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Zachary Starnes

CS student at Clemson

I make apps and run the servers behind them.

Yuzic on GitHub
500+ stars
Answer pairs in Reddibase
174K
Lua tutorials on YouTube
1M+ views

Selected work & experience

  1. 2024 — present

    Open-source project

    Yuzic

    Open-source music player for Navidrome, Jellyfin, and Emby servers. On the App Store and Google Play. I maintain it and review contributions.

    500+ stars · 7 contributors

    • React Native
    • Expo
    • TypeScript
    • Kotlin
    • Swift
  2. 2026

    Independent project

    Reddibase

    Finds the answer buried in a solved forum thread and makes it searchable from a vague description — the kind where you only half-remember the thing you're looking for.

    174K pairs · 2 models on Hugging Face

    • Python
    • PyTorch
    • FAISS
    • FastAPI
  3. 2024

    Independent project

    Melodari

    Keeps playlists mirrored between Spotify and YouTube Music. Matching songs across two catalogs turned out to be the hard part.

    • Next.js
    • Supabase
    • Spotify API
    • YouTube Music API
  4. 2023 — present

    Freelance

    Client work

    Websites, SEO, and site improvements for local businesses and community organizations.

    Sea Pines Pottery

    SEO, site optimization, and visual polish for a pottery painting studio on Hilton Head Island.

    SEO · Site optimization · UI polish

    HHIPE

    Site for a parking enforcement company on Hilton Head Island. Built and handed off to the client in 2024.

    Next.js · TailwindCSS · TypeScript

    Lowcountry Chorale

    Site for a community choir in Lady's Island.

    WordPress

  5. 2022 — 2023

    Game developer

    Atlas

    Worked on an open-world Roblox game in Lua with another student and a Google engineer.

    • Lua
    • Roblox
  6. 2019 — 2022

    Content creator

    Programming tutorials

    Lua and Roblox programming tutorials on YouTube.

    3,000+ subscribers · 1M+ views

    • Lua
    • Roblox

About

I'm Zack, a computer science student at Clemson from Hilton Head Island, SC. I build mobile and web apps. I started programming at twelve, making Roblox games and later teaching Lua on YouTube.

B.S. Computer Science · Clemson University

Aug 2024 — Present

Contact

I'm looking for software engineering internships. If you think I'd be a good fit for your team, the fastest way to reach me is email.

zackhhi@gmail.com