Chris Manson
Senior Software Engineer at Authmaker
Leinster, Ireland
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Top SchoolChris Manson is a Senior Software Engineer with 19 years of experience specializing in JavaScript and full-stack web development, currently working at simplabs and Mainmatter. He is an active Ember core contributor and member of the Ember Learning team, with notable open-source projects including the Ember-based JAMstack site Empress and the login-as-a-service platform Authmaker. Chris has a strong track record improving front-end UX—contributing UI components to ember-paper—and shaping tooling and documentation via work on ember-cli and the official Ember Guides. He combines hands-on engineering with entrepreneurial experience as a founder and former CTO, having led product and technical strategy at multiple startups. Based in Leinster, Ireland and trained at Trinity College Dublin, he brings a blend of UI craftsmanship, build-tool expertise, and community-focused technical writing that helps teams ship maintainable Ember-driven applications.
18 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. (Mod), Computer Science, B.A. (Mod), Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin
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Github Skills (32)
javascript10
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handlebars10
ember-addon10
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ember-cli10
material-design10
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ember10
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nodejs10
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
ember-learn/guides-source
Dec 2017 - Nov 2022
This repository contains the Ember.js Guides
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 release, 48 reviews, 220 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the Ember.js Guides repository by adding, updating, and modifying content related to different Ember.js versions (v2.14.0, v2.16.0, v2.17.0, v2.18.0 and v3.0.0). They updated layout files, headers, footers, and 404 error pages. They also fixed link checkers, adding image and other checks, and updated the test suite.
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adopted-ember-addons/ember-paper
Feb 2015 - Jul 2022
The Ember approach to Material Design.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 76 commits, 96 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the implementation and refinement of user interface components within the Ember-Paper library. Their work involved moving and fixing navigation elements, implementing and styling lists, and addressing deprecation warnings. Furthermore, the user added functionality for chips and contact chips components, demonstrating a focus on UI enhancements. These changes improved the overall user experience and expanded the library's capabilities.
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