We modernized a 15-year-old PHP app not with a rewrite, but with surgical refactors that improved queries, UX, and team onboarding.
How we added real-time SMS check-ins to a 15-year-old PHP app using Twilio—without breaking a sweat (or the auth system).
How we built a future-proof responsive data table in a 15-year-old PHP app using Blade, Tailwind, and mobile-first design—without rewriting everything.
How I modernized a legacy Laravel/PHP app’s frontend with TailwindCSS and component-driven Blade for true mobile-first responsiveness.
How we kept assets online during a legacy system migration using smart fallbacks and local caching in PHP.
How we securely exposed event data to clients in a legacy PHP app by filtering sensitive fields at the controller level.
How introducing a dedicated CacheController brought order to erratic cache invalidation in a legacy PHP app.
How we tamed file upload chaos in a legacy PHP app using sentinel values, path normalization, and conditional guards.
How extracting tangled breadcrumb logic into a single source of truth made a legacy PHP app more maintainable and testable.
How consolidating messy file upload logic into a single helper class tamed chaos in a 15-year-old PHP codebase.
We introduced a service layer in a 15-year-old PHP app to untangle business logic, improve testing, and pave the way for future refactors.
How Laravel's x:: blade components brought order to a 15-year-old PHP app’s chaotic frontend.