Travis Weston is a Senior Software Developer at Alley who specializes in Backend Development and PHP. Prior to Alley, Travis worked at Bangor Daily News where he managed the IT department and led the development team. During his tenure, he untangled the paper’s IT systems and transitioned them to the cloud so the newsroom could work from home during snowstorms. Thanks to his efforts, the paper was able to continue publishing throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, his special expertise is clean code and teaching others how to write clean PHP. Outside of work, Travis loves writing, singing and playing guitar. He also loves playing games, both board and video, with his wife and two kids. He’s based out of Canaan, Maine.