Benedikt Franke
Software Developer at MLL Münchner Leukämielabor
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolBenedikt Franke is a pragmatic software developer based in Munich with 11 years of experience modernizing legacy systems and delivering robust backend solutions. He specializes in PHP and Laravel ecosystems, contributing to high-profile open source projects such as larastan, the Laravel framework, and GraphQL implementations to improve code quality, static analysis, and developer ergonomics. At MLL Münchner Leukämielabor he architects the migration of a legacy app to a modern web platform while driving test automation, CI/CD and user-centered development. Known for bringing “order to chaos,” he combines careful data structuring and clean code with a focus on performance and reliability. Beyond shipping features, he improves tooling and static analysis—evident in his contributions that add new analysis rules and enhance framework internals.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Web Business & Technology, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Web Business & Technology at FH Kufstein Tirol – University of Applied Sciences
English, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (42)
unit-testing10
caching10
back-end-development10
eloquent10
laravel-mix10
testing10
databases10
laravel10
wpgraphql10
enums10
eloquent-orm10
php10
directives10
code-analysis10
exception-handling10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
nuwave/lighthouse
May 2018 - Jan 2023
A framework for serving GraphQL from Laravel
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:297 releases, 616 reviews, 1954 commits in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Benedikt made several commits focused on enhancing the `lighthouse` framework for serving GraphQL from Laravel. Their work included modifications to the `@can` and `@convertEmptyStringsToNull` directives, enabling more robust handling of user permissions and input validation. They also worked on enhancing the `@hasMany` and other relation directives. The user also incorporated aspects of the framework's architecture around `Federation`, further solidifying their role as a back-end developer.
servinglighthouse-phpphplaravel-graphqllighthouse
webonyx/graphql-php
Aug 2018 - Jan 2023
PHP implementation of the GraphQL specification based on the reference implementation in JavaScript
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:71 releases, 489 reviews, 374 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Benedikt's commits primarily involve enhancements and refactoring related to the PHP implementation of the GraphQL specification. Their contributions include adding new flags for exception handling, incorporating more fine-grained control over exception rethrowing, and improving the overall structure of the code by updating the internal structure for type definitions and ensuring compatibility with PHP Enums. These changes, including adjustments to internal error formatting and reorganisation, showcase their work on core backend GraphQL features.
apispecificationgraphql-phpphprest-replacement
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