Hi there 👋

I am Stephan Hochdörfer. I am a software developer, conference speaker, bitExpert co-founder, unKonf host, phpugffm & phpugmrn co-organizer, traefik & HashiCorp Ambassador.

I help companies to turn their "problems" into their competitive advantages by creating digital solutions powered by state-of-the-art low-code or pro-code platforms.

👷 What I'm currently working on

• DDEV Gally Addon - Gally DDEV Addon
• gally/sylius-plugin - Sylius Connector for Gally
• bitExpert/phpstan-sylius - Sylius extension for PHPStan
• bitExpert/phpstan-magento - Magento extension for PHPStan
• bitExpert/sulu-securitytxt-bundle - Sulu Bundle to manage security.txt files
• bitExpert/captainhook-infection - Infection Plugin for CaptainHookPHP

💬 Some of my favourite talks

• The road to more resilience: an introduction to static code analysis
• How good are my tests?
• Tools to improve the quality of your Magento project
• From dev to prod with GitLab CI
• The NoSQL Store everyone ignores: PostgreSQL

💬 What I am blogging about

• How to define index prefixes in Gally?
• SpeaKonf 2026
• What are Anonymous Template Component Prefixes in Sylius?
• PHP Version Constraints for Renovate Bot
• ConFoo 2026

📫 How to reach me

• Mastodon: @shochdoerfer@phpc.social
• Twitter: @shochdoerfer
• Email: S.Hochdoerfer@bitExpert.de
• LinkedIn: Stephan Hochdörfer
• Company blog: blog.bitExpert.de