Deschutes Tech Guild - September Meetup

Welcome to the Deschutes Tech Guild! Join us every second Tuesday at Embark for food, drinks, and tech talks.

Who: Brian Phillips
What: My Wife Wanted to Leave Facebook — So I Built Her an App

Detail:
Brian built Porch Swing — a hyperlocal community gifting app — with no prior development experience. In this talk, he shares the real story: what worked, what broke, what he still doesn't fully understand, and how a non-developer shipped a production React Native app to thousands of users. Whether you're a seasoned engineer or someone with an idea and zero coding background, you'll walk away with a practical, honest look at what it actually takes to build something real in the AI era.

About the speaker:
Brian is the founder of Porch Swing, a mobile app that brings community gifting to your neighborhood without requiring Facebook. Before Porch Swing, he spent over a decade in product leadership at Airbnb, Yelp, Warner Brothers, and PayPal. He lives in Bend, Oregon with his wife and two boys.

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