A summer server
ITN Revival is a Minecraft server I started in July of 2021, to play Minecraft over the summer with a couple of friends. There was no larger plan behind it, just a server, a few people, and the holiday.
Minecraft server, JVM mods
ITN Revival
A Minecraft server that started as a summer plan with friends, and grew into years of custom JVM work for a small community.
What it grew into
Since those humble beginnings, ITN Revival has grown to about 15 active players, with a lot of custom features vanilla Minecraft does not provide.
Kotlin mods and Java mixins
ITN Revival has sharpened my experience working with the JVM, specifically Kotlin for mod development and Java for mixins. Additionally, major game updates that change underlying mechanics and code force me to think about how the code I write should be structured, so any breaking change can be fixed cleanly.
Lessons learned
The longest-running project on this site taught me more about ownership than a lot of coursework. If it breaks on a Thursday night, you are the one who notices. Hosting for friends is still engineering: custom behaviour, operations, and a product I love to use myself.