ashkan@is-a-dev ~ % whoami

SoftwareDeveloper.

I'm Ashkan Tofangdar. Always have been a software developer, always will be. I build the things that don't exist yet.

DON'T PANICpress ~ for a shell · click the dots

$ cat lore.txt

My favorite moment is right before something exists.

Need a tool? I write it. A model? I train it. A world? I build it, paint it, score it and ship it.

Some call it curiosity. Some call it a mild god complex. I call it Tuesday.

# I like simple things done well, code that reads like prose, and handing the map to whoever comes next. That's why I've translated a few books along the way.

$ cat character.yaml

Meet the player.

Stats are self-reported. The luck stat is painfully honest.

character.yaml

name:: Ashkan Tofangdar
class:: Software Developer
level:: 9+# XP farming since 2017
race:: Human# passes most CAPTCHAs
alignment:: Chaotic Good# lawful about code style
spawn:: Tehran, Iran
editor:: Neovim# btw
fuel:: coffee# input: coffee, output: code
languages:: English, Persian

$ htop --player

STRBack-end80/100
DEXFront-end100/100
INTAI / ML90/100
WISArchitecture80/100
LCKFriday deploys20/100

xp since 20179y · next level loading

$ tree ./skills --depth 2

Every branch, unlocked.

Nine schools, one player.

├─ front-end/

13 nodes

TypeScript
Angular
React
Next.js
Svelte
TanStack
Redux Toolkit
Zustand
Tailwind CSS
SCSS
MUI
Ant Design
Storybook

├─ back-end/

17 nodes

Node.js
NestJS
Express
Fastify
Go
Gin
Fiber
Python
Django
FastAPI
.NET
Laravel
REST
GraphQL
gRPC
WebSockets
Microservices

├─ ai_sorcery/

8 nodes

LLMs and image models, trained from scratch, fine-tuned or served privately. No uprisings so far.

LLMs from scratch
Fine-tuning
Small specialized models
Private LLM stacks
RAG
Agents
Image generation models
Computer vision

├─ mobile/

7 nodes

Flutter
React Native
Native Android
Ionic
Firebase
Offline sync
Push notifications

├─ data/

8 nodes

PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Cassandra
SQLite
SQL Server
Firestore

├─ ops/

7 nodes

Docker
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
Jenkins
Nginx
Linux

├─ testing/

4 nodes

Jest
Cypress
Playwright
Pest

├─ worldbuilding/

9 nodes

Code, 3D, 2D, pixels and the soundtrack. The whole game, solo.

Godot
Unity
Unreal
Blender
Pixel art
Aseprite
Krita
Music composition
Ableton Live

├─ artificing/

5 nodes

Embedded systems
Image processing
Arduino
Raspberry Pi
Web AR

$ tail -f quests.log

Nine years of side quests.

9 quests · 1 running

pid 1009● running

Bugloos

Senior Front-End Developer

06/2026 → Present · Tehran, Iran

Leading front-end development and maintaining the Angular codebase
Using AI coding tools day to day to ship features and releases faster
Keeping the apps healthy through refactoring, performance work and maintenance

pid 1008✓ exited 0

Forbix

Senior Front-End Developer

01/2025 → 02/2026 · Tehran, Iran

Rebuilt the whole web app from the new UI/UX designs
Cut load times by 75% with TanStack Query, lazy loading and heavy caching
Worked with the backend team on API contracts and real-time data
Built an internal tool for large dynamic forms with TanStack Form

pid 1007✓ exited 0

BerryOnMars

Senior Full-Stack Developer

06/2023 → 01/2025 · Germany

Led Angular, React and Next.js apps to a 60% better experience, for devs and users
Built AI automations for the team and AI-driven features for users
Reviewed code, coached teammates and wrote unit and end-to-end tests

pid 1006✓ exited 0

Ninipaa

Lead Developer & Co-founder

05/2020 → 05/2023

Co-founded the company and led a mobile app to 80,000+ users
Built and ran the REST and GraphQL APIs behind it
Cut time-to-market by 20% with Agile practices
Mentored 50+ junior developers and interns

pid 1005✓ exited 0

Lingoberry

Software Architect

03/2021 → 03/2023

Designed a multi-tier architecture for a large-scale web app and a shared one across a product suite
Wrote the coding standards and architecture docs, and mentored junior engineers

pid 1004✓ exited 0

SmartX Accelerator

Technical Advisor

03/2021 → 11/2022

Advised several software projects on technical decisions and troubleshooting
Migrated legacy systems to modern platforms and handled server and network setup

pid 1003✓ exited 0

Bittunes

Software Developer

03/2021 → 02/2022

Designed a modern interface for a large enterprise product
Built REST APIs and web apps with Node.js and React

pid 1002✓ exited 0

Goals

Mobile Developer

04/2021 → 01/2022

Shipped Flutter apps for iOS and Android, lifting engagement by 45%
Took an app from concept to deployment

pid 1001✓ exited 0

Swing

Full-Stack Developer

05/2017 → 08/2020

Built web apps with Angular, React, SailsJS and NestJS
Built backends in Node.js on MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Redis
Shipped REST and GraphQL APIs and real-time features over WebSockets
Helped migrate legacy systems to modern architectures

$ ls ~/achievements

Trophy room.

Scroll to unlock. Each one comes with a small dopamine hit.

[locked]legendary

Best Paper & Presentation

Improving Attention Stand-alone Process Program (IASPP) with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Global Interdisciplinary Green Cities Conference · University of Augsburg · 06/2023

[locked]epic

8th place

Sharif Mobile Programming Marathon (MPM 8). Scored 16.18 against a winning 16.6 after three rounds of judging.

Sharif University · 10/2020

[locked]epic

Scribe

Translated image-processing books into Persian.

Knowledge, shared

[locked]legendary

Model maker

Trained my own LLMs and image models.

From scratch, fine-tuned and private

[locked]rare

Crowd pleaser

Shipped software used by 80,000+ people.

Mobile

$ ls ~/artifacts --legendary

ESR diagnostic machine

An Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate machine for hospitals and labs. Built on ESP32 and Raspberry Pi, with a custom operating system for medical compliance and image processing for accurate readings.

Augmented reality cards

Scan the QR code on a business card and the company appears in AR. Built with plain JavaScript and AR.js, and used at international events in Dubai.

$ history | grep school

Where the XP started.

2019 – 2024
Hamedan University of Technology
B.Sc. Computer Engineering · GPA 3.8
2020 – 2021
Shahid Beheshti University
B.Sc. Computer Engineering (guest) · 4 terms, with honors

$ ls ~/inventory

Never leaves camp without.

×∞
coffee
primary fuel source
×1
chef's knife
cooks as much as codes
×1
pair of headphones
playlist classified
×1
towel
obviously

$ git commit -m "save point"

Save your game?

Open to collaborating on open-source projects. Bring your weirdest idea. These aren't the bugs you're looking for, but I'll fix them anyway.

$ mail ashkan4472@gmail.com