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nicweyand/README.md

Hiya! I'm Nic Weyand! ๐Ÿ‘‹

TLDR:

I'm an enthusiastic developer on a journey of continuous learning and growth. My passion lies in creating practical, useful solutions that can make a difference in everyday life and industry. Guided by progressive, leftist values, I'm committed to leveraging technology for people, not capital.

Or, as a bullet point list (for my fellow ADHD peeps!):

Table of Contents

  1. Technical Skills

  2. Projects

  3. Contributions

  4. Social Media & Contact

  5. Collaboration

  6. Personal Details

  7. Fursonas

Technical Skills:

๐Ÿ’ป Tech Stack

Note: I'm in the early stages of my journey, continuously improving and expanding my knowledge!

C++ โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ 25%| Most excited to learn C++! Always loved its power and speed, finally learning to master it, and its my favorite!

Flutter โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ 25%| Just starting, picking it up quickly!

Python โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ 15%| Fun and easy, love it! But very green to it.

Rust โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ 5%| I'm, like, newborn new to Rust. But OMG. Loooooove ittttttttt aaaaaaaaa!!!!

๐Ÿงฐ Tools & Platforms

โœจPlease note: I have dabbled with all of them, but I am still very much a beginner! I do not want to present a false image of my skills: I am very green to all of this. But I yearn to learn, and I promise I have been studying and gaining experience in all the followingโœจ โ—I'm not a liar, I just have ADHD aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!โ—

Version Control & Collaboration

Git GitHub GitLab Bitbucket

Programming Languages

C C++ C# Python

IDEs & Code Editors

CLion Rider Visual Assist Visual Studio Visual Studio Code

Web Development

HTML5 CSS3 TypeScript Bootstrap Tailwind CSS

Frameworks

React Node.js React Native Flutter

Databases

Elasticsearch MongoDB MySQL PostgreSQL Redis SQLite

โ˜๏ธCloud Stuffโ˜๏ธ

AWS Azure GCP Docker Docker Compose Jenkins Kubernetes Nginx Terraform

CI/CD

GitLab CI GitHub Actions

Monitoring & Logging

Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack

Build Tools & Package Managers

CMake Gradle npm Yarn pip

API Development & Testing

GraphQL Postman Swagger OpenAPI

Project Management & Documentation

Jira Trello Confluence

3D Modeling & Game Development

AutoCAD Blender Maya Unreal Engine

Hardware & IoT

Arduino Raspberry Pi

PCB Design

Eagle

Content Management Systems

Ghost WordPress

Data Science & Machine Learning

Jupyter PyTorch

Testing

Selenium PyTest

Scripting

PowerShell Bash

๐ŸŒฑ Learning Journey

Currently Learning

C++ Rust Flutter Java

Fundamentals

Algorithms Data Structures

Future Interests

Web Development Mobile Development Machine Learning

Learning Resources

EdX Codecademy Coursera LinkedIn Learning The Great Courses Plus

๐Ÿš€ Current Focus

  • Exploring the depths of C++20!
  • Venturing into the world of Flutter and Python (but mostly trying to master C++ first!)
  • I'm building my lil projects, hoping they help people out!

๐ŸŒฑ Learning & Interests

  • Expanding my programming language repertoire
  • Game design concepts
  • Industrial design and engineering solutions
  • Tooling and practical inventions that are helpful for everyday people!
  • Making a better world!

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Projects

I'm actively working on developing ๐Ÿฅฟpractical applications๐Ÿง  that align with my values of sustainability, accessibility, and social equity. Here's a glimpse of what I'm working on:

  • ๐ŸŽฌ Video Editor: Making a new video editor that is beginner friendly, and expands NLE tools for advanced, professional editors.

  • ๐ŸŽฎ UE5.4 RPG Game Project: Open world, middle ages RPG with a few systems like stealth, factions, rivalries, etc. I got a prototype up and running but the systems need tweaking and better integration with each other before I show it off.

  • ๐Ÿ’ญ Personal UE5.4 Game Project: Just been thinking how I could translate my experiences in therapy clearing blocks and dissociative barriers into a game that could possibly teach others how to do the same thing. Tldr: just learn to describe the feeling (color, shape, texture, scent, temperature, anything!) and focus on it till it reduces in size down to nothing. Having fun making the levels that were in my head my whole life taunting me and making them into boss level mechanics lmao!

  • ๐ŸŽจ Art Plugin: Basically gonna take drawings and ink the pencil stuff to skip the "Inking" step, would be very helpful to a lot of my artist friends. Working with my friends to make it as helpful as possible. Currently planned as a plugin for existing programs like SAI and Photoshop, but that requires different APIs so its time intensive.

  • โŒจ๏ธ Sarcastic Typing GUI: Easy switch tHaT tUrNs yOuR tExT iNtO tHiS. tHaTs iT. Turns out security is very important, cuz typing is like that. So I am making sure its secure and safe to install, and as lightweight as possible.

