Ryan Weaver
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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Ryan Weaver is a seasoned PHP engineer and longtime Symfony core contributor with 16 years of experience improving developer experience, security, and documentation across the Symfony ecosystem. A primary maintainer of Symfony docs and writer for SymfonyCasts, he pairs deep backend work—contributions to security, messenger, framework and dependency-injection components—with clear technical writing and training skills. He’s implemented authentication systems, serializers, and UX improvements in high-profile repos like symfony/security, symfony/messenger, and symfony/flex, while also shaping tooling such as Webpack Encore and Composer integrations. Based in Grand Rapids, Ryan brings a rare combination of hands-on code-level refactors and public-facing education—he’s as likely to add a Guard auth feature as to explain it in a tutorial. Unusually for an engineer, his academic background blends Spanish and Math, reflecting strengths in communication and rigorous problem solving.
16 years of coding experience
BA + BS, Spanish + Math, BA + BS, Spanish + Math at Hope College
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Github Skills (112)
url-routing10
package-management10
annotations10
testing10
command-line-interface10
authentication10
message-queue10
phpunit10
security10
code-generation10
db-schema10
build-automation10
symfony-ux10
database-management10
httpwebrequest10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
symfony/webpack-encore-bundle
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Symfony integration with Webpack Encore!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:35 releases, 34 reviews, 132 commits in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ryan contributed to the initial setup and feature implementation of the Symfony Webpack Encore bundle, including the initial setup and implementation. They addressed an issue related to missing keys when no files are found by the Webpack plugin, ensuring the bundle's stability and handling edge cases. The user also added a caching mechanism, improved code style and added the capability to define and use multiple entry points. They contributed to the bundle's overall architecture and provided valuable enhancements to its functionality and usability.
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knpuniversity/symfony4
Dec 2017 - Dec 2022
Screencast code, script and tandem bikes behind the "Stellar Development with Symfony 4" tutorial
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Technical Writer
Back-end Developer & Technical WriterContributions:1384 commits, 7 PRs, 358 pushes in 5 years
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily contributed to setting up the initial structure of a Symfony 4 tutorial project. They initiated the project, implemented core files like `Kernel.php` and `index.php`, and added basic configuration files like `bundles.php`. The user also introduced the Symfony framework's core components, including routing, templates, and basic form elements, and provided helpful documentation.
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