Braunson Yager
Niagara Falls, Ontario. Two decades of PHP and Laravel - from a 250k+ domain marketplace to XR device management to civic tools used across Canada. Give me any challenge and I'll find a solution: drop me into any language or framework and I'll figure it out. Constantly learning, always shipping.
Skills: PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, Laravel, Livewire, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, WordPress, WCAG / AODA, SEO, Docker, SCSS, Automation, Python, Lua, React, Vue.js, TypeScript, Linux, Ruby (on Rails), Perl, Go, GraphQL, IoC, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Vite, Webpack, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Bash, Zsh, Node.js, NPM/Yarn, Composer, REST APIs, WebSockets, OAuth2 / OpenID Connect, Stripe, PayPal, AWS, Laravel Forge.
Custom Laravel applications - internal tools, MVPs, full SaaS products. Clean, maintainable code another developer could pick up tomorrow.
Audits and remediation to WCAG 2.1 AA. I help Ontario businesses meet AODA requirements without a full rebuild.
Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed, site architecture, and local SEO. Measured results, not vague promises.
Custom themes, plugins, and integrations - including sites other developers gave up on.
Hacked WordPress site or compromised PHP codebase? I find the infection - web shells, backdoors, injected code - clean it, close the entry point, and harden the site against reinfection. I've published open-source scanners for exactly this.
Connecting payments, CRMs, email, scrapers, and APIs - and automating the manual work that eats your week.
Docker, VPS setup, CI/CD pipelines, and self-hosted infrastructure - deployed properly, backed up, monitored.
A second set of senior eyes on your codebase, architecture, or dev process - before you commit to an expensive direction.
Ongoing updates, security patches, monitoring, and small fixes - so your software keeps working long after launch day.
Ontario businesses: I help you meet AODA requirements without a full rebuild - audits, remediation, and a report you can act on.
Ongoing contract development for a marketplace of 250k+ premium domains. Led performance work that took mobile PageSpeed from 70 to near-perfect, rebuilt SEO architecture across a multi-domain purchase funnel, upgraded app from older Laravel version to latest, migrated Elixir app to Laravel, and built analytics and internal tooling.
A parliamentary advocacy platform that helps Canadians find and contact their MP about Bill C-22. Designed, built, and launched solo - then discussed with journalists covering ethics in AI-assisted advocacy.
A bilingual (EN/FR) transparency tool surfacing Canadian government spending, grant by grant - searchable public data with context like inflation and cost-of-living trends mapped against each government's time in power.
WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility remediation for a regional tourism organization's WordPress site, delivered with a full client report and a custom CLI audit toolkit for ongoing verification.
A community recipe site searchable by macros and nutrition detail - find recipes by protein, carbs, and calories, not just ingredients. Currently getting a ground-up rebuild and relaunch.
A fast-food nutrition tracker covering North American chains - with a focus on the Canadian coverage gap other trackers ignore. Custom scraper pipeline and meal builder. Shares one login with Ripped Recipes.
Canadian grocery price tracking with deal-quality scoring, price history, shopping lists, and SEO landing pages - powered by a custom scraper pipeline.
Exam prep for the Florida 2-15 insurance license, with a 260-question practice bank - built to expand into other licensing exams where the competition is dated.
Full stack engineering on ArborXR's device-management (MDM) platform for AR and VR headset fleets - helping companies deploy, manage, and secure XR/VR/AR devices at scale.
Engineering on PrepAgent's real estate exam prep platform through its acquisition by Aceable - including a 35% platform performance improvement while reducing infrastructure costs.
Built Houseable, custom real estate software and workflows for The Zahnd Team. The product has since been retired, but the lessons in building for a sales team stuck.
An accessibility scanning and reporting platform - crawls a website, checks every page against WCAG success criteria, and produces a client-ready report of what fails and why it matters. Built for Ontario's AODA compliance deadline.
Market intelligence for Niagara tourism operators - regional demand signals and pricing recommendations so small hotels, attractions, and B&Bs know when to run shoulder-season deals and when to hold their rates.
A self-hosted recipe manager built for the kitchen - save and annotate recipes, parse them straight from Instagram or website links, and cook from a wall-mounted tablet.
Real-time marketplace deal monitoring with resale margin estimates. Pans the listings, keeps the gold.
Market + world-news signal tracker that paper-trades its own suggestions and scores its accuracy before any real money moves.
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I've been shipping PHP for over two decades - long enough to have strong opinions and the scars to back them up. For ~20 years I've run Geekybeaver Software Development & Consulting, serving businesses across the Niagara region in web development, local SEO, accessibility, and automation.
Along the way I've worked directly with customers, founders, and leadership - and side-by-side with dev, marketing, DevOps, sales, and customer service teams. I'm comfortable translating between business goals and technical decisions in any room.
I'll find a solution. My home base is PHP/Laravel, but drop me into any language or framework and I'll figure it out - I've shipped XR device management, JavaScript tooling, bash automation, and more. Twenty years in, the one constant is learning.
For hiring teams: I'm a senior full stack developer looking for stable remote work - full-time or long-term contract - with product sense from my own SaaS projects and cross-functional fluency from years of working beyond the dev team.
A short intro call to understand the problem, then a written scope with milestones and a fixed or hourly quote. No obligation until you approve the scope.
Yes - a large part of my work is improving, rescuing, and extending existing PHP, Laravel, and WordPress codebases, including projects other developers have abandoned.
Yes, and quickly. I identify the infection (web shells, backdoors, injected code), clean it, find and close how they got in, and harden against reinfection - then document what happened. I've built and open-sourced malware scanning tools for WordPress and PHP.
Give me any challenge and I'll find a solution. I can be dropped into any language or framework - I've shipped in XR device management, JavaScript tooling, bash automation, and more. Twenty years in, the constant is learning.
Yes. I'm open to remote full-time and long-term contract roles (Eastern Time), alongside my consulting practice.
Yes - care plans cover hosting, monitoring, backups, security updates, and small fixes so your software keeps working long after launch.
Let's get to work.
Have a project, a role, or a mess that needs fixing? I reply to every serious message, usually within one business day. Niagara Falls, Ontario (Eastern Time).