James Brooks

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.

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Maker History

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  LaravelThe PHP Framework for Web Artisans

  Oct 2025
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  CheckmangoThe Full-Stack A/B Testing Platform

  Jul 2023
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  Laravel Artisan CheatsheetShareable, bookmarkable cheatsheet for Laravel Artisan.

  Jan 2021
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  Transistor"Best podcast hosting platform I've used." Host multiple shows, get analytics, private podcasts, and DAI

  Nov 2019
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  StyleCIThe PHP Coding Style Continuous Integration Service

  Mar 2015
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