# Mazen Touati

Sr. Software Engineer based in the Netherlands. Specialized in Laravel, PHP, system design, database
performance profiling, and developers tooling.

## Links

- [About Me](https://sunchayn.io/about): A brief bio containing the author's work experience, interests, and contact information.
- [Open Source Projects](https://sunchayn.io/oss)
- [What I am focused on now](https://sunchayn.io/now)
- [AI Policy](https://sunchayn.io/ai): My perspective on AI, what I like, what I dislike.
- [Links Directory](https://sunchayn.io/links): A directory of the my professional profiles, personal links, and contact channels.
- [HTML Sitemap](https://sunchayn.io/sitemap): A human readable index showing all pages, topics, and articles on my website.

## Publications

- [Unorthodox Monoliths in Laravel](https://sunchayn.io/blog/unorthodox-monoliths-in-laravel) (2025-02-05)
- [Scaling Laravel Cache: A Standardized Architecture for High-Traffic Applications](https://sunchayn.io/blog/scaling-laravel-cache-a-standardized-architecture-for-high-traffic-applications) (2024-02-09)
- [20 practical productivity tips that you can start doing today as a developer (no Pomodoro)](https://sunchayn.io/blog/20-practical-productivity-tips-that-you-can-start-doing-today-as-a-developer-no-pomodoro) (2023-09-20)
- [You might not need a repository in Laravel: 3 alternatives](https://sunchayn.io/blog/you-might-not-need-a-repository-in-laravel-3-alternatives) (2023-01-30)