My name is Bob Bloom (on the right!).

I develop web apps using the superb Laravel Framework.

I created and maintain LaSalle open source Software.

My new project is the open source PHP Serverless Project.

I am the lead organizer of the Greater Toronto Area PHP meet-up group

I am the lead organizer of the Laravel Toronto meet-up group

I am the lead organizer of the York Region PHP meet-up group

I live in Richmond Hill, just a bit north of Toronto.

Latest Blog Posts

Discord Servers For Our Meetup Groups

November 08, 2021

New Discord Servers for each meet-up group....

Washed Meetup Membership: Heavy Attrition

September 18, 2021

Now that our meet-up groups' membership lists have been washed, those who have not visited our groups' pages on meetup.com before August 01, 2021 have been deleted.Again, I want to emphasize that no one is banned. The issue is the longevity of the gr...

Washing The Meet-up Group Membership Lists

August 14, 2021

I am "washing" the membership list on meetup.com for all three groups by deleting inactive members. In early September, I will delete members where last_visited_date...

Perhaps A Mid-Summer's In-Person Meet-up

July 11, 2021

Now that gatherings are ok, to an extent, we should do an in-person meet-up....

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