Gerba Wogo Sodu from Heart
First bag from Heart, and two brews spent learning this bean wants a much coarser grind
Blog
This is a blog about software engineering, consulting, coffee and other things that I find interesting.
2026
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/heart-gerba-wogo-sodu
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-granitos-de-ortiz
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/tandem-west-end-blues-2026-01-29
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/ad-blocker-redirect-kstp
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-street-level
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/dogwood-bear-hug
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/northern-coffeeworks-ladys-slipper
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/coffee-journal-intro
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/merging-nyc-coffee-mn-coffee-phase-1-database
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/github-actions-deploy-to-iis
Granitos De Ortiz from Verve
A light roast that tasted dark no matter what I did to it
West End Blues from Tandem Roasters
A second bag of West End Blues, and preheating the portafilter changed every number I had
My local news site redirects you to a third party website for ad blockers
A local news broadcaster redirects users with ad blockers to a third-party error page with oddly personal messaging.
Street Level from Verve
Chased a too-dark pour from 22 all the way out to 26 and still could not fully shake it
Bear Hug from Dogwood
A short entry on a chocolatey Dogwood espresso, two weeks off roast
Lady's Slipper from Northern Coffeeworks
The best roaster still open on a Sunday afternoon, and a barista who actually helped
Coffee Journal: A Lookback at My Year of Brewing Chemex & Espressos 2024-2025
Introducing my 2024-2025 coffee journal of 26 bags of coffee brewed at home with a Chemex and Barista Pro espresso machine, documented in a Field Notes notebook.
Merging NYC Coffee + MN Coffee Phase 1: Database
The first phase of combining NYC Coffee and MN Coffee into a unified platform, starting with database consolidation and schema design.
How to Configure CI/CD to Deploy a .Net App to Windows IIS using GitHub Actions
Learn how to set up GitHub Actions with a self-hosted runner to automatically deploy your .NET website to a Windows IIS server when code is pushed to main.
2025
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-juan-benitez
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/sey-bishan-wate
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/verve-gogojo
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/new-york-city-coffee-map
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/dogwood-snow-emergency
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/printify-uploader
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/silver-bird-super-nova
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/email-address-contains-five-or-more-consonants
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/t-shaped-developer-breadth-and-depth
https://clintmcmahon.com/blog/facebook-ads-traffic-crash
Juan Benitez from Verve
A New Year's Eve bag brewed on AI instructions that told me to go way coarser than I would have
Bishan Wate from Sey
Asked an AI how to brew Ethiopian beans and finally got one I liked
Gogojo from Verve
An Ethiopian washed heirloom that finally came out smooth after a week of dialing in—used ChatGPT for help and cracked the Ethiopian code.
NYC Coffee - A New York City Coffee Map
After launching MN Coffee I decided to create the New York City version of the app to display all the coffee shops around New York City.
Snow Emergency from Dogwood
Used to be better at the Askov Finlayson café—couldn't capture that magic brewing at home, still a little bitter.
Why I created a bulk product uploader for Printify
Manually creating Printify products was taking too long to do manually. I created a Python application to programatically create products and upload them to Printify.
Super Nova from Silver Bird
A hyped Minneapolis roaster that didn't live up to what I thought it was going to be. Dark roast, bitter notes, and an underwhelming shop experience.
That email address contains five or more consonants in a row.
I'm starting a newsletter for this blog and heard good things about Buttondown. But then I got this error and couldn't sign up.
Be A T-Shaped Developer
Modern development jobs increasingly require knowledge across multiple domains. Here's why becoming a T-shaped developer with deep expertise in one area, broad knowledge across others is crucial.
My Facebook ads stopped working and crashed in September
My Facebook ad traffic dropped from 15K to nearly zero sessions in September. Here's what happened, what I learned, and how I'm building more resilient traffic sources.