Michael Tedeschi

(401) 965-9475 | mike.tedeschi@icloud.com | linkedin/mikeytedeschi | github/m-tedeschi

Education

University of Rhode Island
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
January 2021 - May 2026
Kingston, RI

Experience

Research Software Developer

URI Nutrition Department - Sustainable Eating Assessment Tool
January 2026 - May 2026
Kingston, RI

• Collaborated with URI Nutrition Department researchers and two CS teammates to develop SEAT, a dining sustainability assessment platform for recipe search, meal building, and environmental impact comparison
• Implemented Node.js and SQLite backend functionality for recipe data, sustainability scoring, signed cookie sessions, and Google-authenticated admin workflows
• Built static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript interfaces supporting public recipe exploration, nutrition and environmental visualizations, favorites, FAQ content, and administrative CSV import/export
• Containerized the Node 20 application with Docker for reproducible deployment with a persistent SQLite volume

Projects

QED Browser

April 2026 - Present
Swift, SwiftUI, AppKit, WebKit, Combine, Swift Package Manager

• Developed a native macOS browser using SwiftUI, AppKit, and WebKit to provide a focused, platform-consistent browsing experience
• Integrated WKWebView rendering with SwiftUI state patterns and Combine to synchronize browser state across native views
• Packaged the SwiftPM executable into a distributable macOS app bundle using a custom shell script

Wildfire

July 2026 - Present
Swift, AppKit, CoreGraphics, Carbon, URLSession, OpenAI API

• Built a macOS menu bar AI assistant with global hotkey activation, region-based screen capture, and floating AppKit response panels
• Implemented PNG screen-snipping workflow using ApplicationServices/CoreGraphics and sent captured images to OpenAI’s Responses API for analysis
• Persisted configuration, API credentials, and response history through local dotfiles and JSON storage

Vim BTW

February 2025 - Present
Swift, AppKit, Discord IPC, Unix Sockets, UserDefaults

• Engineered a native macOS menu bar app that detects terminal-based Vim usage and publishes editor activity through Discord Rich Presence
• Implemented direct Discord IPC over local Unix domain sockets and process detection using Swift Process with macOS command-line tools
• Replaced a C implementation using a deprecated RPC library with a SwiftPM-based AppKit agent app and custom app-bundle packaging

Open Source Contributor - LeetCode CLI

July 2026
TypeScript, Node.js, Commander.js, Vitest

• Implemented a CLI reset command with LeetCode API integration, filesystem-safe workspace validation, automatic snapshot backups, and language-aware template regeneration
• Added Vitest unit coverage for success paths, slug support, missing files, unsupported languages, backup failures, path safety, and not-found errors

EZ Resume

October 2024 - December 2024
Flutter, Dart, Firebase, Node.js, Cloud Functions, LaTeX

• Developed a cross-platform resume generation app targeting Android, iOS, and web using Flutter, Material UI, go_router, and provider
• Integrated Firebase Auth, Cloud Firestore, Analytics, Performance, Hosting, and Cloud Functions for cloud-backed resume workflows
• Built document generation infrastructure using Node.js 18, CloudConvert, node-latex, and in-app PDF viewing

Skills

Languages: Swift, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C, C++, SQL, Dart, Zsh/Bash, OCaml
Frameworks & Libraries: SwiftUI, AppKit, WebKit, Combine, Flutter, Firebase, Node.js, SQLite, Commander.js, Vitest
Developer Tools: Git, GitHub, Swift Package Manager, Docker, tmux, Vim, Unix/macOS, REST APIs, Google Identity Services