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Thoughts on high-performance computing, cloud infrastructure, systems programming, and travel adventures.

Feb 01, 2026

GPU Passthrough on Oracle PCA: A Deep Dive

How we implemented GPU passthrough and vGPU capabilities on Private Cloud Appliance, enabling customers to run AI/ML training workloads on-premises with enterprise-grade reliability.

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Jan 20, 2026

Migrating to Modular libvirt Daemons: Lessons Learned

Breaking down a monolithic hypervisor agent into modular libvirt daemons — the challenges, the wins, and why fault isolation matters for HPC workloads.

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Jan 15, 2026

Winter in Himachal: Spiti Valley in the Snow

A week-long winter expedition through Spiti Valley — frozen rivers, ancient monasteries, and the raw beauty of the Himalayan cold desert at 14,000 feet.

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Jan 05, 2026

Cutting Instance Boot Latency by 67%

A performance engineering story — how we profiled, identified, and eliminated redundant network calls in the instance metadata service to dramatically speed up VM boot times.

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Dec 10, 2025

Backwaters & Beaches: A Kerala Weekend

Quick escape from Bengaluru to Alleppey's backwaters and Varkala's cliff-top beaches — the perfect south Indian getaway for a long weekend.

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Nov 28, 2025

Learning Rust by Building a Type 1 Hypervisor

My ongoing journey into Rust and low-level systems programming — starting with the basics of a Type 1 hypervisor from scratch.

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