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Jack
Mechem
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I build real-time audio software and developer tools in Rust and TypeScript. CS student at CSUN, looking for internships. I also play drums.
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Gigs
jazz · funk · soul · r&baround Los Angeles
Upcoming
2 dates on the booksMon 9November 2026
Toledo Show
Petit Ermitage, Los Angeles, CA
9 PM
Next up
Sat 14November 2026
Erotic Ostrich w/ Toledo
TBD, Los Angeles, CA
8 PM
Archive
recordings from past shows1 clip
Toledo Show
- 02More coming soonClips from recent shows are on the way.
About
background · skillsfull history on the CV page
About me
I'm a computer science student at Cal State Northridge (graduating May 2028). I build audio software and developer tools, mostly in Rust and TypeScript: a DAW written from scratch, a library for a guitar pedal whose protocol I reverse engineered, and a practice platform for musicians.
I've been writing software since middle school, from Linux desktop tooling and Nix configs to paid client websites. When I'm not at a keyboard I'm usually behind a drum kit, playing jazz, funk and R&B gigs around LA.
Skills
- Languages
- Rust, TypeScript, C, C++, Java, Python, SQL, Lua, Nix
- Audio
- Real-time engines, VST3 hosting, MIDI/SysEx, JACK, PipeWire, ALSA, DSP filter fitting, NAM
- Desktop
- Tauri 2, iced, Wayland layer-shell, GTK4/gtkmm
- Web
- React, Next.js, Convex, Axum, Javalin, Stripe
- Infra
- NixOS, Nix flakes, systemd, Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS