Founder, Software Architectute & Development at Robovision
Belgium
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Hugo Herter is a founder and software architect with 13 years of experience building web applications that bridge complex systems—Industry 4.0, robotics, sensor networks, ML and automation—through pragmatic design and hands-on engineering. He created OKESO to deliver custom software and trainings on software and privacy, and has led projects from robot control UIs to SaaS simulation platforms and embedded Linux testing infrastructures. Hugo is a committed open-source developer and contributor to notable Python projects like aiohttp and pyinfra, where he improved file upload robustness and infrastructure modules respectively. He combines systems-level thinking (cloud platforms, low-latency Lambda-style functions, confidential computing) with strong DevOps chops and a fondness for Nix, Python, JS and Linux. Based in Belgium, he pairs a bioinformatics and AI academic background with recent executive and CTO experience, bringing both scientific curiosity and product-focused delivery to industrial and startup challenges.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Master's degree (selection of courses), Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Master's degree (selection of courses), Artificial Intelligence at KU Leuven
Master, Erasmus programe, Bioinformatics, Master, Erasmus programe, Bioinformatics at University of Montpellier
Master, Bioinformatics and dynamical systems modeling, Master, Bioinformatics and dynamical systems modeling at Université libre de Bruxelles
Athénée Royal d'Auderghem
Executive MBA, Executive MBA at Vlerick Business School
pyinfra turns Python code into shell commands and runs them on your servers. Execute ad-hoc commands and write declarative operations. Target SSH servers, local machine and Docker containers. Fast and scales from one server to thousands.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:30 commits, 10 PRs, 33 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Hugo primarily contributed to the pyinfra project by implementing and improving modules and facts related to infrastructure management. They added and enhanced modules for managing iptables rules, LXD containers, and virtual environments. Furthermore, they refactored existing code, added new features such as the ability to yield commands, and fixed string formatting issues.
Asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Hugo contributed to improving the file upload functionality within the aiohttp framework. They addressed issues related to chunking, content-length calculations, and handling partially read files. Their work involved modifying both the client-side code and adding tests to ensure the correct behavior of file uploads, particularly when dealing with file streams and potential seek operations. Furthermore, the user added the ability to pass URL parameters to the ws_connect method.
pythonasynchronousasynciohttp-clientclient-server
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