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Hi, I'm

GabrielRodrigues

Minecraft server developer. Friends call me THG, or just Nunu.

I've been writing code for Minecraft servers since I was thirteen. A copy of 1.4.7 turned into the most expensive curiosity of my life, and I never really put it down. Today I build the kind of plugins and backends that keep a network on its feet when thousands of players hit it at once.

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About me

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It all started in 2013, on a stubborn afternoon, with Minecraft 1.4.7 open and a question I couldn't shake: how does this thing actually work? Courses didn't really exist back then, at least not for a thirteen-year-old kid in Brazil, so I taught myself the slow, beautiful way. Stack Overflow tabs piled up until sunrise. Servers crashed, and I learned to put them back together. Somewhere between a plugin that wouldn't compile and the first one that did, I fell in love. I never really got back up from that.

Along the way I founded GDD, the first Brazilian community of Minecraft developers. Born on Skype, alive on Discord, somehow still here ten years later. I ran the largest plugin marketplace in the country, and for a while it felt like every Brazilian server was running something I had written at 2 a.m. PokeBox, then MargeMC, then FantasyNetwork, one of the biggest Brazilian networks ever. Since 2021 I've been at LoverCraft in the US, building network cores, gameplay systems and the backends behind them in Java, Kotlin and TypeScript on top of MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker and AWS. The networks got bigger, the player counts got scarier, but inside I'm still that kid trying to figure out why his plugin won't load.

Quick facts

13+ years inside Minecraft development

Hundreds of plugins running on Brazilian networks

Java · Kotlin · Paper · Redis · MongoDB

Based in Brazil, working with US networks

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Where I've worked

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Minecraft Backend Engineer @ LoverCraft

2021 — Present · 5 yrs · United States · Remote

Responsibilities

Building network cores, gameplay systems and the backends behind them for one of the busiest LoverCraft servers running today.
Working across Java and Kotlin on PaperMC and Velocity, with Spring Boot, Node.js and TypeScript on the web side, and MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker and AWS underneath.
Owning reliability and performance for thousands of concurrent players, from the data layer up to the gameplay logic and Discord integrations.

Java

Kotlin

PaperMC

Velocity

Spring Boot

TypeScript

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

AWS

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What I build with

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The toolkit I reach for when shipping plugins, network cores and the systems behind them.

Java

Kotlin

TypeScript

PaperMC

Spigot

Velocity

BungeeCord

Adventure

NMS

PlaceholderAPI

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

AWS

Spring Boot

Node.js

React

Git

Linux

IntelliJ IDEA

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Java

My first language and still my main weapon. Where I learned to write code that has to stay up.

Kotlin

Modern JVM with the rough edges sanded off. Great for clean plugin code.

TypeScript

My default for everything outside the JVM. Types are documentation that compiles.

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PaperMC

My main server platform. Where most of the modern plugin work lives.

Spigot

The roots. Years of category-defining plugins shipped on top of it.

Velocity

Modern proxy of choice. Routing, limits and analytics across a network.

BungeeCord

Old reliable. Still useful when a network needs a battle-tested bridge.

Adventure

How modern plugins talk to players: rich text, components, sound and more.

NMS

Net.minecraft.server internals — when the API stops and the real work begins. Packet manipulation, custom entities and deep engine hooks.

PlaceholderAPI

The glue that lets every plugin in the stack speak the same language.

/ Storage & infra

MySQL

My default relational store. SQL is a superpower.

MongoDB

Flexible documents for player profiles and live game state.

Redis

The cache, the bus, the cross-server messenger. Always in the picture.

Docker

Reproducible environments from laptop to production.

AWS

EC2, S3, RDS and more. The workhorse cloud for the networks I run.

/ Web & tools

Spring Boot

REST and event-driven services for the web side of every network I touch.

Node.js

Web APIs, dashboards and Discord bots that sit next to the game servers.

React

For staff panels, store fronts and the player-facing web around the network.

Git

Small, atomic commits with stories worth reading.

Linux

Where my servers live. The terminal is home.

IntelliJ IDEA

My daily driver for anything that touches the JVM.

04.

Selected work

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A few systems and plugins I'm proud of. More on request.

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T_Maquinas

Commercial Spigot plugin for automatic machines on Minecraft servers. Players place blocks that passively generate items while fueled — with stacking, upgrade tiers, holographic displays and per-region rules. Sold through thgplugin.store.

Java

Spigot

MySQL

SQLite

NMS

Reflection

HolographicDisplays

Vault

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T_MobSpawners

Commercial Spigot plugin that replaces vanilla mob spawners with a fully custom progression and economy system. Players buy, stack and manage spawners that passively accumulate mobs, which they farm for drops credited to a virtual account.

Java

Spigot

MySQL

SQLite

HolographicDisplays

Vault

WorldGuard

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LFArcheryGame

Archery minigame plugin for the LoverFella network (Paper 1.20.4). Players enter static arenas and shoot at 3D-bounded targets, accumulating shots, hits and streaks shown live on the action bar.

Java

Paper

Redis

LoverFella Commons

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LFDungeons

Instanced dungeon system for the LoverFella network (SkyBlock, MegaSurvival, OneBlock). Groups of players pay an entry fee, fight MythicMobs creatures and a final boss, and receive randomized loot — each run in its own isolated world.

Java

Paper

MythicMobs

ModelEngine

Redis

SlimeWorldManager

LoverFella Commons

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LFSkindex

Visual cosmetics system for the LoverFella network. Players apply custom textures (ResourcePack + CustomModelData) to their gear and tools without touching stats — with a rotating shop, favorites, seasonal items and a most-skins-collected leaderboard.

Java

Paper

Citizens

NBT API

LFLeaderboards

LFCrates

LoverFella Commons

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LFSkyBlockCore

Central plugin for the LoverFella SkyBlock and OneBlock game modes. Manages instanced islands, territory claims, challenges, ranking, scoreboard, boosters, prestige and deep integration with the entire LoverFella plugin ecosystem.

Java

Paper

SlimeWorldManager

MythicMobs

ModelEngine

Redis

FAWE

LoverFella Commons

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LFGlobalEvents

Cross-server competitive minigame system for the LoverFella network. Orchestrates Frog, Spleef and TNT Run events across the entire player base with scheduled runs, countdown lobbies, real-time scoreboards and automatic LoverBux rewards.

Java

Paper

Redis

Lua

SlimeWorldManager

FastBoard

LoverFella Commons

These are a handful of highlights from a career spanning 1,000+ projects.

05. // contact

Let's talk?

Got a server idea, a plugin commission or a network that needs taming? My DMs and inbox are open. Discord is fastest, email works too, I usually reply within a day.

Say hello contact@gabrielnunu.dev

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