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Alex Stewart

Backend Engineer

// jamaica, jm · UTC-5

Building in the open from Jamaica. Backend Engineer.

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Scouting report

Laravel package author — 72★ attribute-observer, real OSS PRs

assessed from open-source footprint

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66signal

Alex is a genuine Laravel package author: his laravel-attribute-observer (72★) is the standout, and he has a real merged contribution to SocialiteProviders/Providers (569★) among 31 merged PRs over a 12-year history. Temper expectations slightly — several flashy 'top external' repos show 0 commits (watch-list, not impact), his fork ratio is high, and recent activity is light at 15 commits. Still, a proven PHP/Laravel backend engineer with a published, well-starred library.

Authorship & open source

Solo authorwrote 100% of commits on bitpay-fleetcart-module
31 merged PRs15 commits / yr5 external projects1 reviews186 private contributions / yr

Contributes to

  • SocialiteProviders/Providers569★
  • andycufari/ClaudePoint231★
  • skn-036/laravel-gmail-api7★
  • skn-036/laravel-google-client2★

What they build

Backend79%
Frontend13%
DevOps8%

Industry experience

  • Developer Tools
  • Fintech & Payments
  • Productivity & SaaS

Signal breakdown

Originality32
Impact100
Consistency72
Polish40
Stars

85

top repo 72

Original repos

9

79% forks

Followers

15

On GitHub

12.2 yr

Live demos

0

Activity

Active

56% stale

Strengths

  • Verified author — wrote 100% of commits on bitpay-fleetcart-module
  • Open-source contributor — 5 external projects incl. SocialiteProviders/Providers (569★)
  • 31 merged pull requests
  • 85 stars earned across projects
  • Backend focus with Frontend
  • Domain experience in Developer Tools & Fintech & Payments
  • Core stack: PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Shell

About

Backend Engineer from Jamaica, active on GitHub with 43 public repositories and 15 followers. Explore the work and reach out on GitHub.

Skills

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • Attribute
  • Eloquent
  • Events
  • Observer
  • JavaScript
  • Shell

Featured work

Laravel Attribute Observer

Observe (and react to) attribute changes made on Eloquent models.

  • PHP
  • Attribute
  • Eloquent
  • Events
  • Laravel

by Alex Stewart

Bitpay Fleetcart Module

BitPay payment gateway module for FleetCart

  • PHP
  • Bitpay
  • Crypto
  • Fleetcart
  • Laravel

by Alex Stewart

Ical Parser Php

A concise PHP library for parsing the iCal calendar format, whether file-based (.ics) or from a hosted URL.

  • PHP

by Alex Stewart

genwpsalts

A bash script, based on pwgen, used to quickly generate secure, random salts for Wordpress-based projects.

  • Shell
  • Bedrock
  • Pwgen
  • Wordpress

by Alex Stewart

Dxtrade Php Sdk

PHP SDK for DXtrade's Administrative and Trading REST API endpoints.

  • PHP
  • Cfd
  • Crypto
  • Dxtrade
  • Forex

by Alex Stewart

Php Didit

PHP SDK for Didit's identity verification (KYC) and authentication (CIAM) solutions

  • PHP

by Alex Stewart