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Gaibandha → the world

I'm Zakaria — Zak. I've been building for the web since 2017, contributing to open source since 2021, and leading development on Gutenberg products used on thousands of sites. Today I direct AI agents to move faster, and I still do the hard parts by hand.

Available now — can start right awayDhakaGMT+6I overlap with US mornings and EU afternoons

The short version

What I do

I'm a WordPress, Shopify and SaaS developer from Gaibandha, Bangladesh. I build custom Gutenberg blocks, themes, plugins, Shopify sections and apps, and SaaS products.

My open-source plugins — GutSlider, Easy Accordion Block, Gmap Block and more — run on 41,000+ WordPress sites.

I work with clients in the US and Europe. My day overlaps with your morning (US) or afternoon (EU), so there's always a window to talk.

  • Plain talk

    Short updates, real numbers, no jargon. You always know where the project is.

  • Review everything

    Agents write fast. I read every change before it reaches you.

  • You own it

    Your repo, your code, your accounts. Clean handover, no lock-in.

  • Ship, then improve

    A working preview early, then iterations based on what you see.

Experience

Roles

  1. 2023 – nowLead Developer · NexaBlocksGutenberg block plugin
  2. 2022 – 2024Lead Developer · ZoloBlocksGutenberg block plugin, at BdThemes
  3. 2022 – 2024Sr. Software Developer · BdThemesWordPress products company
  4. 2023 – nowSr. WordPress Developer · WPDiveWordPress agency
  5. 2021 – nowFull Stack Developer · EntegrateProject-based

Toolbox

What I work with

I pick the agent for the job — one plans, another writes, another reviews — and I read every change before it ships.

AI agents & models I direct

  • Claude CodeAnthropic
  • ClaudeAnthropic
  • CodexOpenAI
  • OpenAI modelsOpenAI
  • AntigravityGoogle
  • GeminiGoogle
  • CursorAnysphere
  • Command Codecoding agent
  • OpenCodeopen source
  • DeepSeekDeepSeek
  • MiniMaxMiniMax
  • GitHub CopilotGitHub

Build & ship

  • VS Code
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Local (Flywheel)
  • Shopify CLI
  • Cloudflare
  • macOS
Book a 20-min call
Available now — can start right awayDhakaGMT+6I overlap with US mornings and EU afternoons

Let's build it.

Tell me what you're building. You'll talk to me, not an account manager.

Book a 20-min call Brief my agent
  • Reply within 12 hours
  • You own 100% of the code
  • Every agent-written line is reviewed and tested by me
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