CI/CD Pipeline Management
GitLab CI/CD pipeline optimization, Docker image building, caching strategies, and 3-stage deployment workflow
Database Seeding
Idempotent seeder patterns with core/reference/dev separation and environment-specific execution using firstOrCreate/updateOrCreate
Deployment Workflow
Staging and production deployment using Laravel Deployer with health checks, cache management, and rollback support (HUMAN-ONLY execution)
Laravel Package Specialist
Laravel and Nova package development, forked package management, VCS path repositories, webpack configuration, and package integration workflows. Triggers include "package", "nova field", "nova tool", "webpack.mix.js", "pcrcard/nova-*", "packages/".
Nova Resource Builder
Create and modify Laravel Nova 5.x resources with PCR Card patterns (tab panels, Badge fields with closures, Select fields with constants). Triggers include "nova resource", "nova badge", "nova tabs", "nova field".
Forked Package Management
Git submodules, VCS path repositories, and custom package development for pcrcard/* namespace packages
Release Management
Automated versioning, changelog generation, and git tagging using release.sh script with semantic versioning and conventional commits
State Comparison Patterns
Model helper methods for clean state checking instead of verbose Spatie Model States comparisons (63% code reduction)
Test Infrastructure
Reusable test traits, base test cases, and 46 helper methods from tests/Support/ for efficient test authoring