Kelvin Perez | Full Stack Laravel Developer | Inertia, React, TypeScript

Laravel | Inertia | React | TypeScript | PHP

Full Stack Laravel Developer

I build product dashboards, backend workflows, polished React interfaces, and the infrastructure needed to run them.

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Built with the stack I want to work in every day

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Ubuntu

Arch Linux

WordPress

Python

Neovim

Arch Linux

Laravel

PHP

React

TypeScript

Laravel

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

WordPress

Python

Ubuntu

Laravel first, with WordPress and Shopify still part of the path

Introduction

A short intro before the projects.

This is where I explain what I am looking for, why Laravel is the direction, and how to review the dashboard project.

01Who I am

02What I build

03Why Laravel

Loom intro

Personal walkthrough

Intro video will be added here

Until then, the dashboard case study and selected projects below are ready to review.

Light Code Labs Dashboard

A Laravel product dashboard built from an agency attempt, with the working product as the proof

Flagship Laravel project

The product survived the business attempt.

I tried to build an automation agency. The agency did not get the distribution it needed, but the product is real: a working Laravel, Inertia, and React dashboard that turns a captured lead into generated sales site demos.

Laravel

Inertia and React

Lead capture

Docker on Hetzner

View case study Open live demo

Product walkthrough

Lead capture to generated demo

Dashboard

New leads

248+12%

Demos generated

156+9%

Conversion rate

24.3%+6%

Demo site timeline

Sample leads

Acme Inc.Demo

Brightstone Co.Demo

Northwind LabsDemo

The workflow connects browser capture, Laravel intake, enrichment, generated site options, and a safe sample URL.

Demo login

Sample site

Safe sample lead

Capture sample lead

The Chrome extension pulls public Google Maps lead context into Laravel.

Enrich and assemble

Jobs organize the lead, reviews, photos, copy, audits, and site options.

Publish demo

The dashboard produces generated sales site directions and demo URLs.

Applied AI features include enrichment, generated copy, retrieval based chat, audits, OCR, triage, spam classification, and usage logging inside the product.

Selected Work

The dashboard comes first. The other projects show the path that led into Laravel.

Light Code Labs Dashboard

A Laravel, Inertia, and React platform that turns a captured Google Maps lead into a generated sales site demo with enrichment, chatbot capture, voice workflows, queues, usage tracking, and Docker based deployment.

LaravelPHPInertiaReactTypeScript+7 more

SunnySide 24/7 AC WordPress Platform

A custom WordPress and PHP platform for a South Florida HVAC business, using structured content, ACF Pro, dynamic service pages, local SEO, modern build tooling, and performance work.

WordPressPHPACF ProTailwind CSSVite+3 more

Chrome Extension Lead Capture

The companion capture tool for Light Code Labs. It connects the browser workflow to the Laravel dashboard so a Google Maps lead can move directly into the product pipeline.

Chrome ExtensionJavaScriptLaravel APILead CaptureBrowser Workflow+1 more

Shopify Ecommerce Systems

Supporting ecommerce work that shows storefront judgment, product data experience, theme level thinking, and comfort working around online store operations.

ShopifyLiquidTheme DevelopmentEcommerceProduct Data+1 more

WordPress Agency Builds

Selected WordPress and PHP work from the agency chapter, focused on custom themes, ACF Pro, client sites, UI, SEO, and the foundation that led into Laravel.

WordPressPHPCustom ThemesACF ProClient Work+2 more

Need the quick version?

The resume gives the concise scan of the same story: Laravel product work, React and TypeScript UI, PHP, databases, infrastructure, and recent project highlights.

Who is Kelvin Perez?

Full stack Laravel developer with a WordPress foundation, product experience, React and TypeScript UI skills, and real infrastructure exposure

For the formal work history

The letter explains the transition. The resume keeps it structured with roles, stack, project highlights, and the work history behind the portfolio.

The Journey

The path from WordPress and PHP into product dashboards, ecommerce, infrastructure, and the Laravel role I am aiming for now

2016

WordPress and PHP foundation

Started professional web development in agency environments, building the PHP and WordPress foundation that still supports my work today.

What changed

Custom WordPress themes and client websites

PHP, CSS, jQuery, Git, and production CMS work

Collaboration with designers, marketers, and business owners

2017 to 2018

UI, UX, and frontend depth

Started connecting code with interface quality. This is where design, typography, responsive layout, and user experience became part of how I build.

What changed

Advanced Custom Fields and structured WordPress content

Figma, Adobe XD, color, spacing, and responsive design

Modern JavaScript, Sass, reusable components, and page systems

2019

ViViFi agency work

Founded a boutique agency and shipped client websites while learning how to scope work, communicate clearly, and deliver under real business constraints.

What changed

WordPress builds for small businesses and creatives

Client communication, revisions, launch work, and support

Reusable starter patterns for faster delivery

2020

Chrome extension product work

Moved beyond websites into product workflows by building browser tooling for ecommerce operations with my brother.

What changed

Chrome extension development

Browser automation workflows tied to business operations

Early product thinking around subscriptions, onboarding, and support

2021

Light Code Labs and NFT systems

Worked through faster moving product surfaces, including NFT launch systems, while continuing to sharpen WordPress, PHP, and modern frontend skills.

