Nix, by design interactive course
Learn Nix, NixOS, and flakes in 18 hands-on lessons with interactive 3D animations. Built for people who know the basics of Linux.
01 / An introduction
Hi, I’m
Nihar
Dwivedi.
Software engineer. Problem solver. Builder.
Currently in
Bengaluru, IN
PreviouslyBoston & Dallas
Experience6+ years in the craft
I build scalable systems, craft clean code, and turn complex problems into elegant solutions.
Currently exploring the intersection of distributed systems, developer experience, and AI. Building cool stuff, one idea at a time.
Away from the editor
System design · Open source · AI / ML · Music & hikes
Hacker News ↗
Anime ↗
02 / The toolkit
Tools of the trade.
languages
Rust
before
PythonGo
past
JavaJavaScriptTypeScript
platform & infrastructure
NixNixOSAWSKubernetesDockerTerraformArgo CDVaultJenkinsShell
data & frameworks
PostgreSQLRedisKafkaSparkHDFSHBaseSolrSpring BootReact
systems, tooling, and the space between them.
neural-hack public repo
Solutions to the Neural Hack competition organized at Luminaire, KIIT University.
image-captioning public repo
Deep learning models that generate descriptive captions for images.
mobile-machine-learning public repo
An exploration of modern embedded machine-learning frameworks on mobile platforms.
04 / Along the way
A little backstory.
Senior Software Systems Development Engineer @ SiFive
Build and maintain the systems that power SiFive’s chip design workflows, from CI/CD and infrastructure design to debugging pipelines across RTL, testing, and power, performance, and area (PPA) analysis.
Design faster, more efficient next-generation build systems using state-of-the-art industry approaches, with Grafana and ClickHouse for observability and analysis. Work across RHEL 9, Linux internals, and networking to improve the infrastructure behind these workflows.
Tech: Rust, Go, Python, Jenkins, Bash & shell scripting, Grafana, ClickHouse, RHEL 9, Linux internals, networkingSenior Site Reliability Engineer @ Securonix, Inc.
Orchestrated AWS and Redis scalability improvements, unlocked new instance types, and reduced annual infrastructure costs through capacity and Spark optimization.
Tech: AWS, Redis, Spark, Kafka, HDFS, HBase, Solr, MySQLSoftware Engineer @ Securonix, Inc.
Delivered Java enhancements and designed a Spring microservice API with UI components, separating resource-intensive ingestion for greater uptime and capacity.
Tech: Java, Spring, UI engineering, build systemsCloud Security Engineer @ Securonix, Inc.
Managed a cloud SIEM data-ingestion pipeline, led on-call incident response, and partnered with Product and Engineering to improve system stability.
Tech: AWS, Redis, Kafka, Spark, KubernetesStudent Developer @ Red Hat, Inc.
Built an LSTM metric-alerting model and deployed a Grafana and Prometheus monitoring application on OpenShift; the reviewed work landed in the main repository.
Tech: Python, OpenShift, Grafana, Prometheus, JupyterHubSoftware Engineer Intern @ Deloitte
Developed PowerShell, SQL, JavaScript, and C# features for a web-based audit tool, expanding its capabilities and improving documentation and usability.
Tech: PowerShell, SQL, JavaScript, C#05 / Say hello
Let’s talk.
Have a hard problem or an interesting idea? Let’s talk.