David Mackey
Owner at Eccentric Quality Solutions
Grovetown, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Mackey is a polyglot senior consultant and systems-savvy software engineer with 11+ years of experience building full-stack applications, infrastructure, and IT systems across higher education, startups, non-profits, legal tech, and medical research. Comfortable from Commodore 64 BASIC to modern JS/TS, Python, PHP and .NET stacks, he pairs hands-on coding with deep ops experience—servers, networking, access control, CCTV, and cloud deployments. He’s contributed to well-regarded open-source projects such as the Real Python guide and improved PEP compliance and testing in GWSL, and is actively pursuing an open, human-augmented search engine vision. A pragmatic troubleshooter and self-starter, he thrives in remote-first teams and enjoys roles that balance learning, mentorship, and practical delivery.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors in Biblical Studies Biblical Studies Pastoral Ministry, Bachelors in Biblical Studies Biblical Studies Pastoral Ministry at Cairn University
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Github Skills (21)
pytest10
python10
guideline10
user-guide10
documentation10
storybook9
restructuredtext9
textbook9
rs9
wsl29
docbook9
windows7
quickbasic6
qbasic6
vbnet6
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
Opticos/GWSL-Source
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
The actual code for GWSL. And some prebuilt releases.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 6 PRs, 1 comment in 9 days
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on code cleanup and bringing various files into PEP compliance. This included fixing comments, blank lines, and improving overall code style, notably in `manager.py` and other files. Additionally, the user added pytest for dev packages and made minor tweaks. The user also worked on the GWSL dashboard and shortcut functionality.
wslbashonwindowsmicrosoft-storeprebuiltwindows-10
realpython/python-guide
Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
Python best practices guidebook, written for humans.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the repository by making edits to the documentation. These changes included updating links, reformatting text to conform to character width restrictions, and adding links to external resources for clarification. The user also made minor grammar changes and updated the documentation structure. The edits focused on improving the clarity, accuracy, and organization of the guide.
guidebookpythonkennethreitzrequirements-managementfor-humans
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