Akalanka
Palliyaguruge
I build web applications, desktop tools, mobile apps and backend systems using Java, Python, Dart and modern web technologies — most recently a RAG system, a university portal app, a digital student ID system, and a handful of smaller tools.
Selected projects
4 projectsSLIATEGPT - RAG Student Assistant
A retrieval augmented generated system with built with Python, HTML where students can ask questions and generated answers based on SLIATE student handbook.
SLIATE Student Portal
A mobile application for academic information and management, giving students a way to keep up with their institution on the move.
Digital Student ID System
A secure backend system, built with Java and MySQL, that manages and issues digital student identification.
Anony - Anonymous Q&A Platform
An anonymous forum like Reddit built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Experience
IT Technician Intern
National Water Supply and Drainage Board
Provided technical support, troubleshooting hardware and software issues, maintaining system infrastructure, and assisting users with day-to-day IT operations.
Education
Higher National Diploma in IT (HNDIT)
Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education
Coursework covering software engineering and professional practice in IT, alongside the applied projects above.
About
Akalanka works across the full stack — from interfaces people touch directly, down to the databases holding everything together.
- Works the whole stack mobile, desktop, web and backend instead of staying in one layer.
- Matches architecture to the problem
- Started in IT support before development and comfortable with real infrastructure and troubleshooting, not only writing code against a clean local setup.
Open to opportunities in software engineering, particularly work that spans more than one layer of the stack.