Meet Alex, a tech-savvy computer science student at the University of Waterloo who prides themselves on being the go-to person for all things gaming and programming. With a penchant for pushing hardware to its limits, Alex often seeks out the most powerful machines on campus to run resource-intensive simulations and play the latest games. Dubbed "the lab rat" by friends for their knack of finding the hottest, most powerful computer labs, Alex thrives in warm environments where the hum of cooling fans serves as the soundtrack to their coding marathons.