Robert Milan, a software engineer at Grafana Labs, is involved in working on the Hosted Metrics Graphite platform, with a focus on the Metrictank system and supporting infrastructure, including Kafka and Cassandra upgrades. He contributes to several open-source projects such as Metrictank, carbon-relay-ng, and tsdb-gw. Currently based in Tirana, he often travels between GMT+2 and GMT+8 time zones. In his free time, Robert enjoys media production and running, having recently completed a documentary and working on a series about stereotypes. He is also developing free software for indie filmmakers to facilitate better audio recording. A fan of photography, he likes capturing long exposures at night, prefers coding with music, and has a diverse taste in ice cream, except for durian flavor.