Hey there! 👋 I'm Dave L

🎯 About Me

I'm a Software Engineer who likes to build stuff.

🌱 Currently Learning & Exploring

• 🤖 AI & Large Language Models (LLMs)
• 🏗️ Data Lakehouse architectures
• ☁️ Infrastructure & Kubernetes
• 🐍 Advanced Python ecosystem (always learning something new!)

🛠️ Tech Stack & Expertise

Languages & Frameworks: • 🐍 Python (Advanced) - My go-to language • 🐚 Shell Scripting (Fish, Bash) • 🧮 SQL & Data Query Languages	Data & ML Stack: • 📊 Apache Airflow (DAG orchestration) • 🤖 Machine Learning & AI/LLM pipelines • 🏗️ Data Lakehouse & Modern Data Stack • 📈 Jupyter Notebooks & Data Analysis
Infrastructure & DevOps: • 🐳 Docker & Containerization • ☸️ Kubernetes & Control Plane • 🔧 GitHub Actions & CI/CD • 🛠️ Development Environment Setup	Tools & Practices: • 📦 Modern Python tooling (Hatch, PDM, UV, Poetry) • 🔍 Pre-commit hooks & Code Quality • 📝 MkDocs & Documentation • 🎯 Template-driven development

🚀 Featured Projects

🔗 cpln-py

A Python library for the Control Plane API - making Kubernetes management more accessible and programmatic.

🎨 Fun Facts & Interests

• 🧠 Pattern Recognition Enthusiast - I love finding elegant solutions to complex data problems
• 🔧 Tool Builder - If there's a repetitive task, I'll probably automate it or build a template for it
• ☕ Coffee-Driven Development - My best commits happen between my 2nd and 4th cup
• 🐧 Open Source Advocate - I believe in sharing knowledge and building tools that help the community
• 🎯 Template Evangelist - Why start from scratch when you can start from a solid foundation?
• 🚀 Infrastructure Dreamer - I get excited about clean, scalable architectures and "it just works" solutions

🤝 Let's Connect!

I'm always excited to discuss data engineering, AI/ML, infrastructure, or any interesting tech challenges you're working on!

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💡 "Building the future, one commit at a time" 💡