Manuel Vallecillo from Verve ⭐
The first five-star coffee of my journal—smooth, chocolatey Honduran that made wonderful cortados and flat whites once dialed in.
Blog
This is a blog about software engineering, consulting, coffee and other things that I find interesting.
2025
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-manuel-vallecillo
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/what-makes-a-senior-developer
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/why-legacy-net-projects-fail
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/custom-marker-icon-react-native-mapbox
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/move-from-react-native-maps-to-mapbox
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/sk-coffee-guatemala-huehuetenango
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/starting-a-tshirt-company
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/five-years-oh-directory
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-bella-vista
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/creating-redirect-wordpress-plugin
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/lessons-learned-in-cid-permissions
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/primary-constructors-in-csharp
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/good-coding-vibes
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/find-best-coffee-minneapolis
You're Not A Senior Engineer Until You Break Production
A lot of people ask what makes you a senior engineer. My opinion is that you're not a senior engineer until you break production and then have to fix it while the company watches.
Why Legacy .Net Projects Fail
This blog post is about why I see so many legacy .Net projects fail or have become abondoned by their original developers or agencies.
How to display a custom icon in React Native Mapbox
It took me a while to figure out how to add a custom icon to a marker in React Native Mapbox library. This is how you do that.
Move from React Native Maps to Mapbox
As I added more and more coffee shops to MPLS Coffee I noticed a huge performance hit with React Native Maps. I updated the entire app to use Mapbox and it's so much faster.
S.K. Guatemala Huehuetenango
A Guatemalan coffee that made excellent pour overs but gave me trouble on espresso—some coffees just prefer one brew method.
Starting a T-Shirt Company...Again
It's been over seven years since I ran and operated a retail t-shirt shop. Today we are starting a new venture t-shirt company.
Five Years On ooh.directory
Today marks the fifth year that my website/blog has been on the ooh.directory
Bella Vista from Verve
A Latin American coffee with cherry, hazelnut, and dark chocolate notes—redeemed the new year after machine maintenance fixed extraction issues.
Creating a WordPress Redirect Login Plugin
I'm developming a WordPress plug in that will automatically redirect a user to a website when they log into the WordPress site or visit the home page after logging in.
I Learned a Lesson in CI/CD Permissions
I completely obliterated user privileges on a client folder while trying to implement CI/CD using Azure DevOps. My goal was to set up an Angular front-end build and deploy pipeline but instead I bricked the site.
Primary Constructors in C# 12
I’ve come across Primary Constructors, a powerful new feature that simplifies how we define and initialize classes. This feature enables us to declare constructor parameters directly within the class definition, streamlining code and reducing boilerplate
Good Coding Vibes
There’s something that just feels good when you start to write a nice chunk of code. The entire process sets me into a flow state.
Find the best coffee in Minneapolis
An overview of how my coffee shop finder, MPLS Coffee, is build. The app that helps you find the best coffee in Minneapolis, MN.
2024
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-esperanza
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-holiday-blend
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/walk-through-the-walker-art-center-minneapolis
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/how-to-choose-the-best-dotnet-developer-for-your-project
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/dont-put-new-bugs-on-blast
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/outdated-woo-commerce-subscriptions
Esperanza from Verve
A Costa Rican light roast that gave me weird espresso results on Christmas Eve—grind settings made no sense and frustrated the holiday morning.
Holiday Blend from Verve
Verve's seasonal Holiday Blend made really great eggnog lattes—perfect for seasonal drinks without being gimmicky.
A Fall Sunset Walk Through the Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis
Photos I took on a beautiful fall walk through the Walker Art Center's Sculpture Garden last October.
How to Choose the Best C#/.NET Freelance Developer
Learn how to choose the right C# .NET consultant for your project. This guide covers essential steps, from evaluating expertise to assessing communication skills, ensuring you find the perfect partner to deliver exceptional results.
Don't Put New Bugs On Blast
Bugs and problems in software are inevitable, but how we communicate them to the team determines the outcome and speed they are resolved.
Troubleshooting outdated WooCommerce Subscription plug in
How I migrated from a very old WooCommerce Subscription plug in back down to the previous versions and back up again.