Art G.

I’m Art — a Top Rated developer with 100% Job Success, 20+ years of professional IT experience, and a specialty in solving difficult production problems. I’m usually most valuable when a project already exists and something is broken, slow, unreliable, hard to maintain, or difficult to understand. I can get into an unfamiliar codebase quickly, trace problems across application code, databases, APIs, servers, and third-party services, find the actual failure point, and ship a practical fix without turning the project into an unnecessary rebuild. My strongest day-to-day areas are PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, WordPress, WooCommerce, JavaScript/TypeScript, APIs, automation, Linux, Cloudflare, Nginx, performance, and production debugging. I can help with: • PHP/MySQL/Laravel — debugging, custom features, database-driven applications, admin systems, integrations, legacy code, SQL issues, data repair, and backend workflows • WordPress/WooCommerce — plugin and theme development, WP-CLI, REST APIs, checkout/cart issues, redirects, cron, maintenance, migrations, performance, metadata, and difficult production bugs • JavaScript/TypeScript — React, Next.js, Node.js, Vue, Gatsby, jQuery, AJAX, JSON, forms, dashboards, front-end repairs, and full-stack application work • Python and automation — FastAPI, browser automation, Playwright/Chromium, scraping, scheduled jobs, queues, CSV/JSON pipelines, shell scripting, private-server workflows, and repetitive-process automation • API integrations — Stripe, PayPal, SendGrid/SMTP, Google APIs, Maps/Places/Geocoding, social APIs, market-data and crypto exchange APIs, OAuth, webhooks, signed requests, custom SDK logic, and third-party troubleshooting • Databases and data systems — MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, SQL troubleshooting, migrations, imports/exports, backups, integrity checks, recovery workflows, and production data debugging • Linux / cloud / infrastructure — Nginx, PHP-FPM, systemd, PM2, DNS, SSL, Cloudflare, caching, logging, rate limiting, cron, deployment, health checks, backups, rollback/restore procedures, AWS, Firebase, and 10+ years of Google Cloud and Google API experience • Testing and production reliability — Playwright smoke tests, browser testing, accessibility checks, monitoring, logging, failure analysis, backup verification, restore testing, deployment validation, and safer production changes • Performance and technical SEO — WordPress/WooCommerce optimization, LiteSpeed, Nginx caching, WP Rocket, Cloudflare, image/script/database optimization, Search Console, Semrush, internal linking, metadata, indexing, and publishing automation I’m also comfortable working outside the typical PHP/WordPress stack. My broader development background includes React/Next.js/TypeScript, Python, Node.js, Flutter/Dart, Java/Android, C#, Swift, C, Objective-C, Perl, Delphi, Linux/Unix, AWS, Firebase, and older Microsoft/web stacks. That range is especially useful when a project crosses boundaries or includes old and new systems that have to keep working together. My professional IT career started in 2001 at Widevine in Seattle, working with IRC monitoring and scripting. I later worked with a development team building a fully custom eCommerce platform, which gave me deep production experience with PHP, SQL, Python, Perl, JavaScript, HTML, and server administration. I’ve been building, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving real systems ever since. Recent work includes PHP form and application debugging, custom web development, long-term technical support, Shopify automation, PHP/JSON cart and checkout systems, WordPress redirect cleanup, DNS/Webflow configuration, MySQL quota troubleshooting, WordPress maintenance, front-end development, landing pages, API-driven systems, browser automation, server-side workflows, and production infrastructure troubleshooting. What clients tend to value most is that I don’t treat every problem as a greenfield development project. I troubleshoot first. I read the existing system. I reproduce the failure. I inspect logs and data. I trace the real cause. Then I make the smallest reliable change that solves the problem, test it, and explain exactly what changed. I’m comfortable with clean modern codebases, but I’m equally comfortable with the projects other developers often avoid: legacy PHP, old WordPress installations, half-custom WooCommerce stores, strange JavaScript, undocumented APIs, broken cron jobs, redirect problems, failing integrations, database inconsistencies, server issues, deployment failures, and systems where the problem crosses several layers at once. If you need a senior developer who can understand an existing system quickly, debug it methodically, automate what should not be manual, and leave the project more stable and maintainable than I found it, I can help.