Recent Projects
A few things I've built recently.
Blog
Occasional yapping.
The Pied Piper Peril: A Shortage Story
Lessons from Silicon Valley's Pied Piper: why unprepared scaling leads to outages, and how real-world platforms avoid disaster through proactive testing, resource planning, and resilient architecture.
Optimizing Costs and Performance With Bare Metal and Cloud
How companies are slashing cloud costs by switching to bare metal—exploring the hidden overheads of cloud VMs, the performance benefits of direct hardware, and real-world savings from hybrid infrastructure strategies.
Why Dukaan Ditched the Cloud for Bare Metal
How Dukaan cut cloud costs by nearly 50x and boosted performance by moving core infrastructure to bare metal—while using the cloud for backups and smart global load balancing.
My First GSoC Attempt
Reflecting on my first GSoC attempt—building a TUI for Sugar, learning Docker Swarm, drawing inspiration from K9s and Helm, and growing through open source collaboration.
How Hotstar Application Scaled 25 Million Concurrent Users
How Hotstar engineered their platform to handle 25 million concurrent users—using proactive scaling, obsessive load testing, and smart bottleneck management to deliver seamless live streaming during massive events.
The Compounding Effect of Curiosity
How small, consistent learning habits connect ideas, reveal patterns, and lead to unexpected growth.
Stack
Tools I use.
Next.js
Framework
React
Library
Vite
Build Tool
Vue.js
Framework
Astro
Static Site Generator
TailwindCSS
CSS Library
Framer Motion
Animation Library