  • ๐Ÿš€ Various Practical and Fun Applications: Some are more practical things, some are hardware solutions, some are dumb things! All will raise $100 Trillion Dollars because Wall Street is dumb.

๐Ÿ“… Contributions

Nic's GitHub Contributions

I'm new! I am fairly active on here, but a lot of my contributions never seem to add to my chart. Just know I am here and active despite this lying chart!!!!

๐ŸŒ Social Media Links & Ways To Contact Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Email Discord: Nic_W FurAffinity YouTube SoundCloud Twitch Snapchat Work Facebook Personal Facebook Linktree

๐Ÿค Collaboration

I'm currently focused on solo projects, but I'm open to collaborating with like-minded individuals who share a passion for learning and constructive development. I'm particularly interested in projects that focus on environmental sustainability, accessibility, or empowering underrepresented communities. If you have an interesting project idea and a positive attitude, feel free to reach out!

Personal Stuff!

๐ŸŒŸ Personal Interests (Outside of programmin')

  • ๐Ÿ’ช LOVE working out. My current 1rm deadlift is 515 lbs, regular 5x10 450 lbs conventional bar.
  • ๐Ÿพ Been a furry most of my life, more details below so I can link a silly photo in my Readme lmao
  • ๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ HUGE extrovert, actually had to delete several chat apps because I was spending so much time chatting on them it was taking up a ton of time.
  • ๐ŸŽต Making music! Working in Ableton 12, using:
    • ๐ŸŽน Kontakt 7 KOMPLETE 14 STANDARD pack
    • ๐ŸŽป 8dio's Majestica Standard
    • ๐ŸŽ›๏ธ Xfer Records Serum
    • ๐ŸŽš๏ธ ...and more I can't remember rn lmao
  • ๐Ÿ“š Reading! You can see more of my collection at our LibraryThing! My father and I have a collection of 15k items from books to video games, tarot decks with little white books to art portfolios.

๐ŸŒŸ Philosophy

I believe in leveraging technology to create a more equitable and just society. My work is guided by progressive values, focusing on:

  • ๐ŸŒŽ Environmental sustainability (All projects factor in KwH costs and similar variables to be carbon negative overall)
  • Inclusive and :accessibility: accessible technology (We will all be disabled one day if we are lucky enough to live that long. In the meantime, we should build a world that is inclusive to all and easier to access, no matter who you are.)
  • Empowering marginalized and underrepresented communities through tech (It's making the internet better overall, so we all have a greater future together, which means ๐Ÿ”จ permanent fixes ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ to the problems โ—that exist now.โ—)
  • Challenging systemic inequalities in the tech industry and beyond, mostly by being better than existing firms and killing then replacing them with my firms focused on these progressive values, public benefit and long term sustainability. We've tried the short-term profit way, and its created our stupid current world. Lets try it my way instead, now.๐Ÿ˜

I'm committed to using my skills to contribute to projects and initiatives that align with these values and push for positive social change.

In terms of my projects, my golden rule is, well, ๐Ÿฅ‡the golden rule๐Ÿฅ‡. But besides "Do unto others", its "Don't talk about what you're working on until its finished": I tend to blab, get praise for my ideas, and then... I'm good! Don't need to finish what I started, cuz I got what I wanted! Praise! Better to just keep things under wraps and plug away until its ready, hence my vagueness on projects. I wanna share, I do. But its better to have something worth showing off first than just say "Hey, look at this barely started thing! Love meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" and then it goes nowhere.

๐Ÿบ My Fursonas

Each of these characters represents a facet of myself or just something from my imagination and life experiences. Some are alters within my DID system (Nic, Charlie, Peter Issac), while others represent ideas or stories I wanted to explore and flesh out more. I might make projects with some of them in the future.

Given how many fellow furs are into programming, I am very happy to share this facet of my life on my silly lil GitHub UwU! Click the photos to see the original reference sheets on FurAffinity to learn more about each guy UwU!

Fursona Description
Nic dabbing in front of an explosion Nic: Bodybuilding Werewolf and goofball personality. Loves adventure and helping others!
Eli the American Bald Eagle Eli: American Bald Eagle grappling with modern patriotism. Seeks to redefine what it means to be a "True American" in today's world.
Peter Issac in his workshop Peter Issac: Jack-of-all-trades craftsman. Equally skilled in welding and cake decorating. Dreams of a world where creation isn't constrained by money.
Kai, doing martial arts practice solo. Kai: Solitary firewatch ranger. Martial arts enthusiast and avid reader. Finds peace in isolation but struggles with loneliness.
Charlie, ever the cryptography enthusiast. Charlie: Cryptography enthusiast and knitting aficionado. Bridges the gap between tech and traditional crafts. Advocates for ethical tech practices.
Bill the professional bovine breeder Bill: Middle-aged bull facing an existential crisis. Former breeding professional seeking new purpose. Exploring sustainable farming and mentorship.

These characters represent different facets of my creativity and interests, each with their own unique personality and backstory.

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