PHPxMEL @phpxmel.com PHP Melbourne is an inclusive group of PHP developers of all levels.
Come and join us at our meetups.
https://meetup.com/php-melbourne
Sponsors:
@maintainly.com
OC house
@ok200paul.bsky.social
@jetbrains.com
@trent-j-telenko.bsky.social @trent-j-telenko.bsky.social 
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
Simon Hampel @simon.hampel.au ▪️Founder of @propertychat.com.au and @zoochat.com
▪️Software developer: PHP, Laravel, XenForo
▪️Lives in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
Caffeinated Dev @handle.invalid Laravel lover, & all that goes with it ( Livewire | Tailwind | Alpine | Pest )
Bunurong 🇦🇺
he / him
Paul Grimes @ok200paul.bsky.social I run OK200, a software and app development company in Melbourne, Australia
Mike Healy @mikehealy.com.au Software developer. Didn't like potatoes until I was 15 or coffee until I was 23. Now I think they're great.
Brisbane
Phillip Hartin @philliphartin.com 🦹 Product Manager, Nightwatch at laravel.com
🔬 PhD in Computer Science (AI/ML)
🧑💻 Creator of many bugs
Astro @astro.build the web framework for content-driven websites 🚀 https://astro.build
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
John Gruber @gruber.foo I write Daring Fireball and created Markdown.
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
Jesse Lawson @jesselawson.dev I write about software engineering for fun and profit on my blog: https://jesselawson.dev 🍳🏳️🌈
Craft CMS @craftcms.com Build bespoke content experiences with Craft. https://craftcms.com
Benita Kolovos @benitakolovos.bsky.social No longer active here. Find my work at Guardian Australia and hear me Thursday arvos on ABC Radio Melbourne.
Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social
alto flute
I see less than most, but more than some.
Naarm
Concerned Citizen @ajet.bsky.social 
Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social 
#135YearsInSolidarity @laborforus.bsky.social Irish-Australian. Classical Marxist (i.e., in the same way Marx was never a 'Marxist') and progressive masculinist, husband, father of a young man, believer in science, God & 'the light on the hill'.
https://135yearsinsolidarity.substack.com/profile/posts
Laura Tingle @latingle.bsky.social 
stranger @strangerous.bsky.social Former law enforcement.
The Klaxon News @theklaxon.bsky.social Australian Independent News.
The Klaxon. What’s actually going on.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
💗💜💙
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Dave Winer @scripting.com OG blogger, podcaster, outliners, CMSes, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.
molly taft @mollytaft.com disaster dyke on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.99. mollytaft.com
Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/ronnisalt
Political-social commentator/sometime-journo. I write books & media articles, sometimes I investigate stuff. Whiny male edgelord's pinup girl. Mostly hilarious most of the time. Likes are acknowledgments only. She/her
💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social energy geek. root striker. trimtab. impatient incrementalist.
#climate200 #OpenElectricity #AEGN #SuperpowerInstitute #NoDickheads
likes≠agreement. DoB: 329.7ppm
https://authory.com/SimonHolmesaCourt
Senator Penny Wong @senatorwong.bsky.social Leader of the Government in the Senate. Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Senator for South Australia.
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Mr Global 🌎 @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social Forbes Contributor/Energy Expert. News-Politics-Opinion
Gators Daily 🐊 @gatorsdaily.bsky.social #1 crocodilian influencer
https://gators-daily.com for da merch
Poorly Aged Things @poorlyagedstuff.bsky.social showcasing poorly-aged things. shill sometimes but no ads. i don’t like elon musk very much 🏳️⚧️ reposts ≠ poorly aged. header: @NipChipCookies icon: @dreamywolfdd
poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social poorly drawing cats since 2016
✉️ hey@poorlycatdraw.com
https://poorlycatdraw.carrd.co/
The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked.
