## 👋 Hello Guys!
I am a software engineer. Currently working at a leading systems, engineering and technology company.
💻 Current Projects
- Full-time Engineer working in my firms Cloud Technologies Group.
- Continual learning. I use my site to test my skills and new frameworks. Currently built with React and Tailwind. Deployed with Gatsby.
- Self-Hosted Server Maintenance
- Micro-controller (Raspberry Pico) experiments
- Azure Training
⚙️ Language/Framework Skills
- HTML
- CSS
- SASS
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Redux
- Webpack & Gatsby
- C#
- .NET Core
- Blazor
- Microsoft SQL
👍 Developer Skills
- Well organised using Scrum and Agile techniques
- Good at problem-solving, one of the main reasons I picked a career in development
- Great at working within a small or large team, able to offer input, give and take constructive feedback.
- Able to communicate well with end-users. Often write clear and concise wikis at my current job.
- Adaptable and quick learner. Able to pick up new frameworks quickly and understand documentation.
👨 Quick Bio
- 🏢 Based in Surrey UK.
- ⚙️ I am self-taught in Java, Python, JavaScript, CSS and HTML
- 💻 Working with .NET, C# and a range of other technologies for a full-time job.
- 🌱 Learning all about Open Source
- 💬 Very passionate about online data control/privacy.
- ✨ Studied Accounting and Finance at Durham University
- 🏢 Began Coding for Minecraft Plugins in Java when I was 12.
- 🌱 Looking to start my career as a software engineer.
🌎 Largest Personal Project
RandomCoordinates: A Minecraft plugin. This was one of my first serious coding projects and was all self-taught. There are 2 repos for this on my page, one was the first attempt and then a complete re-write once I became more advanced at Java.
While the project is no longer maintained it has amassed over 100,000 downloads on various sites (e.g Spigot)
🔒 Security / Privacy
Security and Privacy have become a particularly hot topic within technology within the last few years. I started to take an interest when my accounts were involved in several data breaches. Since then I have ensured I use a different password for all services, a different email (using a catch-all at my custom domain) and enabling two-factor authentication for my most important services.
Furthermore, I try to ensure I am browsing the internet as safely as possible. For example, using a Pi-Hole to block all tracking requests and adverts on my entire home network. Using Linux and Firefox (with Modifications) for my web browsing and using a VPN. It's not that I have something to hide, I just prefer to be in control of how and what data is collected.
I also self-host:
- A Media Server
- My backups for phone, computer and general files
- Speedtest
- Meta-Search Engine (SearX)
- VS Code
- And anything else I can!
🎞️ YouTube
SlicedWalkthroughs
I have always had a passion for Technology, starting from when I had the first iPad or my first Macbook. When I got my Macbook it seemed many of my friends did not know how to use them, So I started a YouTube Channel at 13yrs old.
It started as iPad tutorials for 'Slice It' on particularly hard levels. The first video was me pointing a camera at an iPad and a song I made myself on Garageband. After 3 more of these videos, I moved on to Mac tutorials.
Specifically, my most popular videos at the time were for GeekTools. This was a cool Mac app that allowed you to customise your desktop with all sorts of info.
From there it was various tutorials that I thought there was a need for. My first popular video was "How to Dual Monitors on a Macbook Pro" with over 40k views. Something I considered amazing as a 13yr old.
My last video was 5yrs ago and turned out to be the most popular, "How to Map Keys on a Mac"
Interestingly, despite the channel existing for 10yrs, the most popular year was 2020 as I imagine several people needed to use their Mac's to work from home.