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Recommendations

What other engineering leaders, creators, and developers say about my work, teaching, and consulting.

"Steve is one of the most thorough and thoughtful educators I've seen. He puts in a ton of effort and it clearly shows."

Aaron Francis
Aaron FrancisFounder at Try Hard Studios

"Steve is the teacher you wish you had in school. He’s informative, entertaining, and passionate about what he does. I’m always excited to see more of Steve’s content!"

Alex Six
Alex SixSenior Software Engineer at Zillow

"To me, there's one word that comes to mind: 'passion'. There are only a handful of people with the same passion for programming as Steve."

Brent Roose
Brent RooseDeveloper Advocate at JetBrains

"Steve is a great developer with a wealth of knowledge that has contributed to many projects we have. His passion for API means we benefit from his aim for the best."

Chris Miller
Chris MillerTeam Lead at PHP Architect

"Steve is an awesome guy who knows a thing or two about APIs. I’ve learned so much from his content on his YouTube channel as well as his API video course."

Davor Minchorov
Davor MinchorovSenior PHP Engineer at Adeva

"Steve is an awesome writer and communicator, he can take complex problems and communicate them in a way that anyone can understand."

Eric Barnes
Eric BarnesFounder/Editor at Laravel News

"Steve is highly engaging and an expert in what he does. I bookmark everything he publishes and refer back to it on a regular basis. The API king!"

Gary Clarke
Gary ClarkeYouTuber at Gary Clarke Tech

"Steve is one of the top API experts in the world and has been teaching our community for years."

Jack Ellis
Jack EllisFounder at Fathom Analytics

"Steve has a profound mastery of APIs and a public-serving teaching approach."

Ludovic Guénet
Ludovic GuénetSoftware Engineer at Epekta

"Steve is a stream of knowledge. If you like clean, strict code and silky APIs, there’s nobody I’d sooner turn to for advice!"

Luke Downing
Luke DowningEducator at Laracasts

"Steve is an absolute weapon. We came for the APIs but we stayed for the clean code, robust systems architecture and deep knowledge of Laravel conventions. Steve made our code faster, more stable and easier to maintain ourselves in the future."

Peter Thomson
Peter ThomsonChief Technology Officer at Icehouse Ventures

"Steve was fantastic to work with. His deep understanding of Laravel, both technically and culturally, made him the perfect person to collaborate with."

Phil Leggetter
Phil LeggetterHead of DevRel at Hookdeck

"Steve’s enthusiasm and positive attitude makes his educational content super easy to digest and makes learning new tools and languages really fun."

Sam Carré
Sam CarréHead of Engineering at Plannr CRM

"Steve is one of my favourite people. He has a huge passion for teaching developers about APIs and good coding practices."

Stephen Rees-Carter
Stephen Rees-CarterFriendly Hacker at Valorin Security

"Steve brings knowledge and passion to the community, with easy to follow content that adds real value to any company that uses him."