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Hi, I'm Ignatius —
Senior Software Engineer

7+ years crafting reliable backends with PHP, Laravel and PostgreSQL — and currently going deep on Rust for performance-critical systems.

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7+
Years of experience
30+
Projects shipped
4
Languages in production
ignatius.rs 
/// Ships reliable backends — 7 years and counting.
pub struct Engineer {
    name: &'static str,
    stack: Vec<Stack>,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
enum Stack { Php, Laravel, PostgreSql, Rust }

impl Engineer {
    /// The only KPI that matters.
    pub fn ship(&self) -> &'static str {
        "backend systems that scale"
    }
}

fn main() {
    let iggy = Engineer {
        name: "Ignatius N",
        stack: vec![Stack::Php, Stack::Laravel, Stack::Rust],
    };

    println!("{} → {}", iggy.name, iggy.ship());
}
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Toolbox

Technologies I work with

Battle-tested tools across languages, data and infrastructure — chosen for reliability, not hype.

PHP 8.3 Language
Laravel Framework
Livewire Reactive components
Filament Admin panels
Vue Frontend framework
Nuxt Full-stack Vue
Tailwind CSS Styling
Alpine.js Interactivity
Vite Build tooling
PHP 8.3 Language
Laravel Framework
Livewire Reactive components
Filament Admin panels
Vue Frontend framework
Nuxt Full-stack Vue
Tailwind CSS Styling
Alpine.js Interactivity
Vite Build tooling
PostgreSQL Database
Redis Cache & queues
Rust Systems programming
Docker Containers
GitHub Actions CI / CD
Octane Performance
REST APIs API design
PostgreSQL Database
Redis Cache & queues
Rust Systems programming
Docker Containers
GitHub Actions CI / CD
Octane Performance
REST APIs API design

…plus the usual suspects: Composer, PHPUnit / Pest, Git and a healthy amount of coffee.

About

Backend-first engineer with an eye for the whole system

I've spent the last seven years designing and shipping production systems — multi-tenant SaaS platforms, high-traffic APIs and data-heavy PostgreSQL workloads. I'm a firm believer in boring, well-tested technology doing exciting things. Lately I've been learning Rust to build the performance-critical pieces PHP isn't meant for, and this site itself is my playground: a Laravel + Filament backend with a BlatUI frontend.

Backend Architecture

Clean, domain-driven Laravel applications — queues, events, schedulers and APIs that stay maintainable for years.

PostgreSQL

Schema design, query tuning, partitioning and indexing strategies for datasets that actually need them.

FilamentPHP Admins

Rich, bespoke admin panels and internal tools built on Filament — fast to ship, delightful to use.

Rust & Performance

Currently building CLI tools and services in Rust to squeeze out every last millisecond.

Experience

Seven years of shipping

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    2024 — Present

    Independent / Consulting

    Designing Laravel + PostgreSQL backends for clients, building Filament admin panels, and prototyping performance-critical services in Rust.

  2. Senior Backend Engineer

    2021 — 2024

    SaaS Product Company

    Led a multi-tenant Laravel platform through a 10× traffic increase — query tuning, queue refactors and zero-downtime Postgres migrations.

  3. Backend Developer

    2019 — 2021

    Digital Agency

    Delivered bespoke e-commerce and API-driven platforms; introduced automated testing and CI to the team.

Projects

Selected work & open source

A few favourites — the full case studies live on the projects page.

Open Source

laravel-blatui

shadcn/ui for the BLAT stack — Blade, Laravel, Alpine and Tailwind.

Laravel Blade Alpine.js Tailwind CSS
Active Case study 2024
Client Work

Filament Operations Platform

A multi-tenant operations platform: admin panel, RBAC and reporting dashboards.

Laravel Filament PostgreSQL Redis
Maintained Case study 2023
Client Work

High-Traffic REST API

REST API serving millions of daily requests on Laravel Octane with Redis caching layers.

Laravel Octane Redis PostgreSQL Pest
Maintained Case study 2022
All projects
Blog

Latest writing

All articles
PostgreSQL 2026

Zero-Downtime PostgreSQL Migrations in Laravel

ALTER TABLE is a loaded weapon in production. Here are the field-tested recipes that keep multi-million-row tables online while their schema changes underneath them.

Oct 1, 2026 9 min read Read
Rust 2026

Learning Rust as a Senior PHP Developer

Seven years of PHP taught me to ship fast. Rust taught me why my programs spend their lives waiting. Notes from six months of building real tools in a language that fights back.

Sep 16, 2026 8 min read Read
Laravel 2026

Taming N+1 Queries in Large Laravel Codebases

N+1 queries don't announce themselves — they accumulate one innocent-looking loop at a time. A systematic approach to finding them, fixing them and keeping them out.

Aug 28, 2026 7 min read Read

Let's build something solid

Need a backend that won't fall over, a Filament panel your team will love, or a Rust prototype? My inbox is open.

Contact page hello@ignatius.dev