Phil Vishnevsky

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About

I write code, break things, and occasionally ship something useful. By day, I'm a full-time SWE. By night it’s a homelab at 99.99% uptime and card games with the studio I co-founded, all from a desk in Hartford, CT.

  • open to interesting projects
  • co-founder, Underscore Games
  • BS, Computer Science, 4.0 GPA · UNC Charlotte
  • coding since 2019

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Principles

the short version
  1. Build smarter.
  2. Walk with purpose.
  3. Never stop learning.
  4. Be kind.
principles.mdx the long version · 8m

Now

building · learning · reading

building

  • Performant FLAC library organizer in progress
  • Tools for card games planning
  • This portfolio (always) deployed

learning

  • Embedded systems & RTOS exploring
  • Game design patterns exploring
  • Rust exploring

reading

  • Designing Data-Intensive Applications reference
  • Game Programming Patterns reference

Experience

since 2019
  1. 2026–Present RTX work Software Engineer Software for internal and external customers.
  2. 2020–Present Underscore Games co-founder Co-founder & developer Made Cubicle: The Improv Office Party in a Box. Took second in a startup pitch challenge for $11,000 in grants, and ran design, development and marketing, bringing cost-per-lead down 78%. underscore.games Cubicle, on the desk
  3. 2025–2026 Shortlist work Software Engineer · remote SEO for client websites.
  4. 2025 CEM Corporation internship Software Engineer Intern A Rust TCP server that automates device testing across Windows, Linux and ARM, used by 30+ engineers. JSON test sequences that run 10× faster, and C++ Modbus control for stepper motors that cut manual calibration time by 95%.
  5. 2022–2025 UNC Charlotte study BS, Computer Science, 4.0 GPA
  6. 2020–2022 Izar Wellness Institute work Technical Support Specialist · contract Hardware and software support for the clinic, and its equipment and security.
  7. 2019 Enventys Partners internship Computer Engineer Intern Object detection in Python and OpenCV at 99.98% accuracy, and PCB assembly and reflow for contracts over $400,000.
  8. 2019 First lines of code milestone Self-taught coding journey begins
resume.pdf the full version

Setup

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Outside the terminal

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  • Homelabbing Homelabbing. building servers at home
  • Game Dev Game Dev. did not work at blizzard
  • Networking Networking. connecting computers
  • Reading Reading. sci-fi, tech, and self-improvement
  • Hiking Hiking. touching grass
  • Tea Brewing Tea Brewing. trying every tea in the world
  • Weightlifting Weightlifting. building strength and discipline
  • Travel Travel. exploring the world
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