About James Cherti, the author

Hi, I am James Cherti, a Senior Software and Infrastructure Specialist based in Toronto, Canada. With over 21 years in the tech industry, I have had the privilege of working on everything from software development to managing complex UNIX/Linux systems and building scalable architectures.

Beyond my professional roles, giving back to the open-source community is one of my favorite parts of being a software specialist. I am an active open source contributor and maintain a diverse portfolio of projects on GitHub (@jamescherti).

Throughout my career, I have consulted for organizations across North America 🇺🇸 🇨🇦, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies in finance, gaming, telecommunications, and e-commerce. My focus is on building robust, secure distributed systems and automating infrastructure.

I am a strong advocate for DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), but my philosophy always comes back to keeping things simple and maintainable. Whether I am automating infrastructure with Ansible or writing software, I believe that code is read far more often than it is written. Because of that, I prioritize writing clean, accessible code that developers of any experience level can easily understand.

I am proficient in languages like Python, Bash shell scripting, Elisp, PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, C/C++, and Perl, among other languages. On the operations side, I specialize in Linux system administration, configuration management (Ansible, Puppet…), containerization (Docker, Podman…), cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud, and proactive incident response to keep systems running smoothly for millions of users.