Clint Winter

ABOUT ME

Senior Laravel developer with a passion for readable code.

I am a senior Laravel developer with expertise in building and managing high-traffic Laravel and PHP applications as well as most things that go along with that, including relational databases and various front-end implementations.

For Businesses:
I can help you improve your legacy PHP codebase through the iterative implementation of modern PHP practices and standards.

If you identify with any of these sentiments, I can help!

You feel like your development speed is slow and inefficient.
It seems like you are shipping way more bugs than you ought to be.
You aren't confident in the robustness of your system.
Onboarding is very slow, and developers make a lot of mistakes due to the ad-hoc, quirky design of your system.

For Individuals:
I can help you become a job-ready PHP or Laravel developer by teaching you what companies value most.

Discovering and helping you rid yourself of bad habits.
Developing strong OOP fundamentals.
Writing clean and readable code.

*My availability is limited to nights and weekends because I am currently employed full-time.

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Joined November 2019

EXPERTISE

Laravel

3 years experience

I have used Laravel both professionally and personally for many projects.

Auth RESTful API Blade API

PHP

6 years experience

I have used PHP in a professional setting for 6 years building RESTful APIs, content management systems, frameworks, you name it!

Composer

MySQL

5 years experience

I have experience using MySQL to optimize database performance, normalize databases, and write complex stored procedures.

MySQL Optimization Database Normalization

React

2 years experience

I have been using React in a professional capacity at my most recent position.

JavaScript

5 years experience

I have used JavaScript as a back-end language through Node.js, vanilla JavaScript to make sites dynamic, in frameworks to create single p...

I have used JavaScript as a back-end language through Node.js, vanilla JavaScript to make sites dynamic, in frameworks to create single page applications, and much more.

Es6 SPA AJAX

Es6 SPA AJAX npm Node.js Webpack

HTML/CSS

5 years experience

I have vast experience using HTML and CSS in virtually every way imaginable.

SQL

5 years experience

Since my database experience is almost entirely in MySQL, SQL has been the langauge I have written it in.

MySQL Optimization

SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

colt-steele-advanced

Notes for the Colt Steele Advanced Boot Camp

JavaScript

sicp

Notes on "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" 2nd Edition

Scheme

Stack Overflow

150 Reputation

Community Posts

Use Guard Clauses for Cleaner Code

Guard clauses are one of the most bang-for-your-buck patterns that you can start implementing right now for more readable code.

Laravel's "rescue" Helper Function is Amazing

Laravel's rescue function is a small function with a lot of utility. Let's look at how we can use it to improve our code.

Don't Use Service Classes with Static Methods

Service classes with static methods may seem like a good idea, but let me tell you why you should consider them an anti-pattern.

EMPLOYMENTS

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Givebutter

2021-01-01-Present

Building heavily-used, user-facing features for non-profits to raise money for their various campaigns. Check us out @ https://givebutter...

Building heavily-used, user-facing features for non-profits to raise money for their various campaigns. Check us out @ https://givebutter.com

MySQL

Laravel

React

MySQL

Laravel

React

Svelte

Tailwind css

Software Engineer II

DirectLync

2018-10-01-2020-12-01

Increased available dev hours by 20% by improving version control systems. Instilled a culture of clean code that lead to quality refacto...

Increased available dev hours by 20% by improving version control systems. Instilled a culture of clean code that lead to quality refactoring of poorly designed modules allowing for higher quality work to be done by not fighting with the codebase. Developed a CRM module from top to bottom with optimized MySQL queries that run heavy processes quickly.

HTML/CSS

PHP

MySQL

HTML/CSS

PHP

MySQL

JavaScript

Full-stack Web Developer

CWR Electronics

2015-12-01-2018-10-01

Full-stack web developer role. I rebuilt the e-commerce platform and created an internal content management system for our employees.

HTML/CSS

PHP

jQuery

HTML/CSS

PHP

jQuery

MySQL

Git

JavaScript

Webpack

PROJECTS

ResavmaView Project

2019

A manager for your saved posts and comments on Reddit.

HTML/CSS

PHP

Laravel

HTML/CSS

PHP

Laravel

Tailwind css

Livewire

Alpine.js

Personal PortfolioView Project

2018

My personal portfolio site that I use for things like blogging, keeping track of resources, etc.

HTML/CSS

CSS3

Laravel

HTML/CSS

CSS3

Laravel

npm

JavaScript

Tailwind css

Vue.js