Software Engineer • Chef • Musician
STEVE MACKEY
Building things that don't exist yet.
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Building things that don't exist yet.
Featured Work
AI-Powered Music Production Platform
A full desktop app for AI-assisted music production. Song generation, audio analysis, mixing and mastering, vocal production, voice conversion, image generation, video creation — all in one interface, all running locally on my RTX 5070 Ti. This is the project I built because the tools I wanted didn't exist.
Oblivion Remastered Modpack — Linux, Steam Deck & Windows
The only fully working modpack for Oblivion Remastered. 79 hand-tested mods, custom installer, and a Steam Deck profile that makes the game actually playable at a stable 30 FPS. Every other modpack for this game is either dead or broken. I wrote custom patches, fixed mod conflicts the authors didn't know about, and built an installer from scratch that handles the entire setup.
Real-Time System Monitor
A cross-platform desktop system monitor I built and open-sourced. CPU and GPU temps, usage, VRAM, clock speeds, power draw — everything at a glance. Built it because I got tired of opening five different apps to check if my GPU was throttling. Runs natively on Windows and Linux. There's a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically builds all three installers on every release.
More Work
Local LLMs, MCP Servers & AI-Augmented Development
I've been going deep on AI infrastructure — not just using ChatGPT, but building the systems around it. Running local LLMs on my own hardware, setting up MCP servers for tool orchestration, integrating AI into my actual development workflow, and building full applications with AI as a co-pilot. I'm a software engineer first — I've been writing code for 20 years — but AI is the biggest shift in how we build things since the internet, and I'm making sure I'm not left behind.
Custom Hardware Optimization
Manual voltage curves, stress testing, fan profiles. No presets, no auto-OC. Same hardware tuned on both Windows and Linux.
CachyOS / Arch — Bare Metal
Custom-tuned Arch workstation. Kernel scheduler, sleep states, pacman hooks, driver configs. It breaks sometimes. I fix it.
Design, Development & Digital Strategy
Every site in this portfolio was designed and hand-coded by me — no templates, no page builders. From this portfolio to the CrockedNLoaded brand site, OmniSuite product page, HeatSync product page, game guides hub, and the CHIM modpack page. I also manage social media strategy and content creation for brand growth.
Cooking Channel & Brand
A cooking channel I co-host with my friend CrockPotDaddy. I'm a professional chef, he's a home cook — we cook whatever sounds fun and talk trash while we do it. I designed and built the entire brand site from scratch.
MACK3Y — Singer, Producer & COO of Project 2 Studios
I write, produce, and release music professionally under the name MACK3Y, distributed through DistroKid to all major platforms. I'm also the COO of Project 2 Studios, a media company focused on artist development.
About
I taught myself to code at 15 building MySpace layouts from scratch — not picking themes, writing the actual HTML and CSS. Twenty years later the tools changed but I didn't. If I can see it, I can build it.
I build full-stack apps from the ground up. Backend APIs, desktop frontends, ML pipelines, real-time streaming, audio and video processing. I'm also going deep on AI systems — local LLMs, MCP servers, and using AI as a development force multiplier, not a crutch. Everything on this site was designed, coded, and shipped by me.
When I'm not coding I'm in the kitchen or the studio. I'm a professional chef and I make music as MACK3Y. I also co-host CrockedNLoaded — a cooking channel with my boy CrockPotDaddy where we cook whatever sounds fun and see what happens.