https://linktr.ee/fakehistoryhunter
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Wikipedia Picture of the Day @wiki-potd.bsky.social 🤖 posting of the Picture of the Day from Wikipedia every day 🌎 Sibling account at @potd-context.bsky.social
I'm open source! Maintained by @drezner.xyz
Learn more about how these images are curated at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day
tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com chicken
Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co The latest pop culture news — mostly movies, TV, video games, and social media 🎥🎮
Join our discord discord.gg/culturecrave | subscribe to our newsletter culturecrave.co 📩 | email info@culturecrave.co | 🤝 = partnerships |
Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com a collection of ass brained posts written by your favorite stupid fucking idiot
The Intercept @theintercept.com Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: https://theintercept.com/newsletter/
Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social ugh, who invited this guy 
Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Dem Strategist. Dad to Cameron, Paxton & Brooks. https://TheAltMedia.com
https://youtube.com/@adamparkhomenkoshow
Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social Host of The Joy Reid Show, best-selling author, writer, documentary filmmaker, and happy warrior blerd 'bout town. Subscribe at thejoyreidshow.com and joyannreid.com!
Mike Martin @themikemartin.bsky.social Freelance designer and developer.
Certified Statamic partner.
🇨🇦🛬🇦🇺
Mark Woodward @markwoodward.bsky.social Musician / Actor / Designer / Developer.
They / Them.
markwoodward.com.au
Steve Thomas @steve-coding.bsky.social Building software for business and for fun with Laravel at Coding Labs. Our open source work: https://github.com/codinglabsau
Patrick O’Meara @patrickomeara.bsky.social CTO @maintainly.com, father, @phpmelbourne.com organiser, soda water enthusiast. Laravel | Typescript | React | Expo. Living in Naarm via Yorta Yorta
Robert Wilde @mrwilde.bsky.social Software Engineer, lover of all things science especially Robotics and Nuclear Physics, 3D printing and building pets 
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev Designgineer at Thinkmill.
Person who likes design systems. (He/Him).
Andrew Broberg @broberg.au PHP/Laravel Developer with a bit of vuejs sprinkled in
Andrew Feeney @andrewfeeney.au Software developer from Sydney Australia.
PHP, Typescript, Javascript, Rust, Laravel, React, Vue, Serverless.
Michael Scruse @michael.scruse.au Co-owner at Mity Digital
Statamic advocate (self proclaimed)
Second favourite dad to 2 cats 🐱 🐱
Whisky 🥃 lover
Live in Adelaide Australia 🇦🇺
Hayley Bech @hayleybech.bsky.social Laravel fan, barbershop singer, board game aficionado, maker of www.choirconcierge.com
Luke ketchen @lukeketchen.com Dad 🍼 | Husband | Maker of web apps, photographs, kitchen cupboards 💻📷 | Tinkerer of home tech and gadgets 🛠️ | Remote Pilot 🚁 | Electrician ⚡
Ross Minney @rossminney.au Laravel Monkey/Artisan | Cat Dad | Maker | Smoker of Meats | Home-made Pizza Connoisseur | Science Nerd | Problem Solver | Global Citizen | Lover of Cheese 🧀 | Lawrence (the band) Mega-fan
Nipuna Fonseka @nfonseka.bsky.social Human | Director @ FONSEKA | Brisbane-based software consulting & dev. ❤️ Laravel | React Native
Raj Deut @rajdeut.com 
James Collins @jamesc.id.au Software engineer, Laravel artisan, business owner and dad.
Ben Perry @avenjamin.bsky.social Aussie, Sys Admin, IT Consultant, Laravel Enthusiast, Dad
Adrian Brown @adrianspacely.bsky.social 💻 Full-stack Laravel developer.
🔭 Stargazer.
🪐 Space cadet.
🍀 Hard working dad.
🐶 Has good dog.
Jeremy Butler @jrmybtlr.com 🦘 Designer, Developer, etc.
