Dad / Engineer / Chronic Side-Project Starter / Debugging Philosopher
- Write backend code in PHP/Laravel & Javascript
- Break monoliths into services (but only when it makes sense, I promise)
- Obsess over DX, clean architecture & “why the hell is this slow?”
- Argue passionately about naming things
- Fix problems nobody asked me to fix (my superpower)
If my brain were a tech stack…
Backend: PHP, Laravel, nodejs, python notebooks
Data: PostgreSQL, Elastic, ClickHouse, Redis
Frontend-ish: Vue, a touch of JS when absolutely necessary
Tools I forget to close: Cursor, PhpStorm, Obsidian, Slack, Claude, OffRadio
- Small weekend projects that accidentally become full systems
- Writing fewer comments and more readable code
- Making systems observable enough that future-me won’t hate past-me
- Teaching teams that “simple” is a feature, not a downgrade
- Trying not to refactor the universe
- Dad mode: enabled
- Board games: HeroQuest addict
- Fitness level: chasing my kid around the house
- 🐙 GitHub: github.com/igaster
- 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/igasteratos
I don’t bite — the CI pipeline might, though.