Daniel Kehoe
Founder at mac.install.guide
Da Nang, Vietnam
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Top SchoolDaniel Kehoe is a seasoned software leader and founder with 15 years of experience building Rails-based products, developer tools, and engineering teams for startups and enterprises. He founded RailsApps and authored the best-selling Learn Ruby on Rails, contributing widely-used starter app templates and a rails_apps_composer gem that helps developers bootstrap Rails projects. As a CTO and engineering manager he has recruited and scaled distributed teams, led transitions from monoliths to modular architectures, and shipped generative AI and serverless products across Asia. Currently based in Da Nang, he runs mac.install.guide, creating practical macOS developer tutorials sponsored by tooling vendors. Comfortable both as a hands-on full-stack developer and a strategic technology advisor, he blends deep Rails craftsmanship with product-led engineering and a knack for teaching. An early web pioneer who launched one of the first trade ebooks in 1994, he brings long-term perspective to modern developer tooling and startup execution.
15 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BA Interdisciplinary Major, BA Interdisciplinary Major at University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeStanford Publishing Course, Stanford Publishing Course at Stanford University
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Github Skills (44)
url-routing10
ruby-rails10
devise10
authorizations10
javascript10
twitter-bootstrap10
web-application10
bootstrap10
css10
cucumber10
configuration-management10
rspec10
user-authentication10
rails10
authentication10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
RailsApps/rails3-bootstrap-devise-cancan
Apr 2012 - May 2014
Outdated. See the rails-devise-pundit example app for Rails 4.1.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:75 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the application's structure, UI, and user authentication aspects. They modified the application controller and layouts to handle flash messages and display them correctly. The user also implemented improvements to Devise forms by integrating simple_form and Twitter Bootstrap for enhanced styling and a better user experience. Additionally, the user updated the administrative dashboard and allowed administrators to manage user roles.
ruby-on-railsrailsrubypunditrails-devise
RailsApps/rails-prelaunch-signup
Apr 2012 - May 2014
An example Rails 3.2 app for a web startup prelaunch site.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:150 commits, 2 comments, 1 issue in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily worked on the front-end and back-end features of a prelaunch signup application built with Rails. Their contributions included updating the home page, improving the design of the request invitation feature with JavaScript and Bootstrap, accommodating SimpleForm output, and implementing a "View Progress" feature. They also made corrections, added a chart to the admin dashboard, and enabled a user to set a password with Devise.
ruby-on-railsrailsruby
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