Lawrence L. Hovind

A graphical terminal emulator built for engineers who live in SSH sessions — tiling layouts, multi-tab tile management, persistent workspaces, and a full suite of SSH features (agent forwarding, X11 forwarding, ProxyJump, MFA auth, SCP transfer) without touching the command line. A serious systems-level C++ project demonstrating current native fluency, network protocol depth, and architectural discipline.

• Modern C++20 codebase (98%+ C++); wxWidgets for cross-platform UI (Linux primary, macOS experimental)
• Hand-written VT100 / ANSI escape sequence parser, UTF-8 rendering, 100,000-line scrollback buffer with decoupled column-width and viewport
• Full libssh2 integration: password / public key / agent / keyboard-interactive (Duo, YubiKey, PAM) authentication; SCP transfer; auto-populates from ~/.ssh/config
• Ports-and-adapters architecture — the headless core (parser, document model, session, transport) is entirely independent of the wxWidgets presentation layer and is in principle swappable for a different frontend
• CMake + Ninja build, Catch2 test suite, GitHub Actions CI, AppImage binary distribution
• 196 commits to date as sole architect, developer, and maintainer

A deliberate, rigorous experiment in AI-augmented software delivery. Built a full-stack electric go-kart manufacturing simulation from concept to fully-tested, deployable application in under two working days using Claude Code — not to showcase the AI, but to develop a clear-eyed understanding of where it accelerates delivery and where human architectural judgment remains essential.

• FastAPI backend with capacity-aware production scheduling, multi-tenant JWT authentication, and Gantt timeline visualization
• Vue 3 + Pinia frontend with full order management, factory configuration, and monitoring dashboards
• SQLite persistence, Dockerized deployment, full pytest + Playwright test coverage
• Documented findings on AI tool behavior: where trust is warranted, where architectural judgment is not substitutable

A polished demonstration of complex interactive data visualization in modern Vue. Renders astronomical time-series data (planetary positions over time) as a custom D3.js graph with a synchronized tabular view and on-the-fly analytical calculations. Built to demonstrate D3 fluency and loosely-coupled Vue 3 + Pinia component architecture.

• Vue 3 Composition API with Pinia for reactive state management and inter-component coordination
• Custom D3.js graph rendering with two selectable data perspectives and a lockable tracking crosshair for reactive point-by-point analysis
• ResizeObserver-driven responsive rendering; synchronized tabular view; user controls (date pickers, checkboxes, radio buttons) demonstrating reactive composition
• Companion ephemeris-api project provides the underlying time-series data
• Vite build, vanilla CSS (deliberately no CSS framework), live demo deployed at hovind.com

A visual personnel shift scheduler demonstrating maintainable web app architecture through direct manipulation. Drag-and-drop interactions replace traditional form inputs, illustrating how selection-based UX maps cleanly to underlying data mutations when the architecture is properly separated.

• Explicit separation of Display Logic from Business Logic — Pinia store owns the CRUD operations for shift assignments; presentation components remain free of business concerns
• Atomic component composition (Calendar Grid → Calendar Day → Shift; Server List → Server) — flexible, expandable, and easy to reason about
• Context-based mechanism for sharing display-only state (selection highlighting, drag preview) across components without polluting the business logic layer
• Works around a real Chrome quirk: the HTML DnD spec permits access to event data before drop, but Chrome restricts it — solved with a custom Context-passed event channel
• TailwindCSS applied within component <style lang="postcss"> blocks rather than utility-class soup, preserving HTML semantics

Architected and delivered the customer-facing hospitality management platform underpinning the Xfinity On Campus product line — a $100M+ revenue business. The system supported hundreds of university and hospitality venue partners with millions of streaming video endpoints.

