Shiva. Product at Microsoft — building the Schema Registry for real-time data at planetary scale: schemas, governance, and the developer experience on top. I like clear thinking, shipping often, and staying close to the code.
$ whoami — Shiva. I build databases and languages for fun: an in-memory DB, a DSL, a local-first engine, a patched terminal. Once built an OS, an in-memory database, and a couple of languages & compilers for a carrier-class router.
flip the switch ▸ see the codeSide work at FriedSilicon — for the love of it.
I think product work goes better when you can read the code and the room. I aim for clarity, ship small and often, and treat technical depth as something to use rather than delegate away.
Systems programming, language design, the craft of software that lasts. It started for real at Ericsson — an OS, an in-memory DB, languages & compilers for a carrier-class router — and never stopped. I build the hard things myself so I understand what I ask teams to ship. Hacker in the original sense: build-for-the-love-of-it, not security.