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Naimul Kabir

Muslim · Software Engineer · Bibliophile · Philomath

Software engineer focused on Android, iOS, Flutter, and Kotlin Multiplatform. I build cross-platform apps with native-level performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Comfortable working across the stack (full-stack) when a project calls for it.

Currently at Syarah, building internal supply-chain systems and tooling. Open to remote roles and contract work.

Right Now

Going back to CS fundamentals. Learning yet another language or framework feels pointless in the age of AI, so now going through the basics of operating systems.

Learning to read Urdu. Still at a very elementary level, slowly making my way through Manto's Atish Pare.

Building LocalDrop, a native macOS app for sharing files over the local network. It uses the LocalSend protocol, so it works with LocalSend too. A GitHub Desktop-style macOS app is shelved for now.

Outside work, reading is my (almost) only entertainment: lots of mysteries and thrillers, some literary fiction, and non-fiction on philosophy, Islamic theology and history. And far too much time on Hacker News.

Selected works

On-Device Computer Vision, ML Systems & Reliable Image Uploads at Syarah

Conceived, planned, and delivered a lightweight, on-device ML car-photo classification system using a custom-trained 42-class MobileNetV3 LiteRT/TFLite model. Integrated across bulk upload, image validation, and live camera workflows, it significantly reduced photography time and human classification errors.

Built a real-time Android VIN scanner using CameraX, LiteRT, and ML Kit, with a lightweight custom-trained quantized detector and a complex VIN recognition algorithm covering OCR validation, checksum repair, and character-confusion recovery.

Also developed a reliable upload manager that substantially reduced image loss during transfers.

2023 - Present

Helped Rebuild a Leading Islamic App in Bangladesh

Helped modernize the Al-Hadith app, one of Bangladesh's most-downloaded Islamic apps, while maintaining the legacy Android build and supporting its Flutter rewrite for a large user base.

2022 - 2023

Contract work and services

Working with small businesses on web design, digital marketing, and Amazon FBA tooling, alongside contract development for larger products like Marriott Bonvoy, BaseHubs, PatientAccess, and Jobamax. Also integrated the Sunmi Printer SDK into a Cordova hybrid app.

Ongoing

Blogs

Occasional posts on mobile development, Linux, career lessons, and things worth documenting.

Skills & Languages

languages

  • Kotlin
  • Swift
  • Dart
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Go
  • TypeScript
  • SQL

platforms

  • Android
  • iOS
  • Flutter
  • Kotlin Multiplatform
  • macOS

frameworks & domains

  • Laravel
  • Computer Vision
  • Linux CLI

process

  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Kanban

spoken

  • Bangla
  • Urdu
  • English

Read Books

These books were read recently. Or I had read them before and only added them to Goodreads recently.

8 Oct 2026লিটু বৃত্তান্তলিটু বৃত্তান্ত
6 Oct 2026The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
26 Sept 2026The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
21 Sept 2026دانشمنددانشمند
18 Sept 2026The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
15 Sept 2026The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
11 Sept 2026ConfessionsConfessions
7 Sept 2026The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)
7 Sept 2026Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)