My journey into programming began as I sought to transition from IT Support to a Cloud Engineer. Although I had dabbled in programming during my college years and found it enjoyable, I didn't realize then that I should have pursued that passion further. Over the years, as I progressed in my IT career, I grew disenchanted with the purely support-oriented aspects of the role. I craved something more—something that allowed me to build and create. I believed Cloud Engineering might be the perfect fit. However, during my training, I found the process repetitive and uninspiring, akin to following tedious technical tutorials. It wasn't until I delved into the scripting modules that everything changed. As I learned more about programming and its inner workings, my appreciation for the software I had always used deepened. This newfound understanding ignited a love for creating programs from my own imagination, transforming my career path.

The first major project I tackled on my own was something I had always dreamed of doing as a teenager but never dared: writing my own game automation algorithm. I began this journey by testing a proof of concept on a Runescape private server, minimizing the risk of getting banned. There, I learned not only the basics of writing a bot but also the fundamentals of project design. The initial result was crude and janky, but the errors I created along the way taught me how to organize a project, laying the groundwork for what would eventually become Colorborg. After that, I moved on to a more familiar challenge that many have attempted—building the classic Snake game from scratch without following a tutorial. This project helped me deepen my understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles while I absorbed various tips and tricks from YouTube on writing clean, intelligible code. With a firm (though not complete) understanding of Python under my belt, I felt ready to tackle a fully-fledged, commercially viable app: Colorborg.

Starting Colorborg was not without its challenges. I initially set some lofty design goals, such as implementing complex math, Bezier curves, a user-friendly UI, a website, a backend for the website, logging for debugging, implementing ban evasion principles, and more. While some of these features made it into the first viable build, others required me to understand the limitations of the program, such as the need for it to run in the background without taking full control of the mouse. This realization helped me refine my approach and focus on achievable milestones. Although I don't consider the program fully complete until I add more in-game skills to automate, it is ready for the public and will continue to receive numerous updates.