Philisizwe Kuzwayo

In my teens, my mother left me in charge of taking care of the house computer, seeing how I did well with fixing the other technological appliances like the DVD player. I was also exposed to PC gaming a during high school, meaning that I learned to monitor and take care of the machine I would play games on as well. As time went on, I got curious about how games were made. All those things exposed me to a lot about computers, which then led to my interest in software and the web. And here we are.

That it's an artistic medium, if you choose to see that way. In short, you can craft and shape anything into whatever you hold in your mind's eye, the same way a sculptor would. More so, that when you create these things, be it apps or websites, you can create for the users, as well for others that create just like you do. It's expansive, yet it has a strong sense of community. There's a subtly wonderful understanding that we're all creators. I enjoy that a lot. It's absolutely beautiful. I also enjoy observing the philosophical, societal and psychological effects, benefits and upbringings of it all. Being a literary theory and philosophy major in university, especially a university that takes place online, I find it difficult to not ponder on the effects on the workings of institutions such as social media and owning a website and/or app as a business, for instance. It tends to open up perspective for me, and gives me something to think about daily. Software development is a side of the narrative I haven't heard yet, at least not fully. So I intend to place myself in its shoes, and hopefully I can learn more about it.

I'm very interested in the UI space. I enjoy painting, so the idea of making sketches of the projects, and the idea of protyping and the various ways you can do it seem wonderful to me! I love styling the websites I build, that I often cut out an great amount of time to do so. I find researching for colour palettes and fonts, putting the things together on a css stylesheet, and all the other fun and artsy stuff very entertaining. I'm very much visual in that way, so I wish to one day learn about it and become proficient in that regard.

If I'm not finishing off my undergrad degree or working on my front-end development skills, I'm reading, doing yoga, painting, baking, watching anime, spending time with my doggo Jazz, and spending time with all my loved ones.

My favourite colour is green, I love green, I want a green everything. My favourite anime? There's ten. In this order: Darling in the Franxx, Attack on Titan, Hunter x Hunter, Banana Fish, Assassination Classroom, Sk8 to Infinity, the Promised Neverland (although this might change, because season 2 was looking iffy), Kakegurui, No Game No Life, and Death Parade. My favourite fruit are (yeah there's multiple for a lot of these) dragonfruit, mango and blood orange. My favourite flowers are tulips, sunflowers, wisteria and irises. My favourite cars are the 2021 Ford Mustang GT500 and the 2020 BMW M4 Competition. My favourite number is 9. My favourite angel numbers are 222 and 888.

*walks away*