Akam Foad
Lead Frontend Developer at Gateway
Erbil, Erbil Governorate, Iraq
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Top SchoolAkam Foad is a Lead Frontend Developer with 7 years of experience architecting maintainable, extensible web applications and a strong focus on UX. Starting as a Java backend developer, he migrated to front-end engineering and now blends UI/UX sensibility with advanced JavaScript, React and TypeScript practices to deliver polished products. At Gateway he progressed from Frontend Developer to Lead, driving teams and technical direction while emphasizing clean code and scalable architectures. An active open-source contributor, he improved React-based Recharts components and refined sitemap generation for Next.js, showing attention to both developer experience and SEO. Based in Erbil, he also enjoys teaching and writing about the web and brings a dry sense of humor to collaborative teams.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 4, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 4 at Salahaddin University-Erbil
English
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Github Skills (29)
javascript10
sitemap10
seo10
ui-components10
typescript10
nextjs10
ui-design10
uid10
component-kit10
recharts10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
web-sitemap10
react10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
recharts/recharts
Jun 2021 - Nov 2023
Redefined chart library built with React and D3
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 21 PRs, 81 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Akam primarily focused on refactoring and improving the React-based UI components within the recharts library. Their contributions involved converting class-based components to functional components, implementing the react-hooks eslint plugin, and fixing missing hook dependencies. They also added new stories and documentation for the `ResponsiveContainer` and `DefaultTooltipContent` components. Furthermore, the user refactored several shape components (e.g., `Cross`, `Curve`, `Dot`, `Polygon`, `Rectangle`, `Sector`, `Trapezoid`) to functional components.
chartsreactbuilt-with-reactcharting-librarychart
iamvishnusankar/next-sitemap
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
Sitemap generator for next.js. Generate sitemap(s) and robots.txt for all static/pre-rendered/dynamic/server-side pages.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 1 issue in 3 months
Contributions summary:Akam primarily focused on improving the sitemap generation functionality of the `next-sitemap` project. Their contributions included refactoring code related to sitemap index generation, optimizing the generation of URLs by removing unnecessary spaces, and addressing code style issues. Additionally, the user worked on refining the logic for excluding certain routes when using i18n, particularly in the context of localized pages and not found routes. These changes demonstrate a focus on SEO optimization and ensuring correct sitemap behavior.
next-jsreacttxtrobots-txtsitemap
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