Development
Full-stack builds in PHP and MySQL with hand-written frontend code — no framework overhead where none is needed.
Available for freelance & full-time work
RAFIUL
ISLAM
Full-Stack Web Developer & security-minded builder
I design and build websites, e-commerce stores and web applications that load fast, read clearly and hold up under real use — written by hand in PHP, MySQL and vanilla JavaScript.
- Based in
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Focus
- PHP · MySQL · JavaScript
- Working since
- 2024
Dhaka, BD 2026
01 Introduction
I BUILD THINGS
that actually work.
I'm a full-stack developer based in Dhaka, working with clients and teams who need a site or system built properly — not assembled from plugins and hoped for the best.
My background runs through both sides of the screen: I've processed real orders in online retail, then built the systems that handle them. That shapes what I build and the questions I ask before I start.
More about meDesign Sense
Editorial layouts, deliberate typography and motion used to guide attention rather than to decorate.
Security
Validation, escaping, session handling and access control treated as part of the build, not a later review.
02 Selected work
Recent
projects.
Three builds that show the range — a storefront, the operations system behind it, and the site you're reading now.
Folkfave
A modest-fashion storefront built around a clear browsing path, honest product presentation and an admin side the owner can actually run day to day.
- Catalogue, category and product-detail templates driven from a normalised MySQL schema.
- Order, customer and stock records kept in one place so operations do not depend on spreadsheets.
Folkfave OS
The operations layer behind the storefront: products, inventory movements, orders, customers and fulfilment handled from one dashboard instead of four browser tabs.
- MVC structure separating routing, business rules and presentation.
- Stock movements modelled as an append-only ledger so counts can always be reconciled.
Personal Portfolio
This site. An editorial, typography-led personal brand built on hand-written PHP with a custom motion layer and no frontend framework.
- Custom scroll and reveal engine written on IntersectionObserver — around 8 KB, no animation library.
- Per-page metadata, canonical URLs, JSON-LD and a generated sitemap.
By the numbers
12+
Projects built
2+
Years working
15+
Technologies used
100%
Hand-written code
03 What I do
How I can
help you.
Whether you need a first website, a store that can handle real orders, or a fix for something that's already live.
All services & processWebsite Development
Custom business, brand and personal websites built from scratch — responsive, fast and structured so search engines and visitors both find what they need.
Frontend Development
Turning a design or a rough idea into clean, responsive frontend code — interactive where it helps, quiet where it does not.
Backend Development
Server-side applications with PHP and MySQL: data models, admin panels, authentication and the business rules specific to how you work.
E-commerce Development
Online stores and the operational systems behind them — catalogues, inventory, orders and fulfilment, shaped by hands-on retail experience.
Secure Web Development
Applying secure development practices to new and existing applications: how input is handled, how sessions work, and who can reach what.
Maintenance & Improvements
Ongoing work on sites that already exist — fixing what broke, improving what is slow and adding what is missing.
04 Approach
Curious by nature.
Built to solve.
“Good development doesn't need unnecessary complexity — it needs someone who understood the problem first.”
Rafiul IslamClarity over cleverness
Code that reads plainly beats code that shows off. Someone has to maintain it — often that someone is me, six months later.
Build with purpose
Every section, component and animation should have a reason to exist. If it does not earn its place, it comes out.
Security from the start
Validation, escaping and access control belong in the first commit, not in a hardening pass after launch.
Finish properly
Deployed, tested on real devices, documented and handed over. A project is not done when it works on my machine.