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Tristan Landry

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Biography

Since a young age, I've been passionate with tech, especially computers. I started young at the age of 12 programing Minecraft mods using Java for modded servers. I instantly developed an addiction at programing new ambitious things. Back then, I made a server named Voltaria. It had one of the most ambitious interface remakes for that time. I created a custom packet handler to manage requests between client and our custom made plugins/server. I used Azure to host databases and VPS servers using Linux to host my servers.

After my Minecraft era, I decided to start programing JavaFX software. To name a few: PassApp, a secured password manager. Yemplo, a system to organize employee time-shifts using my own made little AI to manage all possibilities and provide the best experience to the employers and workers.

I then decided to embark on a journey of web development around the age of 15. I started developing simple HTML & JavaScript websites, that escalated in a matter of a month to use ReactJS. The first framework I used. I then noticed I needed a backend to handle requests on the server so I choose to start with Express. After a few months of working with this stack, I decided to try out NextJS. Apparently it would speed up my workflow and it used ReactJS. I then started using Tailwind and prisma to ease my workflow as a independent developer. This is when, the first version of Evovee website came to life. I created a secure authentication and an admin dashboard to manage available products on my website. During that time, I also remade my Yemplo app, but now within NextJS instead of Java.

Now time for my Discord Bot era. I decided to create Discord bots for me and my friends, from music bots, moderation tools and mini-games bots. It was great, but I didn't know what to do with this particular knowledge other than creating ambitious bots for myself. So I did YouTube videos and accumulated thousands of views quickly and amazing feedback. So I decided to create a library for Java Discord API called EasyCommands. This API would help people manage commands and permissions to their users. I used my own library to work efficiently with servers with over hundreds of thousands members to provide nice and efficient bots.

After Discord Bots, I decided to learn about game programing. Knowing it was going to be important for me to unlock more knowledge about optimization, algorithms and problem solving. So I decided to create multiple game concepts using Unreal Engine 4 at the time. Once Unreal Engine 5 got released, I was excited to test it out. This is when I started creating my most ambitious game called BLUKATY. But after a while, I noticed my computer wasn't powerful enough for me to keep on working with Unreal Engine and creating the genre of games I wanted. I experienced many BSOD (not enough ram) thus inducing corruptions in my files from time to time. My CPU/RAM/GPU aren't strong enough to support the Unreal Editor coupled with Rider, such a heavy workload those are...

Finally, here I am, working with NextJS creating multiple websites for myself and my business, Evovee Interactives. I implemented all the knowledge and skills acquired from game programing and managing huge demand on infrastructure to start Kollb Academy. One of the first online academy powered by AI. This project of mine is still work-in-progress but it's coming along pretty quickly.

This is it, I could tell you more orally... But this is mostly what my journey looked like.