Michael Tedeschi

Education

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 2026

Experience

Research Software Developer

University of Rhode Island Nutrition Department - Sustainable Eating Assessment Tool

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

Projects

QED Browser

Swift, SwiftUI, AppKit, WebKit, Combine, Swift Package Manager

• Developed a native macOS browser using SwiftUI, AppKit, and WebKit.
• Integrated WKWebView rendering with SwiftUI state patterns and Combine.
• Packaged the SwiftPM executable into a distributable macOS app bundle.

Wildfire

Swift, AppKit, CoreGraphics, Carbon, URLSession, OpenAI API

• Built a macOS menu bar AI assistant with global hotkey activation, screen capture, and floating AppKit response panels.
• Implemented PNG screen-snipping with ApplicationServices/CoreGraphics and OpenAI Responses API analysis.
• Persisted configuration, API credentials, and response history through local dotfiles and JSON storage.

Vim BTW

Swift, AppKit, Discord IPC, Unix sockets, UserDefaults

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

EZ Resume

Flutter, Dart, Firebase, Node.js, Cloud Functions, LaTeX

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

Skills

Swift, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C, C++, SQL, Dart, Zsh/Bash, OCaml

SwiftUI, AppKit, WebKit, Combine, Flutter, Firebase, Node.js, SQLite, Commander.js, Vitest