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Brendan Carney

Brendan Carney

Director of Engineering with expertise in Ruby/Rails and AI

Kansas City, MO
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Joined August 2025
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Brendan Carney is an engineering leader currently serving as Director of Engineering at Kit (formerly ConvertKit). His role involves leading engineering teams, contributing to recruitment efforts, and focusing on full-stack development with Ruby on Rails. He is interested in leveraging AI tools to enhance engineering productivity within a fully remote company environment. nitter+1
With a strong background in software engineering, Brendan has held various roles including Senior Software Engineer and Senior Engineering Manager at Kit, and Chief Technology Officer at OneHQ. His technical expertise includes Ruby on Rails, React, and AWS, as well as a specific interest in rich text editing frameworks like SlateJS. nitter+2
Brendan has publicly shared his technical knowledge through blog posts on Medium, demonstrating his proficiency in front-end development, particularly with the SlateJS framework. His writings cover practical implementations such as managing multiple editors, creating keyboard shortcuts, and understanding 'marks' within SlateJS. medium+2

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Making Keyboard Shortcuts in SlateJS Simple

February 1, 2019

A blog post explaining how to implement keyboard shortcuts in the SlateJS rich text editor, including the use of the slate-keymap plugin developed by ConvertKit.

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Multiple SlateJS Editors on the Same Page

January 1, 2019

A technical blog post detailing how to manage multiple SlateJS editors on a single page, focusing on initialization and key management to avoid conflicts.

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SlateJS by Example: Using Marks

January 1, 2019

An introductory guide to using 'marks' in SlateJS, a rich text editing framework, for formatting and describing text strings, aimed at beginners with practical examples.

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