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Kyle Dudley

Junior EE Student

Texas A&M University

Hi, I'm Kyle.

I transform real-world data into intelligent systems.

Notice

Focused on academics & career. Commissions closed indefinitely.

Kyle Dudley

Junior EE Student

Texas A&M University

Vulcan

Vulcan Anticheat is a multi-version anti-cheat system for Minecraft servers, written in Java and supporting versions 1.8 through 1.21. With over 10,000 downloads and peak usage of 36,000 players checked per day, it stands as one of the most respected anti-cheats in the Minecraft plugin ecosystem. I contributed to Vulcan 2.0, a complete rewrite of the original plugin, delivering a new codebase and core detections based on a significantly improved version of my prior project, Medusa. I maintained this new foundation for four months, supporting its evolution into a trusted tool for both casual and competitive servers.

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PROBLEM

The original Vulcan 1.0 suffered from instability and frequent false positives, problems that eroded trust and limited its scalability. As servers pushed for higher player counts and broader version support, Vulcan needed a clean slate. Vulcan 2.0 was created to fix these issues from the ground up, delivering a reliable, fast, and low-overhead anti-cheat system capable of adapting across Minecraft versions without compromising on detection quality or server performance.

RESULTS

Architected the foundation for Vulcan 2.0, replacing the unstable 1.0 version with a cleaner, more maintainable architecture

Helped ensure seamless support from 1.8 to 1.21, enabling widespread server adoption across 13 versions.

Contributed to a system that now checks up to 36,000+ players daily and is consistently rated #1 on the platform.

ROLE

Contract Software Engineer

PROBLEM

The original Vulcan 1.0 suffered from instability and frequent false positives, problems that eroded trust and limited its scalability. As servers pushed for higher player counts and broader version support, Vulcan needed a clean slate. Vulcan 2.0 was created to fix these issues from the ground up, delivering a reliable, fast, and low-overhead anti-cheat system capable of adapting across Minecraft versions without compromising on detection quality or server performance.

RESULTS

Architected the foundation for Vulcan 2.0, replacing the unstable 1.0 version with a cleaner, more maintainable architecture

Helped ensure seamless support from 1.8 to 1.21, enabling widespread server adoption across 13 versions.

Contributed to a system that now checks up to 36,000+ players daily and is consistently rated #1 on the platform.

A second chance

Vulcan 1.0 had promise, but struggled to deliver in practice. High false positives and inconsistent performance made it hard to recommend. Vulcan 2.0 was that second chance, an opportunity to rebuild everything right. By contributing a clean architecture, robust detection logic, and attention to performance, I helped turn a struggling product into a high-performance tool ready for scale.

A clean reboot

Rather than patch over the old flaws, Vulcan 2.0 started fresh, with new systems, new priorities, and a new commitment to performance. The transition from a buggy legacy version to a stable, multi-version solution was a full rewrite, not a refactor. My code formed the early backbone of that transformation, giving future contributors a reliable base to build on.

A future of stability

Even after my contributions ended, Vulcan 2.0 kept growing. Its lightweight footprint, thanks in part to design principles inherited from Medusa, meant it could scale effortlessly to thousands of players per day without dragging down server performance. The fact that it’s now one of the most downloaded and top-rated anticheats on SpigotMC speaks to the long-term value of building things right the first time.