🦹♂️ https://laravel.com
🛵 https://usemods.com
Jason Beggs @jasonlbeggs.com Senior Software Engineer at Laravel working on cloud.laravel.com
Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com Bootstrapper, software developer, poker player.
Founded 2005: HelpSpot
Founded 2014: LaraJobs (@larajobs.com)
Founded 2025: Outro (@outro.fm)
CoHost: Mostly Technical Podcast (@mostlytechnical.com)
Artsy photos: https://www.instagram.com/ianlandsman/
Marcel Pociot @marcelpociot.bsky.social Building Laravel Herd, http://whatthediff.ai , https://tinkerwell.app, NativePHP, and other great tools for developers. Follow my product dev journey. CTO at Beyond Code
Sebastian Schlein @idontcare.lol Co-founder of Beyond Code. We're building essential tools for Laravel and PHP developers: Herd, Tinkerwell and Expose.
herd.laravel.com
tinkerwell.app
expose.dev
@alexsixis.bsky.social @alexsixis.bsky.social 
Chris Fidao @handle.invalid Slinging bytes through servers @laravel
chris sev @chrissev.bsky.social 
Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social Building https://podscan.fm so that people and brands can track their mentions on podcasts.
I write, podcast & make videos in public. Calmly.
Bootstrapping: https://arvid.link/sold
Audience-First: https://arvid.link/embedded
Audience-Building: https:
Mubashar “Mubs” Iqbal @mubashariqbal.com Sign up for my newsletter 👉 http://sideprojectmvp.com for tips & tricks from someone who has built 120 side projects (https://iworkedon.com/@mubashariqbal).
🏡 - https://mubs.me
Mark Jaquith @markjaquith.com I make things on the web
Sven @hofmannsven.com Freelance web developer with focus on PHP, Laravel, SaaS and SEO.
Imprint: http://hofmannsven.com/legal-notice
Will King @wking.dev Design Engineer — Making software that feels personal
Ideas / Demos: https://www.wking.dev
Podcast: https://strongopinions.transistor.fm/
Kai Sassnowski and 3 others @sassnow.ski I build stupid things with code.
Writing interactive blog posts (veeeery slowly) at:
https://sassnow.ski
Andy Hinkle @andyhinkle.com Builder of things.
🎙️ Midwest Artisan Podcast
Karl M. @karlm.dev Software Engineer @ VheissuLabs
Laravel VILT
Married
Ben Holmen @benholmen.com Big tall anti-entropy machine
Software engineer + general maker
Always curious about everything
Eau Claire, WI, USA | benholmen.com
...let's go exploring!
Larajobs @larajobs.com The official Laravel job board
Daniel Coulbourne @coulb.com I run a small software dev shop called Thunk.dev with some of my closest friends.
I live in Philly, grew up in Japan, and was raised by hiphop and the internet.
❤️ Laravel
Matt Stenson @mattstenson.com CTO at Userscape building HelpSpot (https://helpspot.com). Also building some side projects.
Get client files fast - https://dropitto.us
🎙️My Podcast - http://idlecursor.com
✍️ Personal Site - http://mattstenson.com
John T. Bonaccorsi @johnbon.dev Technical mind, human personality.
🛠️ Building tellydraft.com
💻 TALL Stack
Jeff Beltran @jeffbeltran.com Building on my weekends. Co-Founder of http://ParisInMyPocket.com. YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@paris.in.my.pocket
Pascal Baljet @pascalbaljet.bsky.social
Husband of Esmée, dad of Loïs and Kate ❤️
Works at @laravel.com. Open-source enthusiast. Also builds inertiaui.com.
https://pascalbaljet.dev
Thiery Laverdure @thierylaverdure.com Creator of Litebase - https://litebase.com
Christoph Rumpel @christophrumpel.bsky.social 👶 Father
🐘 PHP Developer
🌟 Working at Laravel
🇦🇹 From Vienna