https://maniruzzaman.me/blog/ Senior software engineer with 7+ years building WordPress, Laravel, and ecommerce platforms used by 100K+ businesses worldwide. Currently scaling SureCart at Brainstorm Force; founder of Lara Dashboard (TALL-stack CMS); previously Paysera, weDevs, Akij Group. en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://maniruzzaman.me/article/woocommerce-shopify-surecart-ai-era-custom-builds/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/woocommerce-shopify-surecart-ai-era-custom-builds/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three platforms, three different deals. Where each one wins, where each loses, and why AI-assisted Gutenberg / Elementor / Bricks template work compounds harder on SureCart than on the other two. Ecommerce manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash) https://maniruzzaman.me/article/hiring-a-freelance-wordpress-plugin-developer/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/hiring-a-freelance-wordpress-plugin-developer/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A senior engineer's checklist for hiring freelance WordPress and WooCommerce talent — what actually matters, what's a red flag, and how to write a brief that gets you good replies. Hiring manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash) https://maniruzzaman.me/article/welcome-to-my-blog/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/welcome-to-my-blog/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A short note on why I'm starting to write here, what to expect, and how this little site is built. Meta manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash) https://maniruzzaman.me/article/trading-fast-hands-for-trusted-judgment/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/trading-fast-hands-for-trusted-judgment/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT For seven years I was valued for shipping fast. In 2026, that's becoming the cheap part. Here's the shift I'm making in how I work, why I'm making it, and what I think it means for the engineers around me. Career manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash) https://maniruzzaman.me/article/the-slow-way-to-become-an-engineer-whose-opinion-changes-rooms/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/the-slow-way-to-become-an-engineer-whose-opinion-changes-rooms/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A four-phase practice I'm using to grow from "fast hands" into "trusted judgment". No shortcuts, no productivity hacks — just the actual gradient, with the specific habits I'm running each week. Career manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash) https://maniruzzaman.me/article/woocommerce-vs-shopify-for-custom-builds/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/woocommerce-vs-shopify-for-custom-builds/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT I've shipped production work on both platforms — WooCommerce stores serving 100K+ shops, Shopify integrations handling 10K+ merchants. Here's how I actually decide which one fits a brief, with no platform tribalism. Ecommerce manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash) https://maniruzzaman.me/article/building-paysera-payment-gateway-10k-merchants/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/building-paysera-payment-gateway-10k-merchants/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A retrospective on the Paysera payment gateway — Symfony microservices, WooCommerce / Shopify / Magento plugins, and the boring engineering decisions that kept 10K merchants from noticing us. Case Studies manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash) https://maniruzzaman.me/article/solid-principles-for-wordpress-plugins/ https://maniruzzaman.me/article/solid-principles-for-wordpress-plugins/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical, opinionated take on applying SOLID to real WordPress codebases — where it helps, where it hurts, and where it's just CS-class noise. Architecture manirujjamanakash@gmail.com (Md. Maniruzzaman Akash)