Brent Deverman's Profile

I studied computer science and Chinese. Worked for a VC-funded startup in China and then founded my own company, which I eventually sold. Worked as a product manager and project manager for CNN, DFS, AIA, and HSBC. Programming and building to me is my way to express my creativity. I appreciate that Apple sweats the small details, and that gets me to buy their products. Trying to build and launch more projects in public while learning the best use of AI for programming and building.

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My Strengths

• Can approach something I’ve never done before and figure it out.
• Have grit and persistence.
• Can translate between business and tech stakeholders.

My Interests

• Startups and entrepreneurship.
• AI and agentic coding.
• Server-side Swift.
• Weightlifting/fitness.
• Everything Apple.
• Mandarin language.

What I Want to Learn

• How to make world-class native Swift apps.
• How to program in Swift and SwiftUI.
• Frameworks from Apple and from open source that will help me build world-class apps.
• Techniques for better app distribution.

Fun Facts

• Featured in a half-hour episode on CCTV4, nationwide Chinese television, speaking Mandarin.
• Started a YouTube channel.
• Published a book about the city of Shenzhen China in 2015
• Love to play Zelda games on Nintendo Switch.
• Had breakfast at Big Boy with Steve Wozniak at the Mac Hack Conference and got him to sign my Newton MessagePad 2000.

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