Anthony Rappa
Laravel Developer
New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarAnthony Rappa is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in Laravel, Livewire, Alpine.js and modern PHP stacks, currently building backend systems at Carpool Logistics while serving as CTO of Simpli Real Estate. A Certified Laravel Developer and active open-source maintainer, he has modernized notable projects like laravel-boilerplate and implemented security-focused features such as authentication logging, new-device notifications and improved 2FA display. His strengths span backend architecture, database design and front-end integration with Tailwind/Vue, enabling pragmatic, maintainable upgrades and dependency modernizations. Based in Huntington, NY, Anthony pairs hands-on engineering with operational leadership from years as a volunteer EMT and 1st Assistant Chief, which sharpens his calm decision-making under pressure. He’s known for refactoring legacy codebases to current Laravel versions and hardening configuration and notification systems for production use.
11 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
658reputation
164kreached
18answers
32questions
Github Skills (31)
laravel510
testing10
laravel610
user-authentication10
authentication10
laravel1010
template-engine10
laravel10
laravel910
php10
notification10
laravel810
laravelmix10
laravel-510
laravel710
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rappasoft/laravel-authentication-log
Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
Log user authentication details and send new device notifications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 1 review, 54 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Anthony primarily refactored and updated the project's code, including the implementation of notifications for new device logins and failed login attempts. They also updated the handling of other device logout events and made the database connection configurable. Furthermore, the user modified email templates for login notifications and updated the project's dependencies. These updates involved both code structure and configuration improvements.
detailsuser-authenticationauthenticationnotifications
rappasoft/laravel-boilerplate
Jan 2015 - Aug 2022
The Laravel Boilerplate Project - https://laravel-boilerplate.com
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 2227 commits, 1013 PRs in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Anthony's contributions centered on refactoring and updating the Laravel Boilerplate project to the latest Laravel commit, including changes to the database, configuration files, and language translations. They focused on updating dependency versions and codebase to improve code style and maintainability. Further commits involved implementing a feature for the correct display of the 2fa option on the frontend.
laravel-boilerplateboilerplateskeletonvisitphp
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