I'm Hawana Tamang, a programmer from Bhaktapur, Nepal who builds things for the web. My days are split between crafting Spring Boot backends, building custom WordPress solutions, and learning something new — usually at 2am.
I graduated with a BIT from KIST College, Purbanchal University and spent over a year at WPDrops building client projects. Now I'm doubling down on backend engineering — REST APIs, databases, and the messy details in between.
It started with a two-way chat app in C++ — just sockets, threads, and a lot of confusion. That project taught me more about how computers actually communicate than any textbook did. From there I picked up Java, built a Whack-A-Mole game, and got genuinely obsessed with how backend systems are structured.
After shipping WordPress projects for international clients at WPDrops, I built AniMatch — a full-stack platform in Spring Boot with PostgreSQL — to prove to myself I could architect something end-to-end. It's deployed and running. That felt good. I'm now focused on going deeper into backend engineering while staying sharp on the WordPress side.
Code that a stranger can read six months later. Separation of concerns, meaningful naming, and no magic.
A slow API or a 4-second page load isn't a detail — it's the product. I optimize before it becomes a problem.
I blog about what I build. Explaining something is the fastest way to find out if you actually understand it.
Deployed and imperfect beats perfect and local. I'd rather get real feedback than chase theoretical polish.
I write blog posts about backend concepts — APIs, databases, auth patterns — mostly to solidify my own understanding.
Living in one of Nepal's most historic cities means there's always somewhere new to walk when a debugging session needs a break.
Side projects with no clients and no deadlines. That's where the Whack-A-Mole game and AniMatch came from.
I'm open to backend roles, WordPress projects, and freelance work.