Michael Cuneo · Newcastle, Australia

Senior Full Stack Developer
+ Creative Technologist

I build production software, AI systems and interactive technology for problems that do not fit neatly inside one discipline.

TypeScript · SvelteKit · React · Python · AWS · AI/ML · Unreal Engine

Applied Chaos in Practice / v3.1

This is where systems are broken to understand them.
This is where the mess becomes the method.

Applied Chaos in Practice.

Current acts of structured disruption

Available for work · Immediate start

Creative Technologist & Software Engineer

I design, develop and deploy digital products, cloud infrastructure and interactive systems — from concept to production.

Open to permanent roles, contracts and technical collaborations, including remote opportunities across Australia.

Let's talk →
// featured projects

Selected Forms

Latest Forms arrow_forward
Project
Featured image for Regain

Regain

COMPLETED
sticky▸ justify// animation border rem▸ auto

Designing a simpler path through stroke rehabilitation

Last updated: 18 Sept 2026

Project
Featured image for Koala Call

Koala Call

STALLED
→ col▸ scale* gap› clamp* flex* em

Citizen Science project to count Koala's using drones carrying LiDAR and FLiR

Last updated: 18 Sept 2026

Project
Featured image for Penrith Pennies

Penrith Pennies

COMPLETED
contrast▸ margin* track shadow* area* align

Interactive public installations designed to support safety, connection and community engagement in Penrith City Park.

Last updated: 18 Sept 2026

Blog
Featured image for The University of Newcastle apparently still needs the skills it made redundant

The University of Newcastle apparently still needs the skills it made redundant

by Michael Cuneo

▸ blur* fixed▸ clamp

After being made redundant from the University of Newcastle, I was surprised to see the University advertising for a senior developer role covering many of the same responsibilities I had already been performing. This article looks at that contradiction alongside the University’s multimillion-dollar investment in external technology providers and asks a simple question: why remove internal capability only to rebuild it later?

Published: 8 Oct 2026

Project
Featured image for Resora

Resora

IN PROGRESS
- inline absolute fixed fr→ radius justify

Resora is a booking and resource management system designed for universities, TAFEs, and similar education providers.

Last updated: 28 Sept 2026

Decorative SVG
Project
Featured image for Applied Chaos: Building a Real-Time AI Trading System

Applied Chaos: Building a Real-Time AI Trading System

IN PROGRESS
▸ gap› block scale repeat▸ transition▸ margin

A real-time financial trading application exploring how machine learning can operate inside noisy, constantly changing systems. Built around a canonical one-second market data stream, the platform combines live visualization, technical analysis, neural forecasting and an adaptive ensemble that learns from the accuracy of its own predictions. Rather than chasing certainty, the project treats financial markets as a feedback system: observe, predict, act, measure and adapt.

Last updated: 3 Sept 2026

Blog
Featured image for Nine Years of Damage, Four Years of Repair

Nine Years of Damage, Four Years of Repair

by Michael Cuneo

shadow→ overflow* backdrop

Australia did not suddenly become difficult to live in. Many of the problems Australians are struggling with today were years in the making.

Published: 30 Aug 2026

Blog
Featured image for Creative Technologists Are Not Designers Who Learned a Little Code

Creative Technologists Are Not Designers Who Learned a Little Code

by Michael Cuneo

→ flex row* perspective

Creative Technologists sit at the intersection of design and engineering, but the role is more than simply combining the two. It requires deep technical capability, strong design literacy, and the ability to move between both depending on the problem. This article looks at why frameworks should remain tools rather than identities, why architecture itself shapes user experience, and what the role of a Creative Technologist actually means in practice.

Published: 25 Aug 2026

Blog
Featured image for Cubus

Cubus

by Michael Cuneo

→ backdrop→ clamp* hover

The Beginning of a Voxel Engine

Published: 16 July 2026

Project
Featured image for Sharpless

Sharpless

COMPLETED
blur// rem perspective→ gap→ vw grid

Image Optimisation Without the Native Sharp Dependency

Last updated: 16 July 2026

Project
Featured image for Markdown Editor

Markdown Editor

COMPLETED
* inset▸ absolute→ perspective- fixed→ calc› auto

A Svelte Markdown Editor for Real Writing Interfaces

Last updated: 16 July 2026

Project
Featured image for Sodeisha Sculptural Ceramics: Digitalization and VR Interaction

Sodeisha Sculptural Ceramics: Digitalization and VR Interaction

COMPLETED
▸ border→ fr→ absolute- radius// calc› gap

The project explored how virtual reality and digital heritage technologies could provide new ways for people to experience culturally significant artworks that are normally difficult to access or handle.

Last updated: 16 July 2026

Project
Featured image for Building Censurativa

Building Censurativa

COMPLETED
- clamp- track▸ rem margin▸ scale// transition

A Browser-Based Typographic Intervention

Last updated: 16 July 2026

Project
Featured image for AIMirror.dev

AIMirror.dev

COMPLETED
→ active margin* overflow- auto// transition› hsl

AIMirror is an AI-assisted UI/UX analysis toolkit that helps teams turn web interfaces into clear, actionable product insights.

Last updated: 16 July 2026

Project
Featured image for Chain Enhance

Chain Enhance

COMPLETED
▸ animation hsl block› relative margin// contrast

Chaining SvelteKit Form Actions Without Losing Control

Last updated: 16 July 2026

Blog
Featured image for GateHouse

GateHouse

by Michael Cuneo

- outline auto- hsl

Infrastructure Without the Control-Plane Bloat

Published: 16 July 2026

Decorative SVG
Blog
Featured image for npm.michaelcuneo.com.au

npm.michaelcuneo.com.au

by Michael Cuneo

* flex- z-index fixed

A Public Home for My Reusable Web Development Modules

Published: 7 July 2026

Blog
Featured image for Reconstructing an Ancient Landscape in Unreal Engine

Reconstructing an Ancient Landscape in Unreal Engine

by Michael Cuneo

// track border col

I recently revisited a project where I helped Kathirine “Katy” Sentas with the technical development of her PhD research, Valid Archaeological Reconstruction of the Ancient World: A Case Study of the Middle Bronze Age Temples at Pella in Jordan.

Published: 12 July 2026

Blog
Featured image for AIMirror tooling

AIMirror tooling

by Michael Cuneo

› rem vw* hover

I built a tool to find UX friction in web apps, then it found problems in my own product

Published: 7 July 2026

Blog
Featured image for Why E.164 Phone Number Formatting Matters

Why E.164 Phone Number Formatting Matters

by Michael Cuneo

* active* calc→ overflow

I didn't ever think that I would have to write an article like this, but here we are.

Published: 14 July 2026