• 🎓 Going into my second year of Computer Science at Durham University
• ⚒️ Building Minecraft server plugins with the Paper API (Java 21 / Maven)
• 🌐 Owner of Crafted Survival SMP — a live server with 10,000+ lifetime players on a Velocity proxy + Paper backend architecture
• 📱 Building cross-platform iOS / Android apps with Flutter
• 🤖 Deeply interested in AI — self-hosting personal assistants and building agentic workflows around my projects
• 🖥️ Running a self-hosted homelab (dedicated server + Mac Mini) for hosting, dev, and automation
• 🚜 Farming Simulator modder — custom maps, Lua scripts, and Giants Editor 10 workflows
• 🏋️ Gym enjoyer
• 📍 Based in West Yorkshire, UK

Languages     │  Java · Dart · C# · Python · HTML · CSS
Minecraft     │  Paper API · Velocity · Maven
Mobile        │  Flutter · iOS · Android
Modding       │  Farming Simulator · Lua · Giants Editor 8/9/10 · XML
AI / Agents   │  LLM agentic workflows · self-hosted assistants
Hosting       │  Linux · Docker · Tailscale · Caddy · Nextcloud · Pi-hole
Tools         │  Git · VS Code · Claude Code

Owner and developer of a live Minecraft SMP with 10,000+ lifetime players Velocity proxy + Paper backend on a Ryzen 9 7950X / 128GB DDR5 dedicated machine Handling plugin development, server management, infrastructure, and monetisation

Custom plugins built with the Paper API (Java 21 · Maven) under the SamsSide org Focus on gameplay mechanics, server utilities, admin tooling, and quality-of-life features

Building iOS / Android apps with Flutter Structured, spec-first workflow — detailed planning → staged build stages → iterative implementation and testing

Headless Mac M1 Mini server running Nextcloud, Tailscale, Caddy, Pi-hole and OrbStack Remote-dev setup, automation, and self-hosted AI assistants for personal workflows

Custom map creation and Lua scripting using Giants Editor 10 FS mod scripts, terrain and map design

• 🤖 AI & Agents — self-hosting personal AI assistants and building agentic dev/automation workflows on my homelab
• 📱 Mobile Apps — shipping Flutter iOS/Android apps via a repeatable, spec-driven build pipeline
• ⚒️ Paper Plugin Dev — deepening Java skills through real, production plugin projects
• 🖥️ Infrastructure — scaling Crafted Survival (Bedrock crossplay via Geyser/Floodgate, multi-server proxy setup) and building out my self-hosted stack
• 🎓 Durham CS Year 2 — carrying forward foundations in algorithms, systems, and mathematics