Stephen Rees-carter
Security Consultant & Friendly Hacker at WithExtraVeg
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolStephen Rees-carter is a Laravel-focused security consultant and "friendly hacker" with 14 years of software engineering experience, auditing applications and helping teams harden real-world Laravel deployments. He transitioned from senior development and technical leadership roles into full-time security work, running Valorin Security and authoring in-depth Laravel security content (larasec/ securinglaravel). Stephen is also a contributor to the core Laravel framework, with bug fixes and security-minded improvements that reflect a deep understanding of its internals. Based in Queensland, Australia, he blends hands-on code remediation with developer education and conference speaking to elevate secure engineering practices. His background spans platform engineering, product management and technical leadership, giving him a rare mix of offensive security skills and practical product-aware judgement.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering at University of Canberra
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Github Skills (12)
configuration-management10
php10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
security9
data-manipulation9
testing7
laravel-envoy6
business-logic6
cron6
zend-framework6
requirements6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
laravel/framework
Aug 2014 - Jul 2022
The Laravel Framework.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 5 commits, 17 PRs in 8 years
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the Laravel framework. Their work focused on refining configuration handling, ensuring the application functions correctly in maintenance mode, and addressing issues related to scheduling and email output. The user also made changes to the validation process and enhanced the core functionality of the framework by adding new features or fixing existing ones. These updates included improvements to password generation, secure randomness in array operations, and security-related fixes, showcasing an understanding of the framework's internal workings.
laravel-frameworklaravelphpframework
valorin/laravel
Jul 2017 - Nov 2023
A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
Contributions:7 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 5 months
artisansphpframeworkphp-frameworkweb-artisans
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