ZULFIQAR ALI
Software Engineer
ABOUT
I'm a passionate self-driven developer who is forever learning and building cool stuff.
// working with the following tools and beyond 🚀
PROJECTS
Quieter
A social media website written in React & TypeScript.
- - Allowed users to join communities, create and like posts, and submit comments
- - Leveraged Firebase to store data and implement user authentication
- - Used the React Context API to manage the application state
- - Tested all avenues of user interaction, including forms and buttons and more with the React Testing Library
Journal
A blogging website written in the MERN stack.
- - Developed a RESTful API which serves two frontend applications and made it secure with JSON Web Tokens
- - Built a password protected admin frontend client that communicates with the database via the RESTful API
- - Created another frontend for external audience to view published blogs
Pals Only
A message board application written in Express.
- - Implemented hierarchical user roles which unlocks various permissions (post messages, view profiles, admin privileges)
- - Developed the application using the Model, View, and Controller (MVC) architecture
- - Authenticated users with the Passport.js library and safely hash passwords with bcryptjs
OPEN SOURCE
Maintainer @ The Odin Project
The Odin Project is an open source curriculum for web development with over 2 million unique visitors in 2022. As a maintainer, I've written lessons for our learners, reviewed pull requests on our multiple repositories, and drove new initiatives to improve the platform. Most notable contribution is leading a community effort to release a brand new React course.
Currently, I'm leading a community project to upgrade our NodeJS course. Additionally, I also maintain TOP's Discord bot, written in discord.js, which is used in a Discord server of 90 thousand plus members.