Blog

Writing on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux & Leadership

Notes from building and running cloud platforms at scale.

Roots

Paramakudi: Where I Come From

From a small village called Ponnakkaneri — the Golden City — to platform engineering. The place that shaped everything.

Consultation

Consultation & Training: How I Work With Teams and Businesses

Whether you're a startup choosing your first cloud provider or an enterprise untangling years of technical debt — here's how I help.

Roots

ASK Chilli: Pure Spice, Pure Heritage, Pure Organic

A family business rooted in the red soil of Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu — supplying premium Gundu Red Chilli and Cotton from the farms of Ramanathapuram district.

AI & DevOps

AI, DevOps & Software: What I Build and How It Helps Your Team

From intelligent alerting to zero-downtime deployments — a practical look at the tools, techniques, and approaches I bring to engineering teams.

Terraform

Terraform Module Design: Lessons from Production

Patterns for building reusable, maintainable Terraform modules at scale.

Kubernetes

5 Kubernetes Cost Optimization Tips That Actually Work

Practical strategies to cut Kubernetes spend without compromising reliability.

Platform Engineering

Why Platform Engineering Matters in 2026

How internal developer platforms reduce cognitive load and accelerate delivery for engineering teams.

Technology

AI and GenAI: The Era We Are Actually In

Every decade had its defining technology shift. This one is different — not because AI is smarter than what came before, but because it changes who can build things.

Technology

IoT and Automation: When Everything Got a Heartbeat

The 2010s promised a world where every device would talk to every other device. Some of it was hype. A lot of it quietly changed industries forever.

Technology

DevOps Wasn't a Tool — It Was a Culture Shock

Everyone wanted to 'do DevOps' in 2016. Most organisations bought the tools but missed the point entirely. Here's what the movement actually meant.

Technology

Cloud Changed Everything — And Most People Didn't See It Coming

When AWS launched EC2 in 2006, almost nobody in Indian IT took it seriously. By 2015, it had rewritten every job description in the industry.

Career

The Certification Gold Rush: RHCE, Oracle, and the Badge That Opened Doors

In the early 2010s, a Red Hat or Oracle certification on your resume wasn't just a credential — it was a career accelerator. Here's why that era mattered.

Career

2009: Recession, Resumes, and the Rise of the Training Institute

The year the world froze hiring — and thousands of young engineers discovered that a certification might be their only ticket in.