About me
Hey there! I’m Matthias Breddin, a freelance developer specializing in PHP, Symfony, and CI/CD, based in the Cologne/Bonn region of Germany.
The Timeline
- 1980 - Born into this world
- 1996 - Got online for the first time (and never really logged off)
- 2001 - Started my journey as a professional developer
- 2011 - Joined the Symfony community
What I Work With
Over the years, I’ve accumulated experience with a variety of technologies:
Languages & Frameworks
- PHP (my bread and butter)
- Symfony (since 2011)
- JavaScript
- SQL
Databases
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
DevOps & Infrastructure
- Docker
- Git
- CI/CD pipelines
- FreeBSD & Unix systems
- Monitoring (Graphite, collectd, InfluxDB)
This Blog
This is where I share my experiences, discoveries, and occasional rants about software development. Expect posts about PHP, Symfony, DevOps practices, and whatever else catches my attention.
The blog is built with Eleventy, containerized with Docker, and follows the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle.