I'm a software engineer based in Tampa, FL with a focus on PHP and Laravel. I enjoy building clean, well-tested web applications and writing about the things I pick up along the way. Curious what I'm up to right now? I keep a now page.
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May 14, 2026
Programmatically Modernizing 20-Year-Old Videos
A retrospective on rescuing 21 anime music videos I made in high school — through RealMedia, AI upscalers, and one stubborn YouTube audio glitch that took days to diagnose.
June 5, 2020
Using Laravel Assertions in Codeception
If you're using Codeception as a testing framework for your Laravel app, you may find yourself wanting to use some of the familiar Laravel testing assertions. In this article, we'll dive into how to do exactly that.
May 5, 2020
Implicit Route Model Binding
Implicit route model binding was introduced way back in 2015 with Laravel 5.2, however all these years later I still find apps out in the wild doing things the hard way.