Roland D is a Full Stack Engineer and founder with 13 years of experience building scalable web applications and developer-led products from Auckland, New Zealand. He founded Quikly to reimagine appointment scheduling after seeing legacy systems frustrate small service businesses, applying hands-on product development and user-driven iteration. Technically fluent in PHP and JavaScript ecosystems, he has deep Laravel/Symfony and modern frontend experience with React, Vue and Next.js, and routinely ships Dockerized, production-ready systems. His background spans senior and lead roles across growth-stage startups and enterprise teams, where he focused on API design, performance, and maintainable codebases. An active open-source contributor, he made substantial back-end improvements to the Laravel-based laracom e‑commerce project, reflecting a practical focus on real-world commerce problems. Roland combines entrepreneurial grit with a track record of turning messy operational pain points into pragmatic, embeddable software solutions.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Short Course, Information Technology, Short Course, Information Technology at University of the Philippines
Short Course, Information Technology, Short Course, Information Technology at ACE IT Learning Institute
Bachelor's Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies, Bachelor's Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies at City College of Manila
Master’s Degree, Diploma in Information Communications Technology, Master’s Degree, Diploma in Information Communications Technology at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
Contributions:12 reviews, 444 commits, 110 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Roland made extensive changes to the Laravel-based e-commerce software, `laracom`. The commits primarily involved modifying and extending existing functionality, including implementing order management, addressing data structures, and refining database interactions. Moreover, the user modified the customer and product tables and added code to handle features like attribute and combination.
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