Peter's cat, plants, and keyboard

Welcome.

My name's Peter Valdez, based in Queens, New York City.

I write code and organize for NYC civic & tech communities.

My work usually involves Python, JavaScript, Docker, Kubernetes, ✨ the cloud ✨, and lots of shell things.

I'm working as:

  • Staff Site Reliability Engineer @ Zocdoc
    Leading site reliability and infrastructure initiatives for Zocdoc's healthcare marketplace platform

Previously and currently founder at:

  • NYC Mesh - nycmesh.net
    Community-owned network providing free, donation-based internet to all New Yorkers through volunteer-run wireless infrastructure
  • Shipyard - shipyard.build
    Ephemeral-Environments-as-a-Service platform that creates full-stack preview environments from Docker Compose files
  • Astoria Tech Meetup - astoria.app
    Monthly community meetup in Astoria, Queens featuring technical presentations and networking for local tech professionals

Author of:

  • Spruce - spruce.astoria.app
    Neighborhood game for cleaning storm drains and bagging litter around Astoria & LIC; points grow a shared park
  • Snorlax - github.com/moonbeam-nyc/snorlax
    Kubernetes operator that automatically sleeps and wakes deployments on a schedule to reduce cloud costs
  • Astoria Community Calendar - calendar.astoria.app
    Calendar, map and directory of gatherings, groups and goings-on around Astoria, refreshed automatically
  • Astoria Govern - govern.astoria.app
    Who represents Astoria, what they're deciding, and how the neighborhood is doing
  • Crate - crate.ubbe.nyc
    Keeps an ear on a shared Spotify playlist and tells you when somebody else drops a track