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katolux/README.md

πŸ‘‹ Hi, I'm Alfonso

I build practical automation systems and backend tools β€” often where software meets real-world operations.

Based in Switzerland πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

πŸ”§ Focus Areas

  • Backend development (Python)
  • Data & persistence (SQL / SQLite, structured data modeling)
  • Automation & reliability (schedulers, state, fault tolerance)
  • Applied IoT systems (sensor ingestion, control logic, dashboards)

🌱 Featured Projects

GardenHUB β€” Autonomous IoT Watering System

A real-world irrigation controller for a ~70 mΒ² garden.
Raspberry Pi backend + sensor nodes + weather-aware decision logic + historical logging.

Highlights

  • Flask backend + SQLite logging
  • Sensor ingestion from ESP32 nodes (HTTP POST; MQTT planned)
  • Automation logic for multi-zone watering
  • Weather integration (Open-Meteo)
  • Built to evolve into predictive optimization (ML-assisted irrigation)

KalkuChef β€” Recipe Cost Calculator

A small front-end web app for calculating recipe cost, portion cost, and selling price using food cost % and factor-based pricing.

Highlights

  • Real-world gastro use case
  • Unit conversion (g/kg, ml/dl/L)
  • Responsive design
  • Clean modular JavaScript structure

πŸ“š Currently Expanding

  • API design patterns & testing
  • Data workflows (pandas, reporting, quality checks)
  • Architecture: modular services, messaging, and resilience
  • Swiss-market practical tooling (documentation, maintainability, real constraints)

🧠 Background (short)

Experience across operations-heavy environments (hospitality, maritime, technical support) with a strong focus on systems, process reliability, and execution.

πŸ“« Contact

GitHub: @Katolux

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  1. Watering-System Watering-System Public

    Self Made Watering System for a 70 m2 garden, as part of my learning process and possible future part of portfolio

    Python