Andrew Minion
Platform Development Manager
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Minion is a Platform Development Manager with 15 years of experience building and operating web platforms, specializing in Laravel, Livewire, Vue, MySQL and AWS. He combines hands-on backend engineering with devops and API integration expertise, having architected a dozen-plus Laravel apps and led CI/CD and integration projects across WordPress, FileMaker, GitLab and third-party services. At iVisa he manages internal reporting, backend admin features and complex third-party integrations, and his open-source contributions to the Laravel framework and Raycast extensions show an emphasis on robust date handling, mail testing, and developer tooling. A former business owner and mentor, he pairs practical product ownership with a knack for making existing technology do “cool new things,” such as connecting self-hosted GitLab to in-house business tools. Based in Minneapolis, he brings a pragmatic blend of operational discipline and developer-first craftsmanship.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.B.S., Pastoral Studies, B.B.S., Pastoral Studies at Ambassador Baptist College
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Github Skills (30)
javascript10
laravel-mix10
testing10
raycast10
typescript10
laravel10
php10
raycasting10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
extention10
react10
github-ci9
unit-testing9
git9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
raycast/extensions
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
Everything you need to extend Raycast.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 7 commits, 18 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Andrew significantly contributed to the Raycast extensions repository by implementing new features, specifically related to Laravel Forge and VS Code integration. They added functionality such as opening sites in Forge, editing environment files, and creating SSH connections. Additionally, the user addressed bugs within the VS Code recent projects extension, re-introducing workspace support and updating related dependencies. Further work included implementing shortcuts and indicators for the GitLab extension.
raycast
laravel/framework
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 6 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrew contributed to the Laravel framework by implementing new features and addressing bugs related to date casting, UUID validation, and mailable assertions. They added functionality to handle custom date casts, ensuring consistent date comparisons and correct formatting. Furthermore, the user improved the framework's testing capabilities by adding assertions for mailables and attachments, enhancing test coverage. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the framework's core functionalities and testing infrastructure.
laravelphpframework
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