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Oliver
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Engineer by trade, tinkerer by habit. Whatever I build for fun ends up here.

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Hello World to IPO

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Your code fires by itself. Space or ↑ to jump (hold for higher): hop over bugs, jump to shoot fliers, grab coffee to heal. Every 5 levels an AI model boss shows up. Touch: tap to jump