20-year Land Surveyor & Civil Designer → Python-first DevOps Engineer
For two decades I set control points in the dirt, turned LiDAR point clouds into deliverables, and built automation that turned weeks of drafting into hours.
Now I’m doing the same thing in code — only the stakes are containers, pipelines, and production systems instead of property lines.
I ship tools that solve real problems I’ve lived: precision, reliability, audit trails, and getting it right the first time.
Building Reliable Infrastructure | Automating Everything | Exploring Web3
The modern web replacement for every surveyor’s dusty calculator folder and Excel sheets.
MVP Features
- Curve / spiral / intersection solvers
- Traverse adjustment & COGO
- ALTA boundary tools
- Unit & datum conversion
- Export: CSV • DXF • LandXML
Stack
FastAPI • React • TailwindCSS • PostgreSQL • Docker • GitHub Actions → Fly.io
Built by a surveyor who’s actually used total stations in the rain.
Public repo + live demo dropping December 2025.
Regenerative agriculture platform — weather, commodities, farm records, and ML-driven soil & yield forecasting grounded in Biblical stewardship principles.
Same Python/FastAPI foundation — Survey-Pro is proving the stack first.
Separate repo, fully automated:
- Written in Markdown with LazyVim
- Pandoc + custom templates in a Docker container
- GitHub Actions builds perfect PDF & DOCX on every push
- Zero manual formatting, ever
→ Proof I treat even my own branding like production infrastructure.
github.com/hbabb/resume-as-code
| Layer | Tools I Use Daily |
|---|---|
| Backend | Python • FastAPI • Pydantic • SQLModel • Alembic |
| Frontend | HTMX • TailwindCSS • Alpine.js • React |
| DevOps | Docker • GitHub Actions • Bash • Arch Linux • Make |
| Database | PostgreSQL • Redis • SQLite |
| Editor | LazyVim • zellij • ghostty |
| Docs | Markdown → Pandoc → PDF/DOCX |
- CompTIA A+ → Security+ (active)
- Docker mastery → local Kubernetes (Kind/K3s)
- Python security tooling & ethical hacking labs
- Building reproducible, auditable pipelines
Roles where I can:
- Own Python backends and APIs
- Build and secure CI/CD pipelines
- Ship tools that make people’s jobs easier
- Keep growing into DevSecOps and off-chain Web3 systems
Open to hybrid or relocation with assistance.
[email protected] • Happy to hop on a 15-minute call
“I spent 20 years making sure property lines were accurate to the hundredth of a foot.
Now I make sure containers start, secrets stay secret, and code ships without breaking the build.”