Robert Brennan
About me
I'm a Software Engineer with degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Linguistics. I specialize in Developer Tools, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing.
What I'm up to
I work at Fairwinds, a Kubernetes enablement company, as VP of Product Development. I joined as the first software engineer, and wrote the first lines of code for Fairwinds Insights, our commercial software offering. I've since built a team of ten to continue growing the product, and have switched to managing full-time.
What I look like
My projects
I love building things. Below are a few projects that I've worked on, both on my own and with the help of others.
Fairwinds Insights
Fairwinds Insights is a platform for consolidating and operationalizing Kubernetes auditing tools. I worked with our CTO and VP of Strategy to conceptualize Insights, and built a team of engineers to implement it.
DataFire.io
DataFire is an API integration and task automation platform. I built DataFire from scratch, with the help of a few contractors.
DocGen
LucyBot's DocGen helps API providers create and maintain API documentation. This is the first commercial product I built from scratch.
Long Answers
While working at Google, I wrote an algorithm to extract answers to open-ended questions, like "Why is the sky blue?" The algorithm was incorporated into Google Search in August 2013, and resulted in Patent US9940367B1.
AnyAPI
AnyAPI provides documentation and test consoles for over 1400 public APIs. I built AnyAPI as a way of showing off LucyBot's DocGen tooling
DataFire Framework
The DataFire framework is an MIT-licensed framework for working with APIs, databases, and other services. It drives the DataFire.io platform.
API Spec Converter
api-spec-converter is a library for converting between API description formats such as Swagger and I/O Docs, with over 10k downloads per week
rss-parser
A lightweight utility for parsing RSS/Atom feeds in Node and the Browser, with over 120k downloads per week
World News
A visualization of headlines from The Economist
Stock Screener
A stock screener that I've heavily customized for my own needs
Written work
Writing has always been a passion of mine. I particularly enjoy technical writing and essays.
Kubernetes Without Scale: Reasons to Run a Personal Cluster
A two part series on Container Journal, on how to set up a personal Kubernetes cluster
Polaris 1.0 Release
An announcement for the release of Polaris 1.0
5 Problems with Kubernetes Cost Estimation Strategies
An overview of difficulties that come up when estimating workload cost in Kubernetes
How-to Address Kubernetes Cluster Security
A rundown of security considerations for anyone running a Kubernetes cluster