About
I'm Forhad Khan, a software engineer based in Sylhet, Bangladesh, working globally. I build custom web applications, back ends, automation, AI integrations and agents, plus WordPress/WooCommerce plugins, themes and stores. I also improve and optimize existing sites.
I work with WPAnchorBay, a product company that builds WordPress and WooCommerce plugins, including ProductBay, CartBay and UpsellBay. I am also part of PRAGMACS, a services company that provides consultancy and IT services. The case studies are in Work.
Timeline
WPAnchorBay
2026 – presentA product company, started in mid-2025, that builds WordPress and WooCommerce plugins. I joined in January 2026 and work on its plugins from the PHP back end and the React admin to the WordPress.org listing, the docs and support.
PRAGMACS
2024 – presentA services company I founded in Sylhet in January 2024. Consultancy and IT services come first, and it builds its own products where they fit. We worked from an office with a dev team until mid-2025 and have been remote since.
SHIZOG
2022 – 2023An education technology initiative for Bangladesh, with programme discovery for students and a management system for schools and colleges. It did not take off.
Study and contract work
2018 – 2021I got into web development at the end of 2017 and took two six-month diplomas, one in ICT from the Bangladesh Computer Council and one in web design and web application development. Alongside them I studied for a B.Sc. in CSE, took contract web projects, and tried an ICT training initiative in 2021.
How I work
End to end
I take a project from the data model to deployment and stay for support afterwards. Nothing is handed off half-understood, and I can tell you why each part is the way it is.
Small scope, written down first
I write what is in and what is out before I build. ProductBay does product tables and nothing else. CartBay does cart recovery and nothing else.
In writing, on UTC+6
Plans, decisions and what went wrong go in writing, so you can read them in your own time. I am on Bangladesh time, UTC+6, and I work with clients anywhere.
Where the users already are
I build for places people already use: WordPress.org, WhatsApp, the tools a business already runs. A product that also has to find its own audience is two jobs.
Education
- Masters in Information Technology Shahjalal University of Science and Technology · expected 2026
- B.Sc. (Engg.) in Computer Science & Engineering Metropolitan University · 2023 · CGPA 3.66/4.00
Research interests and academic background are on the academic page.
Next
Now is what I am working on this month. Work has the case studies. Writing has the write-ups, and the colophon shows how this site is built.
Have a project in mind?
A web application, a slow site, a workflow still done by hand, or a WooCommerce plugin: tell me the problem and I'll tell you straight whether I'm the right fit.