About

I’m Vincy, a PHP developer with 20+ years of experience and a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering. I build and improve production PHP systems for eCommerce, payments, webhooks, integrations, and legacy upgrades.

I also run PHPpot, where I publish tutorials and sample code based on real work. If you’ve landed here from a tutorial and you need help implementing it in your system, you can work with me

Email: vincy@phppot.com

What I work on

eCommerce: cart, checkout, payment gateways
Webhooks: signature verification, retries, idempotency
Legacy upgrades: PHP 5/7 to PHP 8.x
Performance: slow queries, indexing, caching
Security hardening: sessions, CSRF, endpoint protection
Integrations: shipping APIs, email/SMS providers, OAuth logins
Application enhancements and maintenance

Vincy

Why I started

I come from a coastal village in South India. My father was a school teacher. He tried to become an entrepreneur once, putting his savings and a loan into a small store.

A fire accident destroyed it. We lost everything, and he had to return to a job. I grew up watching that dream get buried, and those memories stayed with me.

Years later, when I finished my Master’s degree, I moved to Chennai alone to find work in IT. It was not the usual path for girls from my village. I had support from my father, and I had one promise to myself: I would not go back without building a life in tech.

The early days were hard. I took whatever work I could to survive. I carried my resume everywhere. I kept showing up.

Eventually, I got my first job in web development at a startup. That environment shaped me. I learned to own the full lifecycle: requirements, coding, testing, releases, training, support. I learned what production software feels like when real users depend on it.

That experience is still the base of how I work today: be reliable, be clear, and ship what holds up in the real world.

PHPpot

PHPpot is my long-term project. I started it to share practical PHP and web development knowledge with working developers.

All tutorials on PHPpot are written and published by me. The code examples are my own work, and you’re free to use them in your projects.

If you find an error or a better approach, I’m happy to hear about it. Good software improves through feedback.

How I work

I prefer clean, lightweight implementations with a small code footprint. I value clarity, predictable behavior, and systems that are easy to maintain.

When we work together, I’ll ask questions early, confirm scope, and keep you updated. If something is risky, I’ll tell you. If a simpler approach exists, I’ll propose it.