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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 FrancisFounder, 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 SixSenior Software Engineer, 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 RooseDevRel, 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 MillerTeam Lead, 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 MinchorovSenior PHP Engineer, Adeva“Steve is an awesome writer and communicator, he can take complex problems and communicate them in a way that anyone can understand.”
Eric BarnesFounder/Editor, 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 ClarkeYouTuber, Gary Clarke Tech“Steve is one of the top API experts in the world and has been teaching our community for years.”
Jack EllisFounder, Fathom Analytics“Steve has a profound mastery of APIs and a public-serving teaching approach.”
Ludovic GuénetSoftware Engineer, 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 DowningEducator, 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 ThomsonCTO, 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 LeggetterHead of DevRel, 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 CarréHead of Engineering, 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-CarterFriendly Hacker, 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.”
Steven TeyFounder, Dub.co“Steve is one of the best tech writers and engineers I've had the pleasure of working with. I hate to even write this testimonial because I don't want to share him. He's the best in the biz.”
Tessa KrieselGTM Lead, Mozilla