2023 — Now
FIGLAB
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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AHMAD
FULL-STACK ENGINEER
I build interfaces and APIs that feel alive — Laravel under the hood, React on top, motion in the cracks.
4
YRS XP
22
SHIPPED
2400
COMMITS
9
PRS MERGED
// 02 / CURRENT_STATE
Right now.
A live snapshot — what I'm shipping, reading, and learning. Where my head is this week.
// NOW_BUILDING
Production Laravel + React/Inertia products at FIGLAB.
Schema, queues, APIs, dashboards. Multi-tenant patterns, background jobs, the boring-good kind of code review. Quiet wins, every sprint.
LaravelInertiaReactMySQL
SPRINT · ON-CADENCE72%
READING_SOURCE
laravel/framework
PR-shaped bugs · queues, requests
// NOW_LEARNING
Deeper Laravel internals
Service container · queue lifecycle
PROGRESS55%
// OSS_QUEUE
Pending PRs & reviews
laravel/boost · ecosystem packages
// AVAILABILITY
Employed · Open to OSS
Not for freelance · happy to collab on OSS
// LATEST_PR
fix(docs): retryUntil() return type
laravel/docs#11150 · merged
// 03 / CAREER_LOG
Career & experience.
Jobholder, not a freelancer. Day job at FIGLAB, evenings in the Laravel source. Hover an entry to load its record.
- NOWSoftware Engineer (Full-Stack)› FIGLAB
- 2024Core Contributor› Laravel · Open Source
- 2023Web Developer› Freelance & Contract
- 2022B.Sc. — Computer Science› CIT, Chittagong
// 04 / SKILLS_ORBIT
Tools, in orbit.
Distance = depth. Closer rings = deeper reach. Hover a satellite to lock the orbit.
CORE
PHPLaravelReactMySQL
STRONG
JavaScriptInertia.jsTailwindVue.jsPostgreSQLREST APIs
FAMILIAR
BootstrapHTML/CSSFirebaseGitPostmanLivewire
// 05 / FIELD_LOG
Selected work.
Laravel Framework
Multiple merged PRs into laravel/framework — fixing port extraction in ServeCommand, improving beforeCommit with the ShouldQueueAfterCommit contract, and patching previousPath() security.
PHPLaravel 11/12PHPUnit
5 PRs merged · 3 versions touched
Laravel Boost
Refactors and bug fixes inside laravel/boost — corrected return-type docs in queue-job guidelines and cleaned model-discovery internals in GuidelineAssist.
PHPLaravelStatic Analysis
3 PRs · 2 merged
Request Analytics
Multiple PRs landed in me-shaon/laravel-request-analytics — extending the package with new filters, fixes, and quality-of-life improvements.
PHPLaravelBlade
3 PRs · all merged
FIGLAB Products
Day-job builds — internal tools, dashboards, and customer products at FIGLAB. Laravel + React/Inertia stacks, multi-tenant patterns, queue-driven workflows.
LaravelReactInertiaMySQL
Production · 2 yrs shipping
Laravel Docs
Patched return-type signature on retryUntil() in laravel/docs — small, but the kind of thing that pays back every time someone reads the queue chapter.
MarkdownLaravel
PR #11150 · merged
Side-Quests
Personal experiments — Laravel packages, React component playgrounds, dev-tooling scripts. Most live on GitHub, some make it to friends' production.
LaravelReactTSTailwind
Always cooking
// END_OF_LOG
More in private repos. Ask me.
// 06 / STACK_VIZ
The kit I reach for.
PHP
Laravel
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Firebase
REST APIs
// 07 / UPSTREAM_LOG
Open source — signed, sealed, merged.
Selected PRs into laravel/framework, laravel/boost, laravel/docs and ecosystem packages. Small, correct, in-tree.
8PRs merged
4repos touched
11.x — 13.xlaravel range
open to OSSalways cooking
fix#53538merged
laravel/framework@11.x
Improve Request Port Extraction in ServeCommand
Patched port handling in ServeCommand.php to prevent Artisan command failures when the port string is non-trivial.
view on githublog/0x19200
feat#56445merged
laravel/framework@12.x
beforeCommit honors ShouldQueueAfterCommit
beforeCommit now executes correctly even when the job uses the ShouldQueueAfterCommit contract — closes the gap between transactional intent and queue lifecycle.
view on githublog/0x19D5B
sec#57487closed
laravel/framework@12.x
Security: previousPath() can return external URL
Reported and patched a security vuln where previousPath() could leak external URLs back to the caller. Fix discussed; ultimately superseded.
view on githublog/0x1A16D
docs#11150merged
laravel/docs@13.x
retryUntil() return type → DateTimeInterface
Doc fix — retryUntil() returns DateTimeInterface, not concrete DateTime. Small, but pays back every time someone reads the queue chapter.
view on githublog/0xEC6C
fix#748merged
laravel/boost@main
Boost: queue-job retryUntil() type
Corrected return-type docs in queue-job guidelines so Boost's static suggestions match the framework's contract.
view on githublog/0xC3CA
refactor#792merged
laravel/boost@main
Boost: internal refactor
Refactor pass on Boost internals — for clarity, consistency.
view on githublog/0xC3F6
pkg#79merged
me-shaon/laravel-request-analytics@main
Request Analytics: 3 PRs
Three PRs landed (#79, #80, #81) — feature work and quality-of-life fixes for the request analytics package.
view on githublog/0xC12D
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// 08 / SIGNAL_LOG
Last 12 months on GitHub.
Each cell is a day. Brighter = more commits. Streaks bloom in red.
Less More
2400+ commits · 9 OSS PRs merged
// 09 / BUG_EATER
Eat the bugs.
Classic snake — but the food is your worst enemies. Arrow keys / WASD. Walls wrap around.
SCORE 00000
LENGTH 03
BEST 00000
// 10 / DISPATCHES
Things I wrote down.
// 11 / TRANSMISSIONS
Words from the team.
Reads framework source the way most people read tweets. Ships fixes upstream and keeps our codebase boring in the best way.
Tech Lead
FIGLAB
Reliable Laravel hand. Picks up an unknown module and a week later he's the one explaining it.
Senior Engineer
FIGLAB
Quietly competent. The PRs are small, the patches are right, the tests are there.
OSS Maintainer
Laravel Ecosystem
// 12 / RIG
What I use.
Editor
VS Code · Laravel-tuned
OS
Ubuntu (WSL2) · macOS at work
DB Tool
DBeaver · TablePlus
API
Postman · Insomnia
Terminal
Zsh + Oh-My-Zsh
Notes
Obsidian · pen + paper
// 13 / OPEN_CHANNEL
Send a transmission.
Currently employed at FIGLAB — not for freelance, but happy to talk OSS, Laravel, code review. Or skip the form: n.ahmad.web.cit22@gmail.com