Blog | Clint McMahon

Finca La Guadalupe from Minimum Wage Tim

October 20, 2025

A Honduran with huge beans that made an okay cup—solid but unremarkable, not blow-you-away territory.

#coffee #coffee-journal #minimum-wage-tin #honduras

Marketing Feels Like Hell for Developers

October 13, 2025

Marketing feels unnatural to developers because it’s built on ambiguity, not precision. Here’s how to approach it like an engineer and make it work for you.

#consulting

My /feeds Page: Building Community on the Indie Web

October 9, 2025

Why I created a /feeds page, what it is, and how it helps foster community in the indie web.

#indie web #community #blogging #rss

Mantos Juntas from S.K. Coffee

October 8, 2025

A Colombian natural process roast

#coffee #coffee-journal #s-k-coffee #colombia #minneapolis

Find Coffee Anywhere You Are In Minnesota

October 6, 2025

An overview of the web application that I built to display all the coffee shops in Minnesota. Complete with open hours, directions and Google AI summaries.

#coffee #minnesota #development

Is September Getting Hotter in Minneapolis? A Data Visualization Look

October 3, 2025

A Highcharts data visualization analysis of September temperatures in Minneapolis, comparing historical highs and monthly averages to see if the city’s falls are warming.

#consulting #climate #data-visualization #minneapolis

Nicaragua from Minimum Wage Tim

October 1, 2025

Solid, consistent South American beans—sometimes the best compliment is reliability without surprises.

#coffee #coffee-journal #minimum-wage-tin #nicaragua

Infusu from Crema

September 30, 2025

A Southern Italy dark roast that was too dark for pour over but made excellent lattes and cortados with full rich chocolatey notes.

#coffee #coffee-journal #crema #italy

The Principles of Being a Software Architect

September 29, 2025

A direct, professional breakdown of what it takes to be a trusted software architect in high-stakes environments.

#consulting

Code Review Your Own Code

September 25, 2025

LLMs speed us up, but they don’t replace the basics. Always open a PR and review your own code, even if the bulk of it came from an agent.

#[development]

Five Watt Coffee Cortado

September 23, 2025

A cortado that taught me more about barista interactions than espresso extraction—sometimes the people-watching is the real brew.

#coffee #coffee-journal #five-watt #minneapolis

Photos: August 2025

September 22, 2025

Photo round up from August 2025

#[photos]

MPLS Coffee is now MN Coffee

September 2, 2025

This month I'm releasing a big set of updates to MPLS Coffee. The biggest is a facelift and a name change from MPLS Coffee to MN Coffee.

#[coffee #development]

Early mistakes in Big Little Cities

August 14, 2025

We just finished our second month of Big Little Cities. As it was successful, we also had some mishaps. This blog post is about what we did wrong along the way.

#[tshirts]