Engineering Departments
Our team members share a variety of skills, so we wear a lot of hats. However, this also allows us to become the local expert for specific specializations. Below are the specializations (departments) within the Matchbox engineering team.
- Management
- Security
- DevOps
- Accessibility
- Development
- Quality
- Maintenance
- Support
Meet The Engineering Team
DevOps
In addition to the LEMP stack, we use the following languages and tools for the majority of our projects
- Asana – Project management, sprint planning
- GitLab – Git repository, issues, merge requests, CI pipelines
- Cloudflare – DNS management
- Codacy – Code quality
- Cypress – End-to-end (E2E) testing
- Laravel Valet – Local development environment
- Tailwind CSS – Utility-first CSS Framework
WordPress Theme & Plugin Development
- WordPress – Open source software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app
- Gather fuel – A fork of the Bedrock by Roots with a little Matchbox flavor added
- Ignite – A fork of Sage by Roots with all the bells and whistles we’ve perfected over the years
- ACF – Custom field creation
- Gravity Forms – Form builder
- WooCommerce – Ecommerce
- Migrate DB Pro – Local development lifesaver
- Algolia – AI-powered search index
- Search WP – Local WordPress search
Laravel Development
- Laravel – Web application framework
- Laravel Shift – Automated Laravel (and Tailwind) upgrades
- Algolia – AI-powered search index
- Nova – Admin panel for Laravel
- SpinupWP – Cloud-based server control panel
GUIs To Make Our Lives Easier
- 1Password – Management for over 1,600 passwords
- TablePlus – Database management
- Transmit – SFTP
- Tower – Git client
- Visual Studio Code – Code editor
- Figma – Design reviews and convert layouts and UI elements from our design team to code.
Hosting
- DigitalOcean – Cloud-based hosting provider
- SpinupWP – Server control panel for cloud-based hosting
- WP Engine – Managed WordPress hosting
- Netlify – Static site hosting