About

I am Olivier Nicodemi. I am a programmer during the day and a role-playing enthusiast by night. I also do enjoy reading a good book; be that some fiction or something more serious such as the writings of Campbell or Jung.

I hold a PhD in Computer Science, and, while the latter implies a very narrow focus, I like to consider myself a generalist within that field; always eager to learn more. I am particularly keen on adding new programming languages to my repertoire — seeing as I am only proficient in about a dozen or so at this point.

I like to express my creativity in all things: be that finding an elegant solution when programming or weaving together a tabletop role-playing campaign. Both activities have their unique constraints which enable the expression of creative since, without constraints, solutions tend to be simple, straightforward, and boring. This paradigm — of course — holds true for most challenges in life. Granted, for some things simple and boring is perfectly fine.

Currently, I am working full-time as a senior full stack developer and, during my free time, I am working on my own tabletop role-playing rule-set and setting.

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On Family Names

“Nicodemi” is the my wife's last name. Which, I have been using it as my surname since our marriage. On legal, official or older documents one will, evidently, still find my legal surname which is “Thill”.