About
PHP/Laravel & Python/FastAPI Engineer — AI Enthusiast
I am Ahmad Mayahi, a software engineer who has spent the better part of his career building web applications with PHP and Laravel.
I do not come from a computer science background. I learned to code by building things, breaking them, and reading other people's code until the patterns clicked. That experience shaped how I write and teach — I have no patience for unnecessary theory, and I assume you do not either.
Over the years, I have worked on projects ranging from small MVPs to large-scale applications serving thousands of users. The lessons in my books come from that experience — from the mistakes I made, the refactors I wish I had done earlier, and the patterns that actually held up over time.
# Books
Free books on Laravel, architecture, and software engineering.
# Skills
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
APIs
AI
Testing
DevOps
# Experience
Where I've worked.
Senior Backend Developer
Moxso · Copenhagen · Hybrid
Founder
ChatVia.ai · Self-employed
Founded ChatVia.ai and established core product architecture, steering the development lifecycle from concept through deployment. Implemented AI best practices across vector databases, backend/frontend systems, and security. Architected a full-stack AI platform leveraging Laravel 12, Vue.js 3, Inertia.js, PostgreSQL, and VectorChord.
Senior Web Developer / AI Engineer
Colourbox · Odense, Denmark · Remote
Led development and infrastructure for AI-driven solutions in facial recognition and vector databases. Designed a fully on-premise facial recognition system. Built a signal processing system for an Elasticsearch-based search engine, capturing customer behavior patterns to improve search relevance.