Ashik Eqbal
Building for the web, running my own infrastructure, and writing up what breaks.
Writing
Notes on building, breaking and fixing things.
Trial, Error, and Ethernet: My Homelab Learning Journey
I’ve always been curious about server hosting. Back in the day, I used to experiment with hosting WordPress sites and tinkering with basic setups. When I got…
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Why I Started Self-Hosting AI at Home
Over the last two years, AI quietly became part of my everyday workflow. Writing code. Debugging projects. Summarizing documentation. Generating ideas…
#homelab#technology
An introduction to Blockchain technology and its potential use cases
Blockchain technology, the backbone of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has been making waves in various industries with its potential to revolutionize the…
#technology
Projects
Things I've built and run.
- maintainedArogify - Blog Platform
Arogify is a modern blog platform built with Next.js 15 and Sanity CMS. The project features a responsive design using Tailwind CSS with a clean, user-friendly interface. The platform includes a main blog listing page with filtering capabilities and detailed post pages that display the full content along with related metadata. The integration with Sanity provides a flexible backend for content creators while maintaining excellent frontend performance.
- maintainedmenu
Menu is a simple single-page application built with Svelte that displays menu items with their names and prices. The project serves as a straightforward digital menu system that could be used by restaurants, cafes, or any food service business to manage and display their offerings.
Sveltepushed Apr 2025Sveltepushed Apr 2025 - maintainedget-a-date
A fun and interactive Next.js app that lets users create personalized Valentine’s Day invite links and share them with their crushes. Includes secret admirer mode, GIFs, AI-generated poems, and more!
TypeScript1 commitspushed Mar 2026TypeScript1 commitspushed Mar 2026 - maintainedjhs (opens in a new tab)
A website for my high school
TypeScriptpushed Mar 2026TypeScriptpushed Mar 2026 - archivedbluebox
Bluebox is an innovative messaging platform built with Svelte and Gun.js that prioritizes privacy and security through end-to-end encryption (E2E) and decentralized communication. This privacy-focused chat application empowers users to communicate securely without compromising their personal data.
Sveltepushed Mar 2025Sveltepushed Mar 2025 - livePortfolio
My personal portfolio and blog
TypeScript★ 140 commitspushed Nov 2026TypeScript★ 140 commitspushed Nov 2026
Experience & education
- current
2026
Head of Software
EXSBE
- past
2025
Specialist Business Consultant in IT
Chelson Gordon Consultancy
- current
2022 - 2026
B.Tech Computer science and Engineering
Supreme Knowledge Foundation(SKF)
- past
2018 - 2022
High School
Jalalpur High School (H.S)
Stack
Languages, tools and infrastructure I work with.
Languages & frontend16
Bash
CSS3
Framer Motion
Go
HTML5
Java
JavaScript
Next.js
Backend & data11
- Drizzle ORM
- Express.js
GraphQL
MongoDB
MySQL
Node.js
Playwright
PostgreSQL
Infrastructure & homelab29
Ansible
Arch Linux
Cloudflare
Docker- Docker Compose
- Docker Swarm
Git
GitHub Actions
Tools & AI1
- MCP
Get in touch
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