Hi there, I’m Matt. I work as a software engineer in the healthcare field in Auckland, New Zealand.
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I like to challenge myself to learn new things, particularly around my profession, and one such thing I had been considering for a while was .NET Orleans. For me, it represents quite a significant shift in how I think about architecture - and that made me a little nervous! Nevertheless, it was time I had given it a go, to see how it might fit in my toolbox.
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For the last little while, I’ve been looking for ways to expand upon my creativity and learn new skills. That started with learning 3D modeling in Blender, which I feel leads well into game development. Making bad games with no clue on the theory and design but with high confidence feels a little tired and cliché for software engineers - which will probably be me, but I just have this need to do something creative and fun.
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So I feel like I had a bit of a false start in terms of my learning 3D modeling. I started with modeling a humanoid figure - while the tutorial I was following was intended for absolute beginners who had never touched 3D modeling before, the subject was maybe a touch too complex to start with, and the teacher moved along too quickly. I ended up with something reminiscent of a lego character with weird hands.
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A small project to calculate if you can write a message using alphabet fridge magnets. Intended as a test project for implementing Blazor components into existing projects.
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