# LaravelHelp

> LaravelHelp is the independent consultancy of Andrés Pineda, a senior Laravel and PHP engineer who helps companies fix slow, outdated or buggy Laravel applications. Fully remote from Medellín, Colombia, working US Eastern/Central hours.

Andrés Pineda (Ph.D. in Systems & Informatics) has 15+ years of experience building production software, across payments, e-commerce and data-heavy platforms. LaravelHelp is one person, not an agency: clients work directly with the engineer who does the work.

## Services

- Laravel and PHP upgrades: moving applications off unsupported versions, in small steps with tests. Laravel 11 stopped receiving security fixes on March 12, 2026, and PHP 8.2 stops on December 31, 2026.
- Performance audits and optimization: slow queries, N+1 problems, caching, queues and database load.
- Code, architecture and security reviews.
- Bug fixing and ongoing maintenance.
- Automated tests with Pest and PHPUnit for untested applications.
- Senior Laravel capacity for existing teams, per project or part-time.

## How to work with LaravelHelp

- Free 30-minute consultation on Google Meet. You describe or screen-share the problem and leave with concrete next steps. No code access is needed. Book at https://cal.com/laravel-help/30min
- "Help Me Now" urgent session: a paid 1-hour priority consultation for $120 USD, booked through the same booking page.
- Hourly work starts at $60 USD per hour. Larger projects can also be quoted after the free call as a fixed fee or a retainer.
- Email: afpinedac@gmail.com
- WhatsApp or phone: +57 322 637 5697 (https://wa.me/573226375697)

## Technologies

Laravel, PHP, Livewire, Inertia, Alpine.js, Vue.js, React, Tailwind CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Meilisearch, Algolia, AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Laravel Forge, Nginx, Docker, Xdebug, Blackfire, Pest, PHPUnit, k6, Sentry, New Relic and Datadog.

## Links

- [Website](https://laravelhelp.com/): services, frequently asked questions and booking
- [Book a free consultation](https://cal.com/laravel-help/30min): 30-minute video call
- [CV](https://laravelhelp.com/cv.pdf): Andrés Pineda's résumé (PDF)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/afpinedac)