About me

About me

Matthias Breddin

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.

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