i’m varun, a backend engineer from india.
i build backend systems, infra, and distributed products.
i built CDeX, a complex distributed system for programming contests, code judging, proctoring, realtime leaderboards, and ai-assisted problem authoring.
i built tiny, a distributed url shortener with analytics, caching, search, and a terminal client.
i contributed to pgrwl, a postgres wal receiver for pitr and disaster recovery workflows.
merged oss work:
- moby#52328 — libnetwork gateway priority per address family
- docker/cli#6927 — legacy plugin docs cleanup
- pgrwl#214 — backup mode trace logs, cluster size, and eta reporting
i like go, postgres, kubernetes, distributed systems, and simple infra.



