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DesktopECHO

Backend Engineer

// hamilton, bm · UTC-4

Building in the open from Bermuda. Backend Engineer.

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Scouting report

Pi-hole-for-Android creator, 2,000+ stars in sysadmin tooling

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DesktopECHO is the clear star-power standout here: primary author of 'Pi-hole for Android' (633★) and 'Pi-hole for WSL1' (438★), totaling 2,161 stars and 191 followers across DevOps/systems work in Shell, Batchfile and C++. With 819 commits last year and an 8+ year account, the real-world adoption of his privacy/DNS tooling is the headline; note PR-into-others activity is minimal (3 merged). A strong pick for infrastructure, networking, or systems/DevOps roles.

Authorship & open source

Primary authorwrote 96% of commits on Pi-hole-for-Android
3 merged PRs819 commits / yr1 reviews

What they build

Mobile35%
DevOps31%
Backend18%
Systems15%

Industry experience

  • E-commerce & Retail

Signal breakdown

Originality77
Impact100
Consistency100
Polish48
Stars

2,161

top repo 633

Original repos

24

42% forks

Followers

191

On GitHub

8.6 yr

Live demos

2

Activity

Active

38% stale

Strengths

  • Verified author — wrote 96% of commits on Pi-hole-for-Android
  • 819 commits in the past year
  • 2,161 stars earned across projects
  • A standout project with 633 stars
  • Ships to production — 2 live demos
  • Consistently active, low abandonment
  • Mobile focus with DevOps

About

Backend Engineer from Bermuda, active on GitHub with 43 public repositories and 191 followers. Explore the work and reach out on GitHub.

Skills

  • Batchfile
  • Wsl
  • Java
  • Shell
  • Pi Hole
  • Wsl1
  • Wsl2
  • Android

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