I'm in my 30s, I live in Belgium and I love coding, making music, playing video games, and space-related stuff.
I've been doing full-stack development using PHP & Laravel since 2015. That's 11 years of learning new things every day, so far.
I work at Whitecube, and we like to take on challenging projects where we build custom solutions to the specific problems our clients face. This has led me to a lot of rabbit-holes of searching for and learning new tech solutions.
I co-organize the PHP×BRUSSELS meetups with my dear friend Jonathan Rixhon since 2024. It started almost as a bet, because we didn't think we could do it; but it turns out we can! We aim to do one meetup every 2 months, and we alternate between learning-focused events with talks and fun-focused events with various activities. These events take place in various locations in Brussels, Belgium.
If you'd like to chat about anything related to those meetups, for example to apply as a speaker or to start a collaboration, you can reach us at info@phpxbru.com.
I started giving web-development related talks at the beginning of 2025. I've always been terrified of public speaking and being the center of attention, and I decided it was time to work on that. It took a lot of effort (I must have rehearsed my first talk 100 times before giving it), but it worked and I even enjoy it now! The absolute highlight so far was giving my talk at PHP Antwerp, at the Spatie offices in front of their whole team and getting to chat with them afterwards. They are my heroes.
If you'd like to have me as a speaker for your events, you can find my list of talks on my Eventy profile and contact me by e-mail at adrien@leloup.dev.
The one certainty I have after my 11 years of being a developer is that you're never done learning. Not only does the tech keep evolving all the time, but even if it didn't, new projects often require you to figure something out that you haven't thought about before.
The beauty of the internet shines through the millions of people who have already encountered similar situations, and have shared their conclusions, often for free, to the benefit of everyone else.
And so this blog is my way to give back where I can; to share some of that knowledge I have gathered along my journey.
Since I do full-stack work, these articles will cover a bit of everything, be it interesting front-end techniques, noteworthy back-end design patterns, or obscure server and database configuration options.
If you've come across one of the articles and found them useful for something you're working on, I'd love to hear about it! You can tweet at me or send me an e-mail using the contact link in the menu.
Photo credits - Photograph of Saturn taken by JWST, nasa.gov.
