About Me and Contact Info
Hi! I'm Maddy, also known as Me4502.
https://madelinemiller.dev/
I'm a Senior Software Engineer at the Clipchamp team at Microsoft, and develop the Minecraft mods WorldEdit, WorldGuard, and CraftBook in my spare time. I also enjoy contributing to numerous Open Source Software projects, and enjoy deep diving into various technologies and optimising performance. If you're looking for a more in-depth view of my contributions to the Minecraft community, it's available here! For more info about me, I did a large Q&A for the 10 year anniversary of writing articles, which you can read here!
I enjoy writing to share my various experiences and knowledge with others. A lot of my writing is Minecraft-focused, as I've spent a significant portion of my life at this point in the Minecraft community, with a general focus on best practices around running a Minecraft server or writing plugins for one. Many of my posts have evolved from questions I've repeatedly seen or answered, allowing both myself and others to easily link and reference when these questions inevitably come up again in the future. If you've got any ideas for posts that you'd like to see, let me know via the contact methods below!
I also enjoy writing about performance optimisation, JavaScript tooling, and inclusivity in tech-adjacent spaces. In general, I'm someone who always needs to have a deep understanding of how the things I use actually work, and I love using that knowledge to make things work better, and to share it with others. If you're wanting to translate any of my articles to post somewhere else, that's all good. All I'd ask is that you link back to the original post, both as attribution, but also to ensure that readers can find the latest version if changes occur after the translation.
All of my articles are written by me. I do not utilise any AI generation tools to write my articles, nor do I accept guest posts or sponsored articles. Nothing I write has a financial incentive behind it, it is all based on my own personal experiences, knowledge, and opinions. While I love getting requests for articles, the actual content of any article I write on request will be my own opinions on the topic.
I can be contacted numerous ways online, here are a few:
If you would like to support the work that I do, I have a Patreon and accept contributions via PayPal, thanks! ❤️
Note: If you need help with WorldEdit, WorldGuard, or CraftBook, please join the EngineHub Discord rather than contacting me.
Articles I'm most proud of
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In category General with tags Personal, Retrospective
9977 words | 38 minutes to read
To mark ten years of writing, I answered an overwhelming number of questions from readers I never expected to have.
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In category Technology with tags Explainer, UX, Web
1874 words | 7 minutes to read
Most discussions don’t touch on the places where CGNAT is an inescapable reality. For many users IPv4 scarcity still feels like a theoretical issue, and they design the internet accordingly.
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In category Games with tags Community, Retrospective
1299 words | 5 minutes to read
Modding is a labour of love for a game or project, however it comes with some risks that I don’t feel modding communities are very good at resolving or mitigating.
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In category Games with tags Accessibility
1445 words | 5 minutes to read
Motion sickness is an issue that affects up to one third of people. Is there a way we can strive to make gaming more accessible to people who suffer from the more severe forms of motion sickness?
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In category Technology with tags Community, Retrospective, UX
1635 words | 6 minutes to read
I recently lost my Facebook account for two months, and was significantly cut off from certain aspects of society during that time. This is the dark side of account bans.
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In category Minecraft with tags Minecraft Servers, Retrospective
9585 words | 36 minutes to read
As of today, Minecraft has had multiplayer for a decade. We have created a comprehensive history of the multiplayer community.