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Professional and personal ramblings that you may or may not find interesting. I’m a web developer and CTO living in the SF Bay area. I love Ruby and Javascript and toss in sprinkles of Elixir for good measure. Mmm Elixir sprinkles…
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Some Thoughts on Hiring
Some Thoughts on Hiring
How do you make your first few hires?
Brian McManus
Dec 21, 2016
5 Skills You Need To Develop To Be A Better CTO
5 Skills You Need To Develop To Be A Better CTO
Advice to my younger self if I could time travel.
Brian McManus
Jan 17, 2017
How to Keep Coding as an Engineering Leader
How to Keep Coding as an Engineering Leader
Conventional wisdom says that CTOs and most engineering leaders should stop coding. And that’s mostly good advice — I mean you have other…
Brian McManus
Feb 23, 2017
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Javascript Debugging Sucks But This Can Help — Blackboxing Scripts
Javascript Debugging Sucks But This Can Help — Blackboxing Scripts
As I’m sure many of you are aware, debugging Javascript can be challenging due to its async nature. I found a spot high enough in our buggy…
Brian McManus
Feb 15, 2017
Online Status with Phoenix Presence and Ember
Online Status with Phoenix Presence and Ember
How to use Phoenix Presence to manage a list of online users in an Ember application.
Brian McManus
Jan 2, 2017
Samsung Gear S3 Early Impressions
Samsung Gear S3 Early Impressions
I stopped wearing a watch a long time ago. Right around the time when I got my first cell phone and realized “Oh shit, this thing tells…
Brian McManus
Dec 28, 2016
Daydream View — Initial Reaction
Daydream View — Initial Reaction
I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I unwrapped my Daydream VR on Christmas morning.
Brian McManus
Dec 27, 2016
Transitioning from iOS to Android
Transitioning from iOS to Android
How an Apple loyalist made the switch
Brian McManus
Dec 23, 2016
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