Martin Brennan
Software Engineer at Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolMartin Brennan is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 13 years’ experience building scalable web applications from Brisbane, Australia. Currently contributing to Discourse’s backend, he brings deep expertise in Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL alongside a history of C#/.NET and modern front-end work on complex single-page apps. He excels at maintaining and refactoring large monoliths and shipping well-tested, reliable systems for SaaS and community platforms. Comfortable across API design, database interactions and server-side logic, Martin combines product-focused engineering with a strong eye for UX informed by an early career in interactive content. Outside engineering he writes fiction, a creative habit that sharpens his communication and storytelling in technical design.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at St. Edmund's CollegeBachelor, Interactive Entertainment Majoring in Animation, Bachelor, Interactive Entertainment Majoring in Animation at QANTM College, Brisbane
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Github Skills (11)
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postgresql10
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ruby-on-rails10
database-design9
json6
html6
ajax6
asp-net6
javascript6
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
discourse/discourse
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3373 reviews, 935 commits, 2734 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Martin focused on back-end development tasks, including database interactions, API design, and server-side logic. Their work involved modifying existing code, refactoring components, and adding new features to the back-end system. The contributions span various technologies such as Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL.
discourserailsforumjavascriptruby
martin-brennan/writing.martin-brennan.com
Sep 2016 - Dec 2024
The writing.martin-brennan.com Jekyll blog, which contains all posts and assets.
Contributions:3 PRs, 187 pushes, 5 branches in 8 years 5 months
jekyll-blogjekylljekyll-themepostsassets
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