About me

Experienced PHP & Laravel development

I'm Maurizio, a full-stack developer specialising in PHP and Laravel, with more than 25 years of experience building and maintaining business software.

A developer who understands both new and existing systems

I've spent my career developing software for businesses, working across modern frameworks as well as older PHP and Java systems. This has given me a particular appreciation for the challenges involved in maintaining and evolving software that has been in production for years.

Today my primary focus is PHP and Laravel. I build new functionality, modernise legacy applications and provide ongoing development and maintenance for business-critical software.

I enjoy working on the parts of software development that require careful thinking: understanding an unfamiliar codebase, finding practical solutions to difficult problems and improving an application without unnecessarily disrupting what already works.

What I bring

Broad experience

More than 25 years working with business software, from legacy systems and bespoke PHP applications through to modern Laravel and Vue applications.

Practical approach

I favour sensible, incremental improvements over unnecessary rewrites. The aim is to solve the problem while keeping the software maintainable for the future.

Full-stack perspective

Although PHP and Laravel are my core strengths, I can work across the wider application stack, including Vue, Livewire, databases, APIs, AWS and Linux infrastructure.

Professional experience

Finfo - Full Stack Laravel Development

2026

Built a multi-tenant questionnaire application using the TALL stack, including secure API endpoints and integrations with external services. Also provided support, code reviews and bug fixes for a multi-tenant reporting platform.

technologyWithin - Full Stack Laravel & VueDevelopment

2021–2024

Developed Laravel and Vue applications covering workspace licensing, billing and reporting. Refactored legacy code, implemented queues and CSV reporting, and worked within Agile development teams.

Savvy Investor - Backend PHP Development

2020–2021

Led backend redevelopment from Drupal to Craft CMS, developed custom plugins and migration tools, and implemented AWS-based deployment infrastructure.

MOHC - PHP / API Development

2018–2020

Rebuilt a legacy PHP e-commerce platform as a microservice-based REST API backend and developed GraphQL authentication and Java-based migration tools.

Earlier PHP & Java Development

1999–2018

Developed e-commerce platforms, APIs, integrations, content management systems, AWS-based services and bespoke business applications, working with PHP, Java and related technologies.

Technical expertise

PHP and Laravel are at the centre of my current work, supported by experience across the wider application stack.

Backend:PHP, Laravel, Slim, MySQL, REST

Frontend:Vue 3, Livewire, Alpine, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, Blade

Infrastructure:Linux, AWS, Docker, Git, CI/CD

Testing & architecture:PHPUnit, TDD, OOP, SOLID

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