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Propose Alex Kalderimis as backend maintainer of gitlab-org/gitlab

Alex Kalderimis requested to merge ajk-gitlab-backend-maintainer into master

Trainee maintainer issue: #7914 (closed)

Overview

I have been a GitLab team member since May 2019, and in that time I have authored and merged 189 MRs into the gitlab-org/gitlab> repository, and been a key member of the team delivering projects such as:

  • design management
  • wiki improvements, including wiki activity feeds
  • 3rd party integrations

I have contributed extensively to ~GraphQL efforts, and have lead efforts to improve performance, safety and correctness in our APIs, including:

  • the introduction of typed IDs.
  • diagnosis of problems with and fixes for excessive laziness.
  • efforts to introduce a new authorization framework (in progress).
  • introduction of a look-ahead API making N+1's easier to deal with.

To support these efforts I have been pro-active in tooling, adding new rubocop rules and test support that is now widely used.

Examples of reviews

These are more substantive reviews, where I feel my commitment to focussing on correctness, clarity and performance is evident:

There are some domain areas where I do not have sufficient knowledge, and this requires that I seek the correct domain sign off.

I need to ensure front-end and backend are in sync with suggested changes.

@gitlab-org/maintainers/rails-backend please chime in below with your thoughts, and approve this MR if you agree.

Developer checklist

  • Before this MR is merged
    • Mention @gitlab-org/maintainers/rails-backend, if not done (this issue template should do this automatically)
    • Assign this issue to your manager
  • After this MR is merged
    • Request a maintainer from the #backend_maintainers Slack channel to add you as an Owner to gitlab-org/maintainers/rails-backend
    • Consider adding 'backend maintainer' to your Slack notification keywords

Manager checklist

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