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Hey, I am Abhinandan
systems, distributed platforms, and developer tools. always building.
I am an engineer passionate about distributed systems, low-latency execution engines, and developer productivity tooling. Currently, I am an SDE-II at Project44, building a Decision Intelligence platform that orchestrates AI agents to detect, decide, and act in real time, while also architecting internal developer tooling that helps engineers build and ship software faster and more efficiently.
On the side, I am a co-founder of SDE Forge (an interactive system design simulator and mock interviewer) and creator of CodePad (a sandboxed multi-language browser IDE powered by BullMQ & Docker).
I enjoy solving problems and bridging the gap between complex challenges and effective solutions.
Bengaluru, India
Explore work & writings
Production systems, cloud execution engines, and developer tools.
From real-time logistics APIs to sandboxed IDEs — work shipped at scale.
ExploreDeep dives into database internals, caching topologies, and system design.
Battle-tested frameworks written for engineers, not for hype.
ExploreArchitectural breakdowns of DDIA, SSI, XFetch, and MCP.
Papers and books distilled into actionable mental models.
ExploreCompetitive programming awards from Google Kickstart, ICPC, and Codechef.
Proof in the ranking, not in the talk.
ExploreRecent work & writing
Recent Projects
- SDE ForgeCo-Founder
Co-Founder & Lead Architect — AI system design simulator with live architecture sandboxes and mock interview agents.
- CodePadCreator
Creator & Architect — Multi-language cloud IDE with Redis/BullMQ queues and Docker sandboxes.
- LoreCreator
Creator — Context memory & knowledge retention engine for developers and AI agents.
- Record-DemoCreator
Creator — Autonomous agent web demo recorder with CDP-attach and voiceover synchronization.
- BlinkCDNLive Service
Creator — Self-hosted CDN engine using GitHub repositories as storage and Netlify Edge for global distribution.
Recent Articles
- Nov 2025System Design: A Battle-Tested Framework for Large-Scale Architectures
- Oct 2025Understanding Databases for System Design: ACID & Isolation Levels
- Sep 2025System Design: All About Caching & Cache Stampede Mitigation
- Aug 2025Segment Trees with Lazy Propagation: Range Queries in O(log N)
- Jul 2025React Hooks Deep Dive: Under the Hood of Fiber & State Queues
Architectural papershelf
- A Critique of ANSI SQL Isolation Levels
Berenson, Bernstein, Gray, Melton, O'Neil, O'Neil (1995)
Why 'serializable' in the 1992 standard is incomplete — dissects anomalies like Write Skew and clarifies snapshot isolation.
- Optimal Probabilistic Cache Expiration with XFetch
Vattani, Chierichetti, Lowenstein (2015)
TTLs as a probability distribution rather than a hard cutoff — prevents cache stampedes without cold cache recompute storms.
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann (2017)
Foundational mental models on replication topologies, partition strategies, consensus protocols, and stream processing.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) Specification
Anthropic & Open Source Community (2024)
Standardized open protocol enabling seamless, secure connectivity between LLM agents and external data sources & tools.
Experience
- Project44· SDE-II
Optimizing core logistics APIs serving 10M+ daily tracking updates and architecting internal developer tooling.
- Shaved p99 latency on high-throughput tracking endpoints with targeted caching and connection pooling.
- Architected internal developer tooling and telemetry dashboards that cut onboarding time across engineering pods.
- Engineered automated anomaly detection for shipment event ingestion pipelines.
Feb 2025 — Present
Bengaluru, India
- Infosys· Specialist Programmer
Built and maintained production-grade services for enterprise clients; owned backend systems and integrations.
- Engineered resilient REST APIs and microservice endpoints handling multi-tenant enterprise traffic.
- Streamlined database indexing and query patterns to reduce query bottlenecks in legacy reporting services.
Oct 2023 — Feb 2025
India
- Cosmocloud· Software Engineer
Developed platform features and APIs for a cloud-native developer platform.
- Implemented core API gateway logic and dynamic schema validation pipelines.
- Contributed to no-code backend orchestration engine and serverless function triggers.
Jan 2023 — Oct 2023
Remote
- Scaler· SDE Intern
Worked on internal tools and learning platform features alongside senior engineers.
- Developed student evaluation dashboards and interactive coding environment enhancements.
- Assisted in performance profiling and frontend rendering optimizations.
Jul 2022 — Dec 2022
Remote
Awards & contest honors
Global rank out of 15,000+ international competitive programmers.
2023
Top 60 finish in a globally rated competitive programming contest.
2023
Team regional rank in the world’s premier collegiate algorithm competition.
2022
Top 1.5% worldwide rating with over 1,000+ algorithm problems solved.
2026