Hello!
I'm a computer scientist and designer currently working as a Senior Design Engineer at Moon Creative Lab in Palo Alto, California.
Work
Software, physical products, and a few things in between.
A published iOS app that turns a Matter-compatible smart home into the ideal environment for your dog.
An open-source MCP server that helps AI coding assistants catch styling drift as a React Native app evolves.
A web service used by courts, scholars, and journals to create permanent records of cited web sources.
A four-lens digital camera built around an Arduino — capturing parallax-rich animated GIFs of ordinary scenes.
A grab bag of smaller pieces — generative visuals, an ambient timer, and hand-drawn illustrations.
About
I currently write software as a Senior Design Engineer at Moon Creative Lab in Palo Alto, California. I arrived at Moon from Public Good Studio — a studio I founded. Prior to PGS, I spent several formative years in the Harvard Library Innovation Lab.
I received a BS in CS in 2002 from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and in 2005 I received a MS in CS from Virginia Tech for my research in the Digital Libraries Research Lab and my coursework in HCI.
Bicycles, computers, and the Santa Cruz Mountains consume most of my thoughts.
Contact
I live in Palo Alto, California and actively use GitHub and Instagram.
Email me, matt@mattphillips.us to chat about new projects, opportunities, and collaborations.