James Brooks

James Brooks

Software Developer at Laravel
199 points

About

I’m a software developer who goes by @jbrooksuk on the internet. I work at Laravel, creating epic developer tools such as Laravel Forge and Envoyer. You‘ll sometimes see me contributing to the docs, framework and packages. I live in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, United Kingdom with my wife, two daughters and cocker-spaniel. I co-organise PHP Stoke, a quarterly meet-up in Stoke-on-Trent. I’m also the host of Happy Dev, a podcast that talks about mental health in the software development industry. Advocating for mental health and suicide awareness are two of my deepest passions.

Work

Engineering at Checkmango

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Maker History

  • Checkmango
    Checkmango
    The Full-Stack A/B Testing Platform
    Jul 2023
  • Laravel Artisan Cheatsheet
    Laravel Artisan Cheatsheet
    Shareable, bookmarkable cheatsheet for Laravel Artisan.
    Jan 2021
  • Transistor
    Transistor
    "Best podcast hosting platform I've used." Host multiple shows, get analytics, private podcasts, and DAI
    Nov 2019
  • StyleCI
    StyleCI
    The PHP Coding Style Continuous Integration Service
    Mar 2015
  • CachetHQ
    CachetHQ
    An open source Status Page system
    Dec 2014
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntAugust 21st, 2014