I’m Sebastian Schlein. I live in Germany, where I work on the future of PHP.

I love making things on the computer for more than 20 years. It’s still mindblowing to me that a small team of talented people can build complex applications, run global server networks, and serve customers in more than 180 countries worldwide.

In 2017, I founded Beyond Code with my business partner Marcel. Our goal was to create a calm company that develops tools for web developers like us. Today, we are working in the company we envisioned, shaping how developers use PHP and our favorite framework, Laravel.

We provide web services, local development environments, and productivity tools that we use every single day. Knowing that tens of thousands of developers rely on these tools daily makes me exceptionally proud of everything we’ve achieved.

If I’m not working on these tools, I spend time with my wife, my two kids, and our dog. I’ve got a passion for dog training and love freestyle flying of FPV quadcopters.