Hi, I'm Alecs. I bring legacy PHP applications safely onto current versions.
My name is Alecs. I am a senior PHP and Laravel developer from Bucharest, based in Hamburg, with 14+ years of PHP and 12+ years of Laravel experience.
I work on the codebases others avoid: legacy PHP applications that earn money every day and need to reach a supported version without a rewrite or a feature freeze.
How I work
Four principles behind every modernization – from the first audit to the last upgrade step.
Production first
Every change ships in small steps that can be rolled back. Your customers never notice the migration, and your revenue keeps flowing.
Strangler, not rewrite
Old and new code run side by side until the old part is replaced. No big bang, no feature freeze – your team keeps shipping.
Tests before changes
Where tests are missing, characterization tests pin down today's behavior before I touch anything, so any unintended change shows up at once.
Fixed scope
A fixed-fee audit, then fixed-scope upgrades based on it – you know the cost and the timeline before work starts.
A bit of background
Born in Romania, based in Hamburg, working mostly with teams in German-speaking countries.
Freelance Senior PHP & Laravel Developer
Independent for German and international clients – legacy modernization, Laravel upgrades, e-commerce and SaaS platforms.
Coordinator Software Developer
Led teams building large-scale platforms for AboutYou and WorkGenius — high-traffic e-commerce and SaaS systems.
Software Developer
Started my career building web applications across PHP, Zend Framework, and the early Laravel ecosystem.
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