What changed

Technical systems for high traffic launch moments

Light Code Labs as the ongoing studio identity

React, TypeScript, and product architecture exploration

2022

Burnout, travel, and reset

After an intense run, I burned out and traveled. That chapter matters because it changed how I think about pace, focus, and the kind of work I want to build long term.

What changed

Travel through Peru, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and India

A reset around health, discipline, and direction

A clearer preference for useful product work over hype cycles

2023 to 2024

Modern stack and ecommerce range

Came back into the work with a broader stack: React, TypeScript, Shopify, WordPress, applied AI integrations, and stronger backend instincts.

What changed

Shopify and ecommerce workflow experience

WordPress performance and local SEO systems

OpenAI integrations, retrieval based chat, audits, and enrichment workflows

2025 to now

Laravel platform focus

Built Light Code Labs Dashboard, a Laravel, Inertia, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and Docker product that turns a captured business lead into a generated sales site demo.

What changed

Laravel dashboard, queues, jobs, policies, and product workflows

Chrome extension lead capture feeding the Laravel application

Docker, staging, production, Hetzner hosting, and operational tooling

Want the resume next?

The journey shows how the work evolved. The resume keeps the same story concise for screening and technical review.

Books Behind The Work

A tighter reading list that connects to Laravel, code quality, systems, and the agency lesson

Clean Code

by Robert C. Martin

Programming

★4.7

Refactoring

by Martin Fowler

Programming

★4.6

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

by Martin Kleppmann

Architecture

★4.8

Modern PHP

by Josh Lockhart

Programming

★4.5

The E-Myth Revisited

by Michael Gerber

Business

★4.5

Atomic Habits

by James Clear

Process

★4.8

FAQs

The short answers I would give in a first conversation

I am looking for a full stack Laravel developer role where I can contribute across backend workflows, Inertia, React, TypeScript, databases, APIs, queues, and product features.

Light Code Labs Dashboard is the strongest project here because I built it from scratch. It takes a captured business lead, stores it in Laravel, enriches it, generates sales site demos, supports chatbot capture, handles voice workflows, tracks usage, and runs like a real product.

Laravel, PHP, Inertia, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Tailwind CSS, Docker, queues, jobs, Stripe, webhooks, and REST APIs. WordPress and Shopify are still part of the background, but Laravel is the role direction.

Yes. I can work beyond the app code when the product needs it. The dashboard runs with Docker, staging and production environments, queue workers, deploy scripts, Linux servers, Caddy, DNS, SSL, and Hetzner.

Yes. WordPress is how I built my PHP foundation. It is where I learned client work, content systems, ACF Pro, local SEO, custom themes, and performance work. I am keeping it as part of the path, not the headline.

Shopify shows ecommerce range. I can work with storefronts, themes, product data, conversion UX, and the business side of online stores. It supports the full stack story, but it is not the main focus.

They show up inside the product, not as decoration. The dashboard uses OpenAI for enrichment, generated site copy, retrieval based chatbot knowledge, audit writing, request triage, spam classification, OCR extraction, and usage logging.

The agency did not become the business I wanted. I ran out of runway and did not solve distribution. I am not framing that as a business win. I am framing the dashboard as a working Laravel product I built end to end.

Yes. I am looking for full time Laravel roles and selective contract work that lines up with Laravel, PHP, React, TypeScript, databases, product dashboards, and backend workflows.

Start with Light Code Labs Dashboard. That is the best signal for how I think through Laravel architecture, product workflows, UI, integrations, queues, and infrastructure. After that, the Chrome extension and WordPress projects show the path that led there.

Contact

Send the role or project details.

If you are reaching out about a Laravel role, contract project, or technical conversation, send the details here. I will reply with the context that matters most.

01Role details

02Stack fit

03Next step

Best fit

Full stack Laravel teams

Response time

Same or next business day

Kelvin

Portfolio contact

What name should I use in my reply?

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Keep the resume handy

The resume is available as a Google Doc. This site gives the project context, timeline, and case studies behind it.

Built with the stack I want to work in every day

A short intro before the projects.

Light Code Labs Dashboard

The product survived the business attempt.

Lead capture to generated demo

Capture sample lead

Enrich and assemble

Publish demo

Selected Work

Light Code Labs Dashboard

SunnySide 24/7 AC WordPress Platform

Chrome Extension Lead Capture

Shopify Ecommerce Systems

WordPress Agency Builds

Need the quick version?

Who is Kelvin Perez?

For the formal work history

The Journey

2016

2016

WordPress and PHP foundation

What changed

2017 to 2018

2017 to 2018

UI, UX, and frontend depth

What changed

2019

2019

ViViFi agency work

What changed

2020

2020

Chrome extension product work

What changed

2021

2021

Light Code Labs and NFT systems

What changed

2022

2022

Burnout, travel, and reset

What changed

2023 to 2024

2023 to 2024

Modern stack and ecommerce range

What changed

2025 to now

2025 to now

Laravel platform focus

What changed

Want the resume next?

Books Behind The Work

Clean Code

Refactoring

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Modern PHP

The E-Myth Revisited

Atomic Habits

FAQs

What role are you looking for?

Why is Light Code Labs Dashboard first?

What stack do you work with?

Do you work with infrastructure?

Why include WordPress?

Where does Shopify fit in?

Where do the product AI features fit?

How are you framing the agency attempt?

Are you available?

Where should someone start?

Send the role or project details.

Keep the resume handy