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Azeem Hassni.

[ WordPress Expert / Laravel Developer ]

I build web apps with Laravel, WordPress and React, and ship a couple of products of my own. Based in Karachi, Pakistan.

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EST. 2010
01 — About

A bit about me

I'm a developer in Karachi, and I've been building for the web for about 15 years — mostly in PHP.

Most of my work is Laravel and WordPress on the backend, with React and TypeScript up front. I write tests, I reach for SOLID when it earns its keep, and I try to leave code the next person won't curse me for.

Right now I'm a developer at Stack Builders. On the side I build ShipMyForm, a form backend for developers, and I run brahui.dev — collecting an English–Brahui corpus and fine-tuning a translation model for a language that barely exists online. A handful of my PHP and JavaScript libraries live on GitHub too.

When I'm away from the keyboard, I'm usually out hiking or trekking, or recording the odd programming tutorial.

15+
Years writing code
50+
Projects shipped
6
Open-source libraries
2
Products of my own
01

Web Application Development

Laravel and PHP apps, built with tests and an eye on keeping them easy to change later.

02

WordPress Engineering

Custom themes and plugins with Timber and Twig, so the templates stay readable.

03

Modern Frontends

Interfaces in React, TypeScript and Tailwind that work on a cheap phone as well as a fast laptop.

04

Products & Tooling

Small SaaS products and developer tools I take from a rough idea to something people can use.

02 — Resume

Where I've worked

Experience

  1. Jan 2019 — Present ● Current

    Software Developer

    @ Stack Builders

    I build and maintain web applications across Laravel, PHP and JavaScript, and ship my own products on the side.

    • Write and review full-stack features, with tests, that other people can pick up later.
    • Lean on SOLID principles and a TDD habit to keep code easy to change.
    • Built and shipped ShipMyForm, and run brahui.dev — an English–Brahui translation model.
  2. Jan 2014 — Dec 2018

    Development Team Lead

    @ The Brand Crew

    Led a small team building WordPress and Laravel projects for agencies and brands across Pakistan.

    • Mentored teammates and reviewed their code.
    • Built WordPress themes with the Timber library and Twig.
    • Shipped work for HBL, Knorr, Peek Freans, EBM and Olivia.
  3. 2012 — 2014

    WordPress Developer

    @ BOLAN SOFT

    Built custom WordPress themes and plugins for agency clients.

    • Turned client requirements into bespoke themes and plugins.
    • Worked day to day in PHP, jQuery and front-end code.
  4. 2011 — 2012

    Front-End Developer

    @ Brahvi Media

    My first job — turning designs into code for an online magazine.

    • Converted visual designs into clean, semantic markup.
    • Kept the magazine codebase running and up to date.

Education

  1. Ongoing

    Open Source & Teaching

    GitHub · YouTube

    I keep learning by maintaining open-source libraries and recording programming tutorials.

  2. 2010 — Present

    Self-Taught Developer

    Learning by building

    No formal degree. I learned to code by shipping real things, breaking them, and reading a lot of other people’s source.

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Tech stack

Languages
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • SQL
Backend & Frameworks
  • Laravel
  • WordPress
  • CodeIgniter
  • Timber + Twig
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL
  • Composer
Frontend
  • React
  • React Native
  • Astro
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Alpine.js
AI / ML
  • PyTorch
  • Hugging Face
  • NLP
  • Model Fine-tuning
  • LoRA
E-commerce
  • Shopify
  • WooCommerce
Practices
  • TDD
  • SOLID & Design Patterns
  • OOP
  • Clean Architecture
  • Code Review
Tooling & DevOps
  • Git
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Vite
  • Webpack
  • Linux
03 — Portfolio

Things I've built

// there's more on my GitHub if you want to dig around

04 — Writing

Words & tutorials

  1. May 2016

    Search in Laravel 5

    Adding full-text search to a Laravel 5 application, the practical way.

    • Laravel
    • PHP
    • Search

    ↩ Originally published on Medium

  2. May 2016

    Laravel Migrations: when you delete a migration file

    What breaks when you delete a Laravel migration file, and how to get your migrations back to a clean state.

    • Laravel
    • PHP
    • Migrations

    ↩ Originally published on Medium

  3. May 2016

    Theming WordPress with Timber — Part 1

    Write WordPress themes rapidly with your PHP cleanly separated from markup, using the Timber library and the Twig templating engine.

    • WordPress
    • Timber
    • Twig
    • PHP

    ↩ Originally published on Medium

05 — Contact

Say hello

Got a project, a role, or just want to talk shop? I'm open to freelance work and the odd collaboration. Send a message and I'll get back to you.

Email azeemhassni1@gmail.com
Location Karachi, Pakistan

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