term 1

Big Picture - Term 1 2026

overview

  • UTS
    • Classes
    • Societies
  • Design Eye
  • Other Projects
  • quick bits
Big Picture - Term 1 2026

UTS

I've started studying towards a Bachelor's Degree of Information Technology at UTS this term!

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UTS

I'm currently enrolled in three classes:

  • Web Systems
  • Network Fundamentals
  • Communication for IT Professionals
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I've joined quite a few UTS societies as well, such as

  • ProgSoc (Programming Society)
  • UTS:CSEC (Cybersecurity Society)
  • UTS CPS (Competitive Programming Society)
  • FabSoc (Fabrication Society)
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Design Eye

This term I've been working on the next phase for Design Eye.
This phase includes a camera view which shows you the information of the building you're pointing your camera at.

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Other Projects

I've been working on rewriting my entire website.... again.
For this rewrite I've decided to use a web framework called Svelte.
I've also decided to improve on my music widget on my current website.

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Other Projects

I've rewritten my music service from the ground up to use Websockets!
This allows for real-time updates, rather than fetching the music status once and never updating again.

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Other Projects

Another thing I've been poking around at has been a Minecraft "anti cheat mod"

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Other Projects

Most public Minecraft servers have anticheats, (mostly) preventing players from getting any unfair advantages by using cheats
The thing is, almost all of these anticheats are purely server-side, meaning that it only runs on the server, and can't directly interface with any connected players' clients

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Other Projects

This one mod I've been looking at though takes a bit of a.. different approach.
It's a mod that players also have to install on their end, meaning (theoretically) way better anticheat, as it's able to detect cheats before the player even joins.

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Other Projects

This approach has a very extreme weakness however, one that a lot of software even outside of Minecraft suffers from..

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NEVER TRUST THE USER!!!

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Other Projects

This anticheat mod relies way too heavily on the fact that it can detect cheat mods on the client, meaning that if you can spoof what mods the anticheat sees.. you can do just about anything.

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Other Projects

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Quick Bits

isn't this just the same thing as "other projects"?
who cares

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Quick Bits

food-bot!!

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Conclusion

cat kitty cat cat kitty cat cat

development servers needed:

websystems on :8000

svelte on :5173

lastfm-rust on :3000

design-eye on :8081

design-eye-admin on :8000 (stop websystems after showcase)

In Web Systems, we're learning how to make websites with basic HTML and CSS.. although i already know all of it

In Network Fundamentals, we're learning.. well.. the fundamentals of how the internet and networks work. We're learning what happens when you visit a web page or send any traffic over the internet, what packets get sent, how they're transported and how they're handled at the lowest level

In CITP, we're trying to come up with solutions for various issues in Lama Lama Country, in far north Queensland. What this has to do with IT.. i have no idea. It's a very group focused class, and pretty much all the assignments and work are done in groups.

web systems assignment to make a personal website

http://localhost:8000

theres usually at least 1-2 events every week, and most of the time theres free pizza

i've eaten more pizza in the past month than i ever have i think

some of the events ive gone to

- server charm workshop

- cps mini comp

- cps all things hashing workshop

- progsoc intro to homelabbing

- csec women in cybersecurity panel

- csec lockpicking workshop in collaboration with macquarie uni cybersecurity society

- csec intro to wifi hacking

- progsoc welcome drinks

also refer to journal notes

go to image for album

also showcase esp32 from server charm workshop

maybe showcase sending an email via netcat?

there's no screenshots because im lazy and id rather do a live demo

go to my current website and showcase current music listening

[lastfm-status (old)](https://github.com/circularsprojects/lastfm-status) [lastfm-rust (new)](https://github.com/circularsprojects/lastfm-rust)

showcase svelte development site and music updating

i should probably preface this..

everyone knows what minecraft is right?

you can install mods for minecraft, that change how the game works and adds new content

i realised this very early on, and so i took it as a challenge

we're bordering on 2200 servers

3357 /food commands ran in the past 30 days

601 /category commands

in the future i wanna go to even more uts events, get to know way more people