Anwarul Islam is a seasoned web engineer and mentor with 9 years of experience building high-performance PWAs and SPAs using TypeScript and JavaScript, with a strong preference for Angular alongside React and Vue. He contributes as a product engineer to Hoppscotch, a popular open-source alternative to Postman, where he’s driven improvements to GraphQL, realtime tools, REST testing, and a reusable UI library. Previously he helped scale 10 Minute School into a PWA serving millions, implementing SSR, lazy loading, and microservices to optimize performance for large user bases. As a freelance and platform mentor he’s guided 300+ developers and completed 80+ freelance projects, honing client communication and pragmatic problem-solving. Comfortable across the full stack and cloud stack (Node/Nest/Laravel, AWS/GCP/Docker/Firebase), he combines hands-on feature work with developer-facing UX improvements. A self-taught technologist with a humanities background, he uniquely blends clear communication and pedagogy with deep engineering craft.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bengali Language and Literature, Bachelor's degree, Bengali Language and Literature at Dhaka College
Secondary School Certificate, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Secondary School Certificate, Humanities/Humanistic Studies at Sobura Khatun Jamia Islamia Madrasah
Higher Secondary Certififcate, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Higher Secondary Certififcate, Humanities/Humanistic Studies at Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasah
Open-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:180 reviews, 14 commits, 140 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Anwarul implemented features related to importing and parsing data from other API development tools, specifically Insomnia and cURL. They created components and utility functions to facilitate the conversion of Insomnia collections to Hoppscotch's format. They also worked on the frontend, adding functionalities for importing cURL commands and improving UI aspects. The changes involved modifying Vue components, Typescript code, and core components.
Contributions:16 reviews, 18 PRs, 40 comments in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Anwarul primarily contributed to the "ruler" extension, implementing core functionality and UI elements. Their work included creating a ruler window, drawing lines, and calculating distances. They integrated features such as drag mode, clipboard copy, and preferences, enhancing the extension's usability. The user also fixed bugs and made improvements to the screenocr and youtube-downloader extensions.
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