My name is Alecs. I am a senior PHP and Laravel developer from Bucharest, based in Hamburg, with 14+ years of PHP and 12+ years of Laravel experience.
I work on the codebases others avoid: legacy PHP applications that earn money every day and need to reach a supported version without a rewrite or a feature freeze.
Every change ships in small steps that can be rolled back; your customers never notice the migration.
Old and new code run side by side until the old part is replaced. No big bang, no feature freeze.
Where tests are missing, characterization tests pin down today's behavior before I touch anything.
A fixed-fee audit, fixed-scope upgrades – you know the cost before work starts.
From the first inventory to the release on a supported version.
From PHP 5.x to 8.x: find incompatibilities, refactor automatically, roll out step by step.
One major version at a time, including packages, configuration and dependencies.
Characterization tests where coverage is thin, and a CI pipeline that checks every change.
Schema migrations without downtime, slow queries found, legacy data models cleaned up.
Reproducible environments and deployments, so the upgrade doesn't fail on the server.
Remove EOL components and known CVEs, work through PCI-DSS or ISO 27001 audit findings.
A selection of recent work spanning e-commerce, SaaS, and bespoke web applications.
White-label, multi-tenant ticketing platform behind shops such as metaltix and soulticket. Ongoing platform engineering on a PHP 8.4 codebase with 14+ Docker microservices, PCI-DSS remediation and a Google Cloud migration with Pulumi.
Multilingual job platform connecting farmers in the DACH region with seasonal workers, available in 8 languages. Built and run end to end: Laravel backend, Livewire and Vue.js frontend, AI-assisted content and profile generation with Claude and OpenAI, automated data pipelines and full DevOps on Hetzner.
Job board for the horticulture sector, built and run as a self-employed project for 13 years. Employers post openings through a simple form and every listing is distributed to the website, the Facebook page and the community group.
Practical notes on PHP upgrades, Laravel and modernizing legacy applications.
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Read moreTell me which PHP or Laravel version you run and what's pressing – an EOL warning, an audit, a developer who left. I reply within one business day.
Tell me what you're building or where you're stuck. Pick a time directly from my calendar, no email ping-pong.
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