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Building practical open source tools that improve developer workflows
Robert Allen is a DevOps engineer, technologist and open source maintainer based in Farmville, Virginia. By day, he drives infrastructure automation at HMH. By evening, he builds developer tools that solve real problems in technology and agriculture. And somehow also runs a regenerative pasture farm.
Creator of swagger-php (5K+ stars), the PHP library for generating OpenAPI documentation from annotations. Much appreciation to the community of contributors and users who have made it a success over the years.
- Open Source Tooling - Creating and maintaining tools that developers actually use
- AI-Assisted Development - Building Claude Code plugins, agents, and workflows
- DevOps & Platform Engineering - Infrastructure automation, CI/CD, AWS architecture
- Architecture Documentation - ADRs, decision tracking, knowledge capture
| Project | Description | Tech |
|---|---|---|
| swagger-php | OpenAPI/Swagger documentation from PHP annotations | PHP |
| git-adr | Architecture Decision Records in git notes | Python |
| git-notes-memory | Semantic memory storage for Claude Code | Python |
| claude-spec | Project specification & lifecycle management plugin | Python |
| .claude | Claude Code dotfiles: agents, skills, commands | Python |
I maintain a comprehensive ecosystem of Claude Code extensions for AI-assisted development:
- claude-spec - Socratic project planning with implementation tracking
- git-notes-memory - Git-native semantic memory with vector search
The .claude repository contains 100+ specialized agents organized by domain:
| Category | Agents |
|---|---|
| Core Development | frontend, backend, fullstack, API design, microservices |
| Language Specialists | Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, PHP |
| Infrastructure | DevOps, SRE, Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud architecture |
| Quality & Security | code review, security audit, testing, performance |
| Data & AI | ML engineering, data science, LLM architecture |
This account uses standardized templates and automation for consistency across repositories.
| Template | Stack |
|---|---|
| python | Python 3.12+, uv, ruff, pyright |
| typescript | Node 22, pnpm, ESLint 9, Vitest |
| go | Go 1.23+, golangci-lint |
| rust | Stable, clippy, cargo-deny |
| docs-site | Astro, Starlight, MDX |
# Use in any repository
jobs:
ci:
uses: zircote/.github/.github/workflows/reusable-ci-python.yml@mainLanguages PHP | Python | TypeScript | Go
Infrastructure AWS | Docker | Kubernetes | Terraform | GitHub Actions
AI Integration Claude Code | GitHub Copilot | MCP Protocol
Platforms Linux | macOS | AWS (Solutions Architect certified)
- Developer Experience First - Tools should reduce friction, not add it
- Automation Over Documentation - Encode knowledge in code
- Open by Default - Share solutions that might help others
- Practical Over Perfect - Ship working software, iterate based on usage
- GitHub Issues - For project-specific discussions
- Pull Requests - The best way to propose changes
Building in the open | [View Ecosystem](https://github.com/zircote/github)