• Designed a hierarchical, fine-grained multi-role / multi-partner security model enabling real-time device control, guest personalization, and system monitoring across all venue types
• Architected a microservices platform supporting multiple single-page applications, with dynamic API endpoint frameworks and declarative UI architectures
• Led cross-functional, multi-continent engineering teams as Technical Lead while maintaining direct hands-on contribution
• Provided operators with graphical monitoring dashboards enabling rapid issue identification and resolution
• Implemented JWT-based authentication, SSO integrations, and OpenID Connect across the platform
• Mentored engineers on Vue.js, Material Design, and microservice best practices; led AngularJS-to-Vue migration across nine applications

Directed the design and development of the system responsible for curating cable channel lineups across hundreds of US markets, directly impacting more than 20 million subscribers.

• Reduced downstream processing time from over three hours to under twenty minutes — enabling real-time, on-demand lineup management for the first time
• Simplified compliance with Title VI and municipal franchise obligations, empowering a single operator to manage complex, multi-market data sets
• Owned technical execution end-to-end, from architecture through deployment and compliance validation

Re-architected a legacy internal business platform into a scalable, multi-tenant microservices system serving nine SPA applications. Reduced long-term maintenance burden while enabling team delivery across a mixed Java/JavaScript/Angular stack.

• Applied microservice principles and modular design to transform a difficult-to-maintain monolith
• Java / Spring Boot backends, Oracle databases, Angular Material frontends
• Managed team delivery across multiple engineering disciplines and geographies

Key contributor to a HIPAA-compliant SaaS platform for healthcare population management built on the MEAN stack.

• Owned RBAC security design, REST-to-SOAP proxy services, and OpenID Connect integrations
• Designed and implemented fine-grained role-based access control across a multi-tenant healthcare platform
• Mentored team members on MEAN stack best practices and secure API design
• Delivered prototypes that accelerated product iteration cycles

Independently designed, built, and operated a complete e-commerce platform for software licensing and fulfillment — every layer, from the custom MVC framework to the payment processor to the customer marketing automation.

• Custom PHP5 MVC framework built from scratch; PostgreSQL backend
• PCI-DSS compliant payment processing with full cryptographic licensing enforcement
• Customer marketing automation, license delivery, and long-term infrastructure management
• Sole owner of architecture, development, deployment, security, and ongoing operation

Sole architect and developer of a cross-platform C++ desktop application for the legal industry — handling deposition transcript processing, indexing, search, and output across multiple formats.

• Cross-platform C++ application (Windows and macOS) built and maintained as sole developer
• PDF generation, hyperlinked multi-document full-text search, and multi-format output
• Cryptographic licensing system for copy protection and distribution control
• Complete product lifecycle ownership: conception through deployment, distribution, and long-term support

Independently developed and deployed a secure, web-based document repository for court reporters — providing controlled access to deposition transcripts with full lifecycle ownership from design through infrastructure and access control.

• Secure web application with granular access control for court reporter clients
• Full ownership: system design, infrastructure setup, security, client delivery, and ongoing support

Designed and delivered three distinct enterprise benefit administration systems ensuring federal regulatory compliance for one of the world's largest investment managers.

• Flexible Benefits Administration System — employee benefit elections and eligibility management
• Profit Sharing Administration System — plan tracking, calculations, and compliance reporting
• Imputed Income Administration System — IRS-compliant income calculation and reporting
• Sole owner of architecture, development, deployment, and infrastructure maintenance for all three systems

Delivered an automated purchase order system enabling systematic vendor ordering that drove significant cost savings through vendor discount capture.

• End-to-end design, development, deployment, and ongoing support as sole developer
• Measurable business impact through automated discount-qualifying order timing

• Designed and implemented a real-time, multi-store point-of-sale and inventory management system with centralized reporting
• Full technical ownership from architecture through deployment, supporting daily business operations across multiple locations

• Developed an electronic survey platform supporting non-profit outreach and data collection
• Independent ownership of design, development, and delivery

• Designed and developed a bar code printing system registered under USPTO Copyright TXu000480171
• Sole developer and owner of the product