Glenn Jacobs
Managing Director at Neon Digital
Colchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGlenn Jacobs is a Managing Director, founder, and full-stack developer with 11+ years building scalable Laravel and e-commerce systems from agency projects to open-source platforms. As founder of Lunar, he’s driving a headless, open-core commerce platform built for Laravel while also running Neon Digital, a boutique agency delivering bespoke Laravel applications and technical strategy. He combines hands-on development—routinely improving UI components, documentation, and developer experience in projects like Lunar and Filament—with product leadership and community engagement. Known for pragmatic performance optimisation and modular architecture design, he focuses on developer-friendly tools that solve real business problems. Based in Chelmsford, UK, he’s currently raising investment to accelerate Lunar’s growth and broaden its adoption among Laravel developers and agencies.
11 years of coding experience
De Montfort University
Stackoverflow
21reputation
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Github Skills (25)
ecommerce10
laravel-mix10
livewire10
laravel10
php10
tailwindcss10
alpinejs10
admin9
cms9
html-template9
forms9
filamentphp9
documentation9
html9
builder-io8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
lunarphp/lunar
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
An open-source package that brings the power of modern headless e-commerce functionality to Laravel.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:26 releases, 899 reviews, 85 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily focused on front-end and documentation improvements within the Lunar e-commerce package. They corrected logo image tags and URLs across various layouts. Additionally, the user added Algolia search to the documentation and improved the upgrade guide. They also introduced a quick start guide for installing the demo store, extended the "Extending GetCandy" section, and fixed various minor documentation issues.
ecommercecommercephpe-commerceecommerce-platform
filamentphp/filament
Jul 2023 - Nov 2023
A collection of beautiful full-stack components for Laravel. The perfect starting point for your next app. Using Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 11 PRs, 20 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily contributed to the FilamentPHP framework, focusing on the panel's UI and sub-navigation components. They implemented features like aligning sub-navigation to the end, refactored and improved naming conventions, and modified the sidebar. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of the framework's structure, and involved changes across multiple blade components.
cmsfor-humanstall-stackadmin-panelform-builder
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