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Ghassan Malke

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Ghassan Malke

Developed and released the Podtrace Operator for the k8s-operatorhub/community-operators repository, enabling real-time and scheduled diagnostics of Kubernetes pod behavior using eBPF and custom resource definitions. Designed session-based controls and automated reporting, allowing trace data collection on network and filesystem events with export to observability platforms. Enhanced operator reliability and extensibility through six incremental releases, focusing on CRD governance and end-to-end data flows. Additionally, contributed to DataDog/cilium by resolving a Helm documentation bug, ensuring accurate CLI rendering for Helm OCI examples. Work demonstrated expertise in Kubernetes, Helm, and YAML, with a focus on diagnostics, monitoring, and operator development.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

50%Features

Repository Contributions

7Total
Bugs
1
Commits
7
Features
1
Lines of code
20,056
Activity Months2

Work History

May 2026

6 Commits • 1 Features

May 1, 2026

May 2026 monthly summary: Delivered Podtrace Operator (eBPF-based Kubernetes diagnostics) with CRDs and session-based controls, enabling real-time and scheduled pod diagnostics, report generation, and export to observability platforms. Release series 0.11.8.12.4 focused on feature delivery, stability, and extensibility across the k8s-operatorhub/community-operators repository.

February 2026

1 Commits

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for DataDog/cilium: focused on ensuring accuracy of Helm OCI CLI examples in docs. Delivered a targeted bug fix to remove duplication of the --version flag in Helm OCI install/upgrade examples, resulting in correct CLI rendering and improved user guidance. The change was implemented with a concise docs update aligned to the chart version rendering process, reducing potential user confusion and support queries.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability85.8%
Architecture100.0%
Performance85.8%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

YAMLreStructuredText

Technical Skills

Cloud Native DevelopmentDevOpsDiagnosticsHelmKubernetesMonitoringObservabilityOperator DevelopmentdocumentationeBPF

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

k8s-operatorhub/community-operators

May 2026 May 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

YAML

Technical Skills

Cloud Native DevelopmentDevOpsDiagnosticsKubernetesMonitoringObservability

DataDog/cilium

Feb 2026 Feb 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

reStructuredText

Technical Skills

DevOpsHelmKubernetesdocumentation