Shafil Alam
Founder at Destination App
Atlanta Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShafil Alam is a founder and software engineer with seven years of hands-on experience building product-led startups and scalable apps from the Atlanta metro area. He launched Destination App, a real-time transit tracker used by 800+ university agencies, and ShortsFusion, an AI-powered short-video marketing platform that validated product-market fit with 100+ users. Technically versatile, he ships cross-platform mobile experiences (Flutter, Swift, Kotlin) and web backends (Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL), and iterates rapidly using continuous user feedback. An active open-source contributor, he has made substantive backend changes to the high-profile Dogecoin Core repo, improving peer management and network connectivity. With studies spanning computer science, cybersecurity, and molecular biology, he brings an interdisciplinary curiosity and a pragmatic, systems-minded approach to building resilient, user-centered products.
7 years of coding experience
University of GeorgiaCybersecurity, Cybersecurity at Grayson Technical Education ProgramGrayson High SchoolBachelor's degree Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Bachelor's degree Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at Augusta University
Github Skills (8)
cryptocurrency10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
dog10
qt10
networking9
rpc8
wallet7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dogecoin/dogecoin
Apr 2021 - Nov 2022
very currency
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 9 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Shafil primarily contributed to the Dogecoin Core repository by implementing and modifying features related to peer management and network communication. They introduced functionality for adding, removing, and testing peer connections, including associated UI dialogs. The contributions involved significant changes to `rpcconsole.cpp` and creation or modifications to files related to peer dialogs and underlying network operations. These changes reflect a focus on improving the Dogecoin network's connectivity and management capabilities.
zcashcurrencycryptocurrencybitcoincryptocurrencies
alamshafil/dogecoin
Apr 2022 - Apr 2024
very currency
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 83 pushes in 2 years
currencycryptocurrency
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