Matthieu Napoli is a founder and principal software engineer with 14 years of experience helping teams scale PHP applications using serverless architectures. Creator of Bref and author of a serverless course, he blends hands-on backend engineering with DevOps pragmatism to simplify deploying PHP on AWS Lambda. He has driven product and open-source efforts at Serverless Framework and contributed widely to high-profile PHP projects like Doctrine, Slim, Matomo and PHP-DI, focusing on reliability, testing and developer ergonomics. As a former CTO and technical lead, he pairs architecture and team-building experience with rigorous quality practices (CI, testing, refactoring). Based in Lyon, he stands out for turning deep PHP expertise into tooling that lowers operational overhead for teams — often addressing obscure edge cases in plugin loading, variable resolution and container interoperability.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Háskóli Íslands
Master's degree in Computer Engineering Computer Engineering, Master's degree in Computer Engineering Computer Engineering at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Contributions:70 releases, 22 reviews, 1776 commits in 10 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Matthieu primarily focused on enhancing and maintaining the dependency injection container's core features. Their commits demonstrate a focus on code quality by implementing PSR-2 compliance and streamlining annotation processing. They made significant contributions to annotation support, reintroducing name-based parameter injection and fixing related issues.
Contributions:18 releases, 78 commits, 48 PRs in 8 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Matthieu significantly contributed to the `deepcopy` library, focusing on feature additions, bug fixes, and refactoring efforts. Their work included implementing filter functionalities, such as `SetNullFilter` and `KeepFilter`, and integrating with Doctrine collections. They also addressed bugs, enhanced testing, and refactored code for better readability. The contributions demonstrate a focus on extending the library's capabilities and improving its robustness.
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