Hi, I'm Robin. I build things, I photograph things, and I look up at the night sky more than I probably should. The one thread running through all of it, and always has, is plain curiosity.

It started with a dial-up modem

I was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. My journey with technology started early, back in grade six, on the big, heavy desktop computers of that time. It was the dial-up internet era, when just connecting to the internet felt like opening a door to another world.

A few years later, I said goodbye to Microsoft Windows and started using Ubuntu Linux. That changed everything for me. I slowly began exploring how operating systems actually worked, customizing Linux, modifying applications, and learning how technology could be shaped well beyond its default settings.

After graduation, I landed my first professional job building custom operating systems and localized applications for kids. That experience taught me something that stuck: technology is not just about code. It is about making things useful, accessible, and meaningful for real people.

Later, I got involved with Mozilla and started contributing to Mozilla Firefox, and worked on applications for Firefox OS. That contribution journey eventually led Mozilla to invite me to visit their headquarters. Visiting Mozilla HQ was a turning point. It made me realize I could do more, build more, and grow more if I moved to the United States.

So I moved.

After coming to the U.S., I focused on building custom eCommerce webstores and web based applications. Over time I grew deeper into web development, eCommerce systems, integrations, and technical leadership, which is still the shape of my work today.

And these days, that work keeps evolving with AI. I use it not as a shortcut, but as a thinking partner: to move faster, solve better problems, explore ideas, and build smarter systems. For me, AI is just another chapter in the same journey that started on those old desktop computers in Dhaka. Curiosity, experimentation, and the itch to build something useful.

That curiosity has really been the whole story. From dial-up internet in Dhaka to open-source contributions, from custom operating systems to modern eCommerce platforms and AI-powered workflows, I keep coming back to one thing: using technology to build something meaningful.

Then a camera got involved

Somewhere along the way a camera got into my hands and never really left. I'm a hobbyist, not a pro, and honestly that's the whole point. Most good afternoons you'll find me out on a boardwalk in the Everglades or a wetland near home, chasing that soft golden hour light, standing very still and waiting for a heron to do something worth remembering. South Florida is almost unfairly good for this, and I still get a little giddy every time a spoonbill drifts in or a gator cracks one eye open. The photos across this site are the keepers from all that happy standing around.

I didn't start out chasing herons, though. Like a lot of people, I began with a little digital camera, just pointing it at whatever was in front of me and seeing what came back. From there I picked up a basic Canon and actually started learning: what the buttons did, why some photos worked and others fell flat, how much light changes everything. Then I moved over to Fuji, and something just clicked. The subject took longer to find than the gear did, but slowly, without ever really deciding to, I kept drifting back to the same thing: wildlife, birds, and the wild green corners of South Florida. That's the part that stuck.

And when the sun goes down, I look up

There's something about the night sky that resets me, the quiet reminder that we're a small blue dot spinning through something enormous and beautiful. I'm no astronomer, just a person who never quite got over how good the moon looks through a lens. So expect me to write about space, science, and the occasional 3am rabbit hole I fall into and can't climb out of.

So, hello

That's me: part builder, part photographer, part kid who never stopped being curious. Have a wander through the galleries, read a few posts, and if something here makes you want to say hi, please do. I'm always up for a good conversation, whether it's about code, cameras, or the cosmos.

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