About

I’m Raman Kishore, an engineer and former Head of Engineering / Co-Founder, writing about how software systems behave under load, stress, and imperfect assumptions.

The essays focus on failure modes, second-order effects, capacity limits, backpressure, and the trade-offs that shape real production architectures.

I prefer first-principles reasoning and validating ideas through simulations, experiments, and concrete system models rather than relying solely on abstractions or established best practices.

This is not a tutorial site or a high-frequency newsletter. Essays are published occasionally, when there is something worth exploring in depth.