Hi. My real name is Aura. Friends also call me V - surprisingly, no relation to Cyberpunk 2077, comes from the first letter of my nickname - can't really blame them. I mean, have you tried to call out "vddcore" in online games quickly enough?
I am a computer programmer, but I don't limit myself to just programming. It's boring when you do the same thing over and over again - I also do software and hardware reverse engineering, electronic circuit design, 3D printing, storywriting, poetry, lots of nerdy stuff. Whatever it takes to express myself.
What I use to do my job
My main tools of trade when doing the usual things are JetBrains Rider, the C# language and Avalonia. I love designing pretty, minimal UIs and creating the best user experience possible. The focus on content and an efficient way to present it, instead of everything else around it. I do "the nerdy stuff" with everything else, to keep me out of burnout's way - compiler design, reversing of old printer control chips and re-purposing LCD screens from other devices for my own projects, fixing old consoles for myself and other people, creating vibrant lights synced to audio... Anything that uses electricity is a way to let the creative and logical me go wild.
Personal preferences
I quite like the colors blue, pink and green. I really like visual minimalism, but you already knew that if you read the above paragraph or noticed something about this very website's theme.
My favorite number is... Any number I feel like in any given moment... I guess? My favorite sauce is ketchup+mayo mix, sometimes BBQ. I love the freedoms of the MIT license, but given its double-edged sword nature I've learned to love the GPL and EU-PL more. I prefer dark color schemes over the light ones for work - they are just more visually appealing to me.
Extras
I have two 3D printers and I gave them names! They're called Eitria and Saerin - they're my best friends.
When I'm bored I like to drop off the face of the Internet and travel to a random bumfuck nowhere on the map just to see something.
I have my very own hallucination of Johnny Silverhand in my brain sponge and he's a cool dude. Though he's got some of that Belgian accent. No idea why.
Despite the fact this page exists, I don't talk about myself much. Trust me, you wouldn't want to know anyway.
Talkies? Projects?
Fancy a chat anyway? Feel free to hit me up over at Discord.
You can reach me via my usual handle: @vddcore - try your luck, maybe I'll respond. Or maybe not, if you insist on being a creep.
You can find my GitHub profile with projects I've made during my lifetime here.