Hey, I'm Nil.
I’m a backend engineer, and I’m still learning. Honestly, this site is more for my own bookkeeping than a blog. It’s where I keep track of what I’m learning, reading, watching and collecting. If something here helps you too, that would make me very happy.
On the workbench
Things I've written down while learning. A few are finished; most I'm still working through, and I come back to them when I learn more.
Posts →
Longer pieces on how systems behave, and why.
The first posts are still being written. They'll show up here soon.
Notes →
Short things I picked up while debugging or reading.
Nothing here yet. Notes turn up as I learn things worth writing down.
Bookshelf →
What I'm reading right now.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Mistborn: The Final Empire
India After Gandhi
Semicolony →
Side project
Guides on how systems like DNS, TLS, Kafka and Raft work, with small simulators you can try in the browser. It's mostly AI-made, and I'm reviewing it page by page.
semicolony.dev →Hobbies →
Away from the keyboard.