👋 Senior Software Engineer passionate about low-level programming and performance optimization. I build PHP extensions, explore PHP internals, and dive deep into systems programming with C, Rust, and Zig. Creator of CSVToolkit - high-performance CSV processing tools achieving 3.6x-4.8x speed improvements ⚡

⚡ CSVToolkit Creator - High-performance CSV processing tools achieving 3.6x-4.8x speed improvements
🚀 Laravel Contributor - Merged bugfix improving framework reliability
🌟 Open Source Maintainer - 10 active projects with 20+ stars combined
🐘 PHP Internals Explorer - Deep diving into Zend engine and preparing core contributions
🔧 Low-Level Programming - Building PHP extensions with C, Rust, and Zig
📦 Docker Expert - Created development environments used by PHP community

Senior Systems Engineer & PHP Internals Developer specializing in Performance Optimization, PHP Extensions & Low-Level Programming

🔧 PHP Extension Development - Building high-performance extensions that bridge PHP with systems programming
⚡ Performance Engineering - Optimizing at the language and system level for maximum efficiency
🐘 PHP Internals Research - Studying the Zend engine architecture and preparing for core contributions
🦀 Systems Programming - Leveraging C, Rust, and Zig for performance-critical components
🏗️ Backend Architecture - Designing scalable systems with deep understanding of underlying performance
📊 CSV Processing Innovation - Creating high-performance CSV tools that outperform native implementations by 3.6x-4.8x

High-Performance CSV Processing Tools

• 🐘 FastCSV-ext - PHP extension achieving 3.6x-4.8x faster performance than native functions
• 🔧 FastCSV-C - Zero-dependency C library powering the PHP extension
• 📊 PHP-CSVHelper - Intelligent PHP library with automatic performance optimization

• 🚀 Laravel Framework - Core framework contributor
  • [12.x] ScheduledTaskFailed not dispatched on scheduled forground task fails
  • Fix SSL Certificate and Connection Errors Leaking as Guzzle Exceptions
  • Fix #55989 TooManyRedirectsException handling in HTTP client
• 🐘 PHP Dev Box - Containerized PHP development environment
• 🎓 Cventure - Interactive C programming learning platform
• 🍎 MacDotfile - Automated macOS developer environment setup

• ⚡ Performance Engineering - Reduced API response times by 40% through strategic optimization
• 🏗️ Microservices Migration - Achieved 300% scalability improvement through system decomposition
• ☁️ Cloud Architecture - Led AWS migration reducing infrastructure costs while improving reliability
• 🔧 Developer Experience - Created development tools used across multiple teams

When I'm not architecting systems or optimizing databases:

• 🏍️ Motorcycle Adventures - Exploring roads less traveled (and debugging issues less documented)
• 🔍 Tech Explorer - Always experimenting with the latest tools and frameworks
• ☕ Coffee Connoisseur - Firm believer that good code requires great coffee

• ⚡ Low-Level Programming - C, Zig, and Rust for performance-critical components
• 🔧 PHP Extensions - Building high-performance extensions and packages
• 🐘 PHP Internals - Contributing to PHP core and understanding the Zend engine
• 📊 CSVToolkit Development - Expanding high-performance CSV processing capabilities

Always open to discussing exciting projects, architecture challenges, or just geeking out about tech!

"Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it's bad." - Cory House