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diazdesandi/README.md

Hi there, I'm René 👋

Claude for Open Source

Software engineer building reliable software for regulated environments, maintaining open-source macOS tooling, and going deeper into platform engineering, performance, and systems research.

Currently ⚡︎

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  • 👨🏻‍💻 Software Engineer @ Dexcom — building automation, governance, and reliable delivery systems for mobile app compatibility and FDA-sensitive configuration.
  • 🏗️ Core Maintainer @ Thaw — macOS menu-bar manager used by thousands; core features, reverse engineering, release automation, and macOS beta compatibility across the thaw-app ecosystem.
  • 👨‍🚀 Growing into cloud-native and platform engineering through Kubernetes, Pulumi, CI/CD, and SRE practice.

Open Source 🚀

thaw-app — platform & core maintainer

  • Thaw — menu-bar manager core: features, reverse engineering, signing/notarization, and macOS beta compatibility
  • platform — org-as-code with Pulumi (repos, teams, rulesets, environments)
  • org-ci / .github — shared release composites, workflows, and org defaults
  • raycast-extension — Raycast control surface for Thaw (visibility, search, settings)
  • menubarspawner — helper that spawns customizable menu-bar status items
  • homebrew-tap — Homebrew formulas for Thaw releases

Minor Contributions

Outside the terminal

  • 🙅 I cannot do LeetCode. I can ship to production, though.
  • ❄️ I use NixOS for gaming.
  • 🎮 The Witcher 3, CK3, Victoria 3, EU5—and an honorable mention for Forza Horizon 5 (and 6).
  • 🐺 I have a calupoh (wolfdog), ~50 budgies, and 6 agapornis.

Skills & Technologies

🛠️ Technical Toolkit
Languages TypeScript Go Swift Nix
Backend & Runtime Node.js Bun NestJS Express
Frontend & Mobile Angular SwiftUI Vue.js Nuxt RxJS shadcn/ui
Cloud & DevOps Pulumi GitHub Actions Kubernetes Docker Helm Google Cloud Microsoft Azure Nginx
Data & Quality PostgreSQL MongoDB Supabase Firebase Zod Vitest Vite
Observability & Security Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Datadog SonarQube Snyk
Platforms & OS macOS Linux NixOS Homebrew

Tools
Editors & IDEs GoLand WebStorm VS Code Neovim Zed Xcode
Terminals & Shell Ghostty Warp Hyper Starship Zsh
Dev & API Utilities GitKraken Yaak Raycast Swagger
Linters & Formatters Biome ESLint Prettier

The Rig
⌨️ Mode Envoy · Gateron Oil King V2 · Mode Lotus Keycaps
🎧 Rode PodMic USB White · AirPods Pro 2 · Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro · Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3
💻 Mac Mini M4 · MacBook Pro 16"
☕ Specialty, local roasters, single origin. Non-negotiable.
🧘🏻‍♂️ Manduka PRO · Non-negotiable.
🌟 Ray-Ban 3582V · Handmade naturally dyed blue ceramic mug from a local Mexican ceramic shop

Achievements 🏆

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate GitHub Actions Back-end JavaScript Developer Professional Certificate DevOps and Software Engineering Professional Certificate Applied DevOps Engineering Professional Certificate

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  1. nixos nixos Public

    Nix

  2. buninator buninator Public

    TypeScript

  3. thaw-app/Thaw thaw-app/Thaw Public

    The menu bar manager for macOS

    Swift 9.2k 217

  4. thaw-app/raycast-extension thaw-app/raycast-extension Public

    Control Thaw directly from Raycast. Toggle visibility sections, search menu bar items, and open settings without touching your mouse.

    TypeScript

  5. steipete/CodexBar steipete/CodexBar Public

    Show usage stats for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code, without having to login.

    Swift 19.3k 1.6k

  6. thaw-app/platform thaw-app/platform Public

    A Pulumi IaC program (TypeScript/Bun) that manages a GitHub organisation as code — repos, teams, memberships, branch protection rules, org rulesets, labels, and environments are all declared in YAM…

    TypeScript