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Hello, I'm

Alex Wilkinson

A Software Developer based In East Midlands, England.

About Me

Aspiring Software Engineer with a strong foundation in computing with a keen interest in learning new technologies and a passion for continuous improvement.

Projects
github repo link

Watchful

Started Sept 2024

Watchful consists of a frontend made with React to find and track anime. As well as a backend API made in Python using Flask to handle and format data from the api and to interact with the PostgresSQL database. The main source of the data comes from Kitsu API, which is a free API that provides data on anime and manga. It's also completely containerised using Docker, so it can be easily deployed to any cloud service. Demo the project

github repo link

Orion

Started Jan 2024

Orion is a discord music bot built using the Java Discord Api. Orion was a project that me and a friend worked on as a way to further develop our programming knowledge during our degree, and to practise the skills we were learning. Orion utilises Maven to manage dependencies and Lavaplayer to play music. Secrets are managed via Dotenv to ensure that no sensitive data is made public. It's also self-hosted and the setup/updates are handled via Bash scripts.

pixelgames repo link

PixelGames

Started December 2023

PixelGames is a collection of small chat-based games that can be played in Minecraft. The project leverages Minecraft Forge Modding to create custom server-side messages to prompt the player to play the games. The games are written in Java and are designed to be simple and fun. The mod is also designed to be easily expandable, so more games can be added in the future. The repository also contains a custom made documentation website to help users get started and configure the mod.