Hafzasnn

Hafzasnn is the online pseudonym of Hafza Khan, a software engineer and open‑source advocate based in Karachi, Pakistan. She began her career in 2015 after earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Karachi. Khans’ early work focused on full‑stack web development, and she quickly gained recognition for her contributions to the JavaScript ecosystem, particularly in the Node.js community.

Over the past eight years, Hafzasnn has maintained active participation on platforms such as GitHub, where she holds more than 200 public repositories. She is best known for her forks and pull‑requests to projects like Express.js, React, and the popular open‑source e‑commerce platform Bagisto. Khans also started the “Women in Code Pakistan” initiative in 2019, which provides mentorship, coding workshops, and conference talks to encourage female participation in technology.

In addition to her technical work, Hafzasnn has authored several articles on security best practices for web applications, which have been featured in outlets such as Dev.to and Medium. She regularly speaks at regional and international conferences, including PyCon Asia and the South Asia Hackathon Series. Her advocacy efforts have helped secure increased representation of under‑represented groups within hackathon judging panels and open‑source maintainership.