Rasmus still works at Etsy, Phil is no longer biking around Europe, Adam and co are working on Tailwind 4, Taylor has released Laravel 11 and Jeffrey is right now probably producing yet another amazing Laracast. I keep an eye on the industry, consume new information, keep myself ahead of the curve through different projects, PHP works for me and I want to make it work for you too!

Developing solely RESTful API driven repos with JSON in/JSON out, validation, SOLID/DRY/KISS methodology, URL structure, semantics, security, coding standards, debugging and QA. Writing scalable, maintainable code with documentation. JWT Auth, Fractal to massage data on the way out, mutators and accessors on the way in - in order to not expose the db structure.

Writing APIs in Laravel, one of the easiest yet most-powerful framework currently available. Explaining RESTful principles and adhering to them, namespaces, SOLID/DRY/KISS. Introducing coding standards. Taking advantage of Eloquent - the sweet sweet DBAL and ORM - in its full. Building a CLI-driven app only. Scheduling cronjobs. Responding to events. Queuing tasks. Caching smartly. Let's talk.

Developing enterprise software for multinational companies in aviation, finance, adult industry and gambling, always working with localisation, privacy and software security in mind. Remote updates, incorporating and/or preventing back-door access. UX and UI for enterprise employees, writing offline apps and much more.

Having developed over a dozen aviation applications, contributed to a couple of blue-chip adult and gambling sites, responsible for code overhaul, improvement, reducing technical debt. From conception to delivery, including normalised db structure, redundancy and QA.

I have worked with Bootstrap, Zurb Playground, Semantic UI, Material design, Bulma and similar, I have seen trends come and go and I believe TailwindCSS is here to stay. It makes sense to me, I help others make sense of it. Allows me to get into projects right away, pick up the work of others and easily extend/modify/fix, works well for all sizes of projects.

Achieving the most with the least code possible, implementing progressive enhancement and graceful degradation, optimising for mobile devices and different screen sizes. Cross browser/cross platform debugging. Writing custom tailor-made JS plugins. Writing content and code with SEO practices in mind, using semantic markup and naming conventions. Skilled in Twitter Bootstrap, Semantic UI, UIKit, Zurb foundation, Material Design and TailwindCSS, flex box, grids, responsive web design (RWD). Using and implementing automation through CSS preprocessors (Sass), Bower and Gulp, Webpack and PurgeCSS.

Ensuring consistency between local, staging and production environment was never an easy task until I encountered docker. Configuring nuances between environments (for debugging and monitoring purposes), storing deployment secrets securely and using docker in CI/CD is my bread and butter now.

Working with PostgreSQL since 9.1, very much enjoying the new JSONB introduced since 9.4 for a mix of SQL and NoSQL document storage. Experienced in scaling and replication over multiple servers.

Having used every major JS library since Prototype and Mootols, through jQuery and Angular, I welcome the simplicity, isolation, speed and ease of use of vuejs. Combined with Nuxt.js I focus on delivering client-side-only and easy to cache apps consuming an API. SPAs hardly ever hit the servers thus allowing for more requests and greater caching.

Writing minimalistic, cross-browser compatible, semantic and SEO-optimised HTML. Let me help you learn and improve, let's talk about common pitfalls, difference between block and inline elements, choosing semantic elements to present data, best practices and standards.

Optimising SQL statements, table structure review, speeding up slow statements, caching, increasing performance, complicated statements. Here to help you out.

Managing repo's models through active records, DBAL (database access layer) and object relational mapping (ORM).

Experienced with load balancing, CDN set up, building large API-centric infrastructures, port forwarding, mail setup. Securing sites, redirects, SEO-rewrites, migration from Apache, tuning configuration, scaling.

Connecting, configuring, securing, scaling, normalisation, data structure, redundancy and backup, tweaking, debugging, rescuing. I can help you with those.

Managing large servers hosted with Linode, AWS, Rackspace, Serverloft, Softlayer, Digital Ocean, Heroku, and others. Complete setup of infrastructure, debugging malfunctioning components, tweaking configuration, planning, scaling, monitoring and backup.

Setting up and configuring server from scratch (Ubuntu and Debian) on a host of your choice or one of my favourite, walking you through server maintenance, where to find things, why, best practices, own experience, debugging, scaling. LDAP server, mail server, CDN server, load balancing, server monitoring.

Explaining the benefits of GitLab's branching model, how to get your team on board, remote code deployment strategies, code review, QA, integrating with ticketing systems, best strategies, utilizing self-hosted solutions.

Setting up self hosted source control management, securing the setup by using LetsEncrypt's SSL, upgrades, migrations, backups, integrating with LDAP, tuning configuration, debugging, using private docker registry, gitlab pages and self-hosted slack alternative Mattermost. Using GitLab personally with over 300+ personal repos on daily basis since v5. Using auto-deployment through gitlab-runners to VPSs and S3 buckets, keeping deployment secrets safe.

Semantic lightweight HTML, serving content over SSL, meaningful copy, human-friendly URLs + URL design, I teach all these techniques.

Offering both progressive enhancement for modern browsers and graceful degradation for older browsers, using semantic naming conventions. Well versed in OOCSS, SMACSS, Sass, LESS. Keeping up to date with current trends and shortcomings.

Writing cross-browser compatible vanilla javascript (outperforming frameworks), debugging and reviewing code, improvements, coding standards, best practices. Let me help you.

Enhancing UI, coding plugins, code review, code smell, performance optimisation, upgrades, improving your own skills. I can help you with that.

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