Hi! I'm Edward Hesketh
A little about me
I'm a hardware and software designer, and all-round maker.
I work primarily with C, Go, and Nix+NixOS for my personal projects, with experience in C++, C#, Typescript/Javascript, HTML, and a little Lua.
Personal projects
Experience and Qualifications
- Finalist in the BAFTA Young Game Designers competition of both 2021 and 2023.
- Highly Commended in the Institute For Research in Schools' DNA Origami Project for my open source contributions to UC Davis's DNA structure design tool. This was also featured in an article by the University of Leeds.
- Achieved a Grade 9 in GCSE Computer Science at age 14 - 2 years early.
A little more about me
I play jazz piano, and performed in the funk band at my school for 2 years. I also did technical work for my school's music and drama theatre for a year, helping to run sound, lighting, and projections for live stage performances.
Events I took part in
In-person events
Other events
- Hack Club Arcade, where I made the Slab Keyboardv2.
- Hack Club High Seas, for which I updated my v2 keyboard design to make the Slab Keyboardv3 system, and created various other smaller projects.
- Hack Club Hackpad, for which I created a new macropad/numpad module for the Slab Keyboardv3 system.
- Hack Club Riceathon, where I learnt how to (tastefully?) style my Gnome desktop using NixOS.
- Hack Club Say Cheese, for which I created a very very tiny game of noughts-and-crosses in x64 assembly.
- Hack Club Infill, where I designed (and - hopefully soon - made) a spinning 3D-printer, using (mostly) the parts from a broken Sovol SV01 3D-printer.
Contact
I'm available at 777b7a60757760547170637566707c3a707162, and will always try to reply within 1-2 days.