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About

I’m Ijal — a full-stack web engineer based in Bekasi, West Java.

I’ve been building for the web for over a decade and blogging about it since 2009. Right now I’m the sole engineer behind four regional corporate websites at Integrity Asia, working across a headless WordPress + Nuxt 3 stack. On the side, I ship Laravel apps for clients and tinker with this site.

What I work with

My day-to-day spans three stacks:

  • Headless WordPress + Nuxt 3 / Vue 3 — multisite, WPGraphQL, SSR, custom plugins
  • Laravel + Filament — business apps (freight ops, training management, payment platforms, document systems)
  • Classic WordPress — custom themes, plugins, performance tuning, security hardening

Career path

  • Feb 2025 – present — WordPress Developer (Headless/Nuxt) at Integrity Asia. Sole engineer on 4 regional sites across Southeast Asia.
  • Jun 2024 – present — Independent full-stack developer. Laravel apps for logistics, training, payments, and billing.
  • Mar – May 2024 — Career break. Stepped away to care for a recovering parent and support my family during my wife’s pregnancy.
  • Dec 2021 – Feb 2024 — Web Programmer → Web Engineer at PT Catur Elang Perkasa. Managed 10+ websites across a holding company, improved GTmetrix scores from D → A, automated reporting that cut operational cost by ~42%.
  • Nov 2012 – Dec 2020 — Early freelance. Web projects for clients ranging from a celebrity chef to corporate entities. Released Blogger templates with 9,000+ downloads.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science, Informatics Engineering — Krisnadwipayana University, East Jakarta (2016–2021, GPA 3.40/4.00). Thesis: a web-based decision support system using the Simple Additive Weighting algorithm.

The blog

I started writing online in 2009 and this blog has been through every version of itself since then — Blogger templates, WordPress themes, and now this custom build. It covers technology, personal essays, community, and the occasional recording or poem.

Work with me

I’m available for freelance projects, consulting, and contract work. See my services & pricing or get in touch.