vcokltfre

vcokltfre

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About me

Hey there, I'm a 22 year old software engineer, community manager, and climber from Wales!

I've been programming in some capacity since I got an original Raspberry Pi in 2012. I primarily use Go, Python, and Rust, developing everything from anti-abuse tooling like FishFish to device firmware for ESP32s.

Since 2020 I've also been moderating and managing communities - and often developing moderation tooling for them - and have now been responsible for managing several million members in total. In 2022 I also became a Discord partner with the Nextcord community - a Discord bot library I maintain.

Outside of the internet I'm a passionate climber, and I can generally be found at a climbing wall or crag when given the opportunity. In april of 2025 I gained my Climbing Wall Instructor qualification so I can professionally work as an indoor climbing instructor.

My skills

Golang

4 years

I've been using Go since 2021 and it has rapidly become the language I develop most of my software in due to how quickly I can write it, the wealth of libraries, and its ability to compile static binbaries.

Python

11 years

I've been programming in Python since early 2014, it's the language I have developed most of my software in (although Go is set to overtake it soon!), and a language I love developing with.

Community Management

5 years

I started getting into community management around the time the COVID-19 pandemic started, and have been moderating and managing communities ever since. Over time my focus has turned from active moderation to development, policy, and general management of communities.

Projects and Communities

FishFish

Admin and Development Lead 2021 - Present

FishFish is a community effort to reduce the attack capabilities of phishing attacks on Discord by early detection and reporting of phishing domains before they're used on the platform.

GTAO Discord

Admin and Development Lead 2020 - Present

The GTA Online Discord server is a community for the GTA series. My position there involves policy and management, as well as development of bots and services for the community.

Nextcord

Maintainer 2021 - Present

Nextcord is a python library and framework for building Discord bots. When discord.py announced it would no longer be continuing development Nextcord was forked to allow people to continue to develop bots in Python with the simplicity of discord.py.

Minecraft@Home

Founder & Admin 2020 - Present

Minecraft@Home is a technical Minecraft project, focusing on discovering interesting parts of the game, for example the naturally generating 23-block-tall cactus, or the world seeds for the famous pack.png and the title screen panoramas.