Who I Am

I am Vivian Cox, also known by the alias f1urps (pronounced “flurps”).

I am a multi-media creator with a passion for many forms of creation and expression, especially music, visual art, poetry, graphic design, and game design.

I was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where I am currently based. I am a neurodivergent, bisexual trans woman.

I believe in honoring the inherent worth of every person, celebrating the complex beauty of our world, and living life to the fullest.

My Story

Since childhood, I’ve been a tinkerer with an overactive imagination who is more interested in computers, art, and philosophy than interacting with other humans. I never had a lot of friends, but the vivid worlds I built in my mind were always entertainment enough. It wasn’t until adulthood that I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD.

I came out as transgender in 2015 at the age of 16, unofficially changing my name from Sebastian to Vivian. When I turned 18, I started hormone treatment.

My gender transition has brought me such profound joy that I’ve never looked back. My family has always been fully supportive, for which I feel incredibly fortunate and grateful.

I’ve always loved music. My father introduced me to punk rock at a young age. In middle school band class, I played in the percussion section and learned music theory fundamentals. A substitute teacher showed us Animusic one time and it permanently rewired my brain, igniting my imagination for musical structure and composition. Soon after, I discovered EDM, and became fascinated with the limitless possibilities of electronic sound.

I started creating my own music around 2012 using Music Studio, an iPhone app by Steinberg, and subsequently released dozens of my own tracks under the pseudonym Mach9. At this point, brostep was emerging as a trendy genre in the EDM scene, so that’s what I attempted to make. It didn’t turn out well. I do not recommend listening to it.

In the years since, I’ve improved my skills, acquired better tools, and started releasing music as f1urps. This stuff is much better. I recommend listening to it.

I love computer programming, especially when I can apply it to creative purposes like game design, graphic design, and digital art. As I kid, I used to spend hours tinkering with Scratch to make small games, animations, and simulations. (In fact, my old Scratch account is still up!) Later, I taught myself “real” programming and did some experimenting with Unity and other game engines, though I never made anything worth publishing.

From 2016 to 2020, I attended the University of Texas at Austin, where I earned a Bachelor’s degree in computer science. It was during this time that I also became an avid Linux user.

Straight out of college, I launched my programming career at Juniper Networks, where I worked as a junior software engineer for two years. In 2022, I was hired at Google, where I worked for another few years, until I got tired of it and quit in 2025 to pursue other passions instead. For a while, I tried making a living as a full-time freelance artist, but when that failed to pay my bills, I returned to software engineering at JPMorgan Chase.

Fortunately, my current job is much easier than my previous software engineering jobs, so it leaves me with enough time and energy to continue dedicating myself to my art and other hobbies.

I spend my free time exploring the outdoors with my cat, playing MtG with my family, and letting my overactive imagination run wild in my home studio.