My Work

Labels like Laravel developer, Django developer, PHP or TypeScript developer, or anything along the lines of full-stack or half-stack developer are not for me. Since 2007 I have been working either solo or leading small teams where I had to get fluent with anything and everything involved with the web and web based applications. My area of work is quite diversified yet deep.

Take WordPress for example. Even though historically it has been a PHP based application, by the end of 2025, it contains more JavaScript code than PHP. Django is an exception where majority of code is still Python, but it still has a bit of JavaScript. Is JavaScript or TypeScript the future? Probably not, yet. To support any JS based frontend, most of the time we have to get a bit PHP, Python, Node and Databases at the very least. Again, to get all these working together, fluency with servers and like Apache, Nginx, Traefik, Caddy etc. are essential. On top of this, comes server, virtualization and networking technologies like Docker, image registries, build pipelines, CDN, WAF, cloud workers/edge computing and so on. All of these are my native territory. See my skills page for details.

Experience

Consulting Developer to various US and Canada based agencies since 2007.
Technical Head at Royer Design, Inc. (USA) since 2008.
Technical Consultant for Chittagong Fashion Group (BD) through 2006-2018.
DevOps Engineer at Paradise Publishers, Inc. (USA) through 2010-2023.

Past Project Highlights

Many of my projects are covered by stricter NDAs and therefore, I am unable to publish more. Only a few are highlighted here as the bare minimum.

National Politecnique College

NPCollege is a dedicated institution offering immersive, hands-on training in medical imaging and allied health professions. At NPCollege, students can enroll in career-oriented programs such as diagnostic medical sonography, radiologic technology (X-Ray), MRI technologist training,… Read more…
Visby Medical

Visby Medical develops innovative, portable, single-use PCR diagnostics that deliver laboratory-grade test results in under 30 minutes—without bulky instruments or lab infrastructure. Technology Highlights Read more…
ChallengeStar

A cross-platform social fundraising app featuring activity feeds, push-notifications, personal wallet, payment processing, funds transfer in the form of donations. Technology Highlights Read more…
ARBchek

PHP was pretty young when ARBcheck was made. Laravel didn’t exist, Doctrine was too young, and jQuery was the golden standard in frontend interactivity. This online research tool built for by Securities Arbitrators Commentators (SAC)’s… Read more…
Free-eBooks.net

Free-Ebooks.net is a platform that makes reading and learning possible for anyone with a connection and a bit of curiosity. Thousands of new readers join every day, pulling from a catalog that spans fiction, non-fiction,… Read more…

Open-Source

I make quick but impactful contributions to the Open-Source tools I use every day which includes Uptime Kuma, VS Code Edge DevTools, Laravel VS Code, QuickLook, Scoop Repositories and WinGet Packages. Another batch of contributions exist in Zen Browser (Theme Store), Sidebery, various Python/Django extensions, Gnome Desktop and Arch User Repository.

Highlights: My Own Repositories

VS Code Toolbox

Mange profiles and extensions across any VS Code based IDE. I made this to 1) help synchronizing plugins from VS Code to IDEs like Windsurf, Antigravity, Kiro and vice-versa, and 2) To help modularizing the plugin presets into smaller, managble pieces.

shanto/vscode-toolbox
CPT Commands

Adds items from under custom types to the command palette (CMD+K/Ctrl+K) of WordPress site editor. This helps navigating between page, posts and ANY custom types very convenient and fast. I depend on this while editing my sites using the Full-Site Editor (FSE).

shanto/cpt-commands
iOS Webkit Debug

A streamlined and unified toolkit for running the WebKit Inspector UI side-by-side with ios_webkit_debug_proxy for debugging Safari WebKit pages running on iOS devices. Technically, most browsers in iOS including Safari are based on WebKit engine.

shanto/ios-webkit-debug