Hashik D is a software engineer with nine years of experience specializing in Android and Go, currently working at Amazon and pursuing a master's in Computer Science at Dalhousie University. As a freelance developer and active open-source contributor, he has improved UX and localization in high-profile privacy projects like Orbot and led the Android implementation of Tor's Snowflake bridge during Google Summer of Code. His background spans public sector work at the Canada Revenue Agency and product engineering at OpenSense Labs, giving him experience across enterprise and volunteer-driven projects. Known for digging into onboarding flows and bug fixes, he brings a pragmatic focus on user experience and maintainable code in privacy-focused mobile apps.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Dalhousie University
The Github home of Orbot: Tor on Android (Also available on gitlab!)
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 16 comments in 29 days
Contributions summary:Hashik primarily focused on improving the user interface and fixing bugs related to the onboarding process in the Orbot Android application. Their contributions included fixing a blank screen issue when the orientation changed within the AppIntro, extracting string resources for better localization, adding comments for clarity, and changing variable names for improved readability. The user worked on the `OnboardingActivity` and `CustomSlideBigText` classes, modifying layout and fragment management, which enhanced the initial user experience.
Contributions:151 commits, 32 pushes, 10 branches in 2 months
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