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Decades of professional dev cycles, architecting stacks from the ground up. My primary directive: Ship it.

I've learned to love the pre-commit hook that is unit testing. It’s the optimal way to avoid runtime panic caused by type coercion in dynamic languages, particularly the inherent lack of type safety in PHP's loose typing and inconsistent function signatures (strpos($haystack, $needle) vs. array_search($needle, $haystack)). Time is an O(n) complexity, and I prefer to stay on the bleeding edge of the dependency graph. Let's ping each other over some coffee to cross-pollinate knowledge.

Locale: philippines Contact: Joe@Palala.Dev | linkedin/in/joepalala Stack:

• Backend: Java (JVM ecosystem, including Quarkus and Spring MVC like it's a new cool thing), PHP and Laravel
• Frontend: React (primary), Angular, Vue (proficient) Status: Looking for work!

I worked on a B2B Direct-to-Consumer Shopify app, leveraging Symfony, Next.js, and the Shopify API to create a seamless e-commerce solution.

As a developer at Gappify, I worked with Laravel, Java, and PHP. I gained a deep appreciation for unit testing in Laravel and implemented it extensively to ensure code quality and stability.

In my role at Hero Teams, I was a key part of the development team for a leave management software. I utilized Node.js and React, where I focused on state management using useReducer to build efficient and reliable front-end applications.

While at Willis Towers Watson, I worked as a UI Developer, gaining experience with Angular to build user interfaces.

I volunteer my time to help maintain the ivolunteer.com.ph web project, contributing to a cause I am passionate about.

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Interests: Sci-fi (Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke!) & plays chess (Sicilian Defense FTW).