apt upgrade operations.

Tags: Linux, Armbian, Zfs, Arm64, Open-Source

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GitLab: Container Registry

Filed a GitLab container registry bug in February 2020 that remained open for 4+ years, accumulated numerous citations, and exposed a meaningful behavioral difference between Quay.io and the GitLab registry implementation.

Tags: Gitlab, Docker, Kubernetes, Open-Source

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Linux & Unix Distributions

Early adopter and community contributor across Ubuntu Linux, OpenSolaris, and OpenIndiana -- including production ZFS deployments on OpenIndiana before ZFS on Linux reached maturity.

Tags: Linux, Ubuntu, Open-Source, Zfs

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