Hi, I'm Oliver.

Coffee enthusiast with a love for all things tech. Tech enthusiast with a love for all things coffee. Failing my Bachelor's in Computer Science at USW.

Dear friend

I don't know if you're reading any of this. Maybe you are, I don't know.

Honestly I don't write with the intention that you, nor anyone else for that matter, read it. I write with the intention of putting my thoughts out in the open in a place I can call my own. It's why I have comments disabled on my personal posts and not my code posts – on my code posts I want people to interact, and give feedback, and correct me. But posts like this? This is me. This is my journey. The only one correcting me will be myself, and anyone who wants to talk about any of this can message me privately.

The butterfly effect

Dear friend

This morning I've been thinking about how things in life have a chain reaction that ripple out for the rest of your days. It's interesting to ponder how one small thing is the cause of so much. For me, I can identify such a pivotal moment in my life. This is the story of how Habbo Hotel caused me to learn computer science.

MonoBehaviours DO support constructors

Quite often, I come across people who are under the impression that a class which inherits MonoBehaviour cannot or should not define a constructor. If you are one of those people then buckle up. I'm going to dispel this myth once and for all.

Something for me

Dear friend

For the longest time, I was never able to find something to do for myself; for my own sake. My intentions are, and always have been, around what I can do for others.

You're exposing state badly

Every now and then - okay… pretty much every day - I encounter someone who has decided to publicly expose state with fields, and it hurts my core.

Let's talk about that.