AI-ASSISTED DEVELOPER C · C++ · C#

I make
software feel
at home.

I use AI to help design and build software. My background in C, C++ and C# helps me shape the architecture, follow what’s happening under the hood, and decide what good looks like.

Meet Macade Explore my GitHub
AI in the loop.
Engineering judgment at the wheel.
FIG. 01MACADE / LIVE LOBBY OPEN SOURCE
Macade's native Mac lobby with live arcade rooms, player chat and a match in progress
CLASSIC COMPETITION.
A NATIVE MAC WINDOW.
BUILD WITH INTENTION✳MAC NATIVE, BY NATURE✳PLAY THE LONG GAME✳BUILD WITH INTENTION✳MAC NATIVE, BY NATURE✳PLAY THE LONG GAME✳

01 / THE MAIN EVENT

A love letter to the arcade
and to the Mac.

THE FLAGSHIP PROJECT

Macade.

Fightcade, rebuilt
for the Mac.

Macade brings the arcade community to a native macOS app: live rooms, chat, challenges and spectating in one place, with gameplay right inside the window.

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01

Feels like Mac

Built with SwiftUI, designed as a first-class desktop app.

02

The room is the game

Browse lobbies, challenge players, chat and spectate together.

03

Play, right here

Embedded FBNeo gameplay and a runtime shaped for Apple silicon.

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Macade showing a game room, player roster, incoming challenge and in-app chat
02 / IN THE ROOMPlayers, chat, challenges.
Macade's embedded arcade match spectating view
03 / FRONT ROWWatch the match unfold.

Macade is an independent Fightcade-compatible client; it is not affiliated with Fightcade. Requires macOS 15 or newer. Project details & license ↗

02 / HOW I BUILD

A useful pairing:
new tools, solid foundations.

AI makes me faster.
Experience keeps me sharp.

AI is part of my day-to-day process, and I’m open about that. I use it to explore ideas and help design and write projects. My C, C++ and C# background helps me direct the implementation, evaluate the code AI produces, and trace how system pieces work together.

01 / MOMENTUM

More room to explore

AI helps me move through drafts and alternatives quickly, so I can spend more time shaping the product and refining the experience.

02 / ENGINEERING

Grounded in fundamentals

My C, C++ and C# experience informs how I think about control flow, state, interfaces and the way system parts fit together.

03 / JUDGMENT

Tools help; I steer

I set direction, make architecture and product choices, follow the implementation, and work through bugs or mismatches as the project takes shape.

MY PROCESS AI-assisted by choice. Engineering judgment, product decisions, and the direction of the work are mine.

03 / ELSEWHERE IN THE WORKSHOP

Small experiments.
Long-running curiosities.

More things
in the works.

Open-source projects, experiments and the next idea taking shape.

GITHUB / PUBLIC PROJECTS LIVE DATA

Checking the workshop…

Browse every repository

04 / A LITTLE ABOUT ME

The person behind
the pixels.

Hey, I’m Jared.

I’m a software developer from Louisiana with a programming background in C, C++ and C#. It informs how I reason about software and the connections between its moving parts.

Today I use AI to help design and write projects like Macade. My background helps me guide the tools, understand the implementation, and keep the product decisions grounded.

Say hello on GitHub
BASED INLouisiana, US
FOCUSNative macOS
BUILDINGMacade