Hi! My name is Lev, I am 30, live in San Francisco, and work at LaunchDarkly. Formerly at CircleCI and Linode. I am a US Navy Veteran, Musician, NOVA Southeastern University Computer Science Alumni, and a huge geek! I love reading, writing, computers, music, and technology. Thanks for stopping by!

Other Blogs

• Tralev – My Travel Blog

External Articles

Below is a collection of articles I’ve written elsewhere.

• October 2014 My Linux Rig Interview
• October 2014 [Full Circle Magazine] Connect to Cisco AnnyConnect with OpenConnect
• October 2015 [CircleCI Blog] Discuss CircleCI Announcement
• April 2015 [CircleCI Blog] You Discuss, We Listen
• February 2017 [CircleCI Blog] What is Continuous Integration?
• March 2017 [CircleCI Blog] Troubleshooting Unexplained Build Failures: The Mysterious Case of ‘Nothing Has Changed’
• November 2017 [CircleCI Blog] Continuously Deploying Python Packages to PyPI with CircleCI
• December 2017 [LinkedIn] Stop Using Fancy Javascript on Your Careers Page
• November 2018 [LaunchDarkly Blog] Strategies for Testing with Feature Flags
• November 2018 [LinkedIn] re:Invent Announcements that Motivate Me
• December 2018 [LaunchDarkly Blog] Blue/Green Feature Flags: Combining Operational and Development Best Practices to Achieve Progressive Delivery
• December 2018 [LinkedIn] Best Year of My Life — reflecting on my first year at LaunchDarkly.

Talks

• March 2016 Cloud Architecture Webinar
• December 2016 Downtime Panel at HeavyBit

Projects

This is a collection of past and present projects that I am working on. Check them out! Most (if not all of them) are open source so pull requests are always appreciated. 🙂

Active Projects

• circleci.py a python wrapper for the CircleCI API.
• blog levlaz/blog (for lack of a better name) is a simple, ugly, single user blogging application written in Python and Flask.

Inactive Projects

• ezBadge Making Badges for your GitHub repo has never been easier.
• releases log Style Release Notifications using GitHub Releases
• pg2cf Utility program for uploading PostgreSQL backups to RackSpace Cloud Files
• braindump A note taking application written in Python and Flask.

Projects I’ve Contributed To

• Kanboard – An awesome open source visual task board.
• Standard Notes – A standard notes app with an un-standard focus on longevity, portability, and privacy.
• Python Dev Guide – The Python developer’s guide.
• Distro Tracker – Track everything in your Debian based distribution. Powers https://tracker.debian.org