Backend engineer focused on Python, FastAPI, and Linux systems. Debian contributor and Google Summer of Code 2026 mentor.
- Hyperion — Web-based real-time DMX lighting control. FastAPI, WebSockets, Redis, custom protocol layer. Controls 100+ universes from the browser.
- DebNet (GSoC 2026) — Graph analysis of the Debian archive. Visualising dependency networks to identify under-maintained packages and maintainer burnout risks.
- Debian Python Team — Maintaining and modernising Python packages in the Debian archive. salsa.debian.org/Arian-Ott
Python FastAPI Redis WebSockets Playwright Docker Linux Debian Packaging Git
- I run a second-hand HP enterprise server as my homelab
- I can write basic 8051 Assembly code
- I teach Python and AI courses at a local adult education centre