const batcsg1 = new Person("Samuel", "Batchelor", 2005)
batcsg1.greet();
// Hello, my name is Samuel Batchelor and I am 20 years old.
// My daily grind
if (batcsg1.coding()){
batcsg1.headphones = true;
batcsg1.focus = 100;
batcsg1.conversation = null;
} else {
batcsg1.eat();
batcsg1.nap();
batcsg1.procrastinate();
batcsg1.gardening();
batcsg1.sleep();
}Kia Ora, I'm a 3rd year IT student at Otago Polytechnic who is passionate about all things DevOps, the cloud and just in general, how computers work. I am particularly interested in building home lab projects not only as a hobby, but also as a way to expand my IT expertise.
| Role | Company | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🎓 Teaching Assistant | Otago Polytechnic | 25 February 2026 | - |
| 🎓 Peer Tutor | Otago Polytechnic | 23 July 2025 | 14 July 2026 |
| 💻 Technical Administrator | Entire IT | 25 September 2023 | - |
| 💻 Gateway Student | Entire IT | 25 July 2023 | 19 September 2023 |
- 💻 Programming
- 🌐 Networking
- 🎨 Frontend Development
- 🗄️ Database Management
- ⚙️ Backend Development
- 🛡️ Cyber Security
- 🐧 Linux Systems
- ☁️ Cloud Computing
- ➕ Maths
 Puppet |
AWS |
 Azure |
 Bash |
 Git |
 Linux |
 Docker |
 Python |
 TypeScript |
 React |
 PowerShell |
 SQL Server |
 Cloudflare |
 Prometheus |
 Grafana |
|
C# |
JavaScript |
HTML |
CSS |
Arduino |
Node.js |
PostgreSQL |
Prisma |
|
Svelte |
C++ |
VS Code |
Express |
Netlify |
SQLite |
MySQL |
Nginx |
|
Debian |
Arch Linux |
Raspberry Pi |
Ubuntu |
| Project | Role | Description | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Solar System | Solo Web Developer | 🌐🪐 My first live production website developed using Svelte | |
| Disaster Management Aotearoa | Deployment/Infrastructure Engineer | 🌍🚨 A disaster management system website project | |
| PlantMate | Solo Engineer | 🌱💦 Smart irrigation system and environmental monitor for plants | |
| celestiDB | Solo Web Developer | 🪐 a RESTful API for exploring and finding stuff about the universe. | |
| Odyssey | Solo Web Developer | A website where you can view and add to info all about the solar system and beyond. |