Adam Patterson
Web Developer at Paper Leaf
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Patterson is a senior web developer based in Edmonton with 15 years of experience modernizing and building high-traffic, data-driven web platforms using PHP/Laravel and WordPress. He specializes in performance, maintainability, and pragmatic architecture—connecting clean APIs, predictable data flows, and automation to improve operational reliability. At Paper Leaf he led a progressive redevelopment and data migration from a legacy WinForms multi-instance app into Laravel, delivering usable value early while iterating safely. He’s contributed to large-scale sites like Tourism Calgary and to the Laravel framework itself, showing both product-facing and open-source breadth. Outside work he’s a hands-on maker who rides bikes, reflecting a practical, iterative approach to problem solving.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ross Sheppard High SchoolDiploma, Diploma at Victoria School of the Performing and Visual ArtsMultimedia, Multimedia at Northern Alberta Institute of TechnologyMechanic, Mechanic at United Bicycle InstituteSuspension Theory, Suspension Theory at Sram Technical University
Stackoverflow
649reputation
186kreached
27answers
5questions
Github Skills (15)
application-framework10
app-framework10
web-framework10
php10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
testing9
debug8
debugging8
configuration-management8
documentation7
git7
twitter-bootstrap6
linux6
laravel-blade6
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
laravel/framework
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
The Laravel Framework.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 12 commits, 8 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the Laravel framework by addressing exceptions in the `mix()` helper function and implementing logic for storage links in the about command. They also made several minor code changes and updates. These changes included fixing grammar errors and merging branch master.
laravel-frameworklaravelphpframework
adampatterson/Spoke-Calculator
Sep 2011 - Mar 2014
Contributions:17 commits, 3 issues in 2 years 6 months
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