Hey 👋, I am Ashok!

I am a software engineer who likes understanding how things work, from distributed systems and databases all the way down to CPUs and hardware. Welcome to my corner of the internet, where I write about things I'm building, breaking, learning, and occasionally obsessing over.

I've been fascinated by computers for as long as I can remember. What started with taking apart PCs and experimenting with software turned into programming, then software engineering, and eventually work on large distributed systems.

These days, that curiosity goes in both directions. I’m interested in systems at scale, but I also find myself going back down the stack, trying to understand what’s happening inside the machine.

TL;DR

Expertise & Interests

  • Product & Platform: Driving products from concept and MVP to robust, highly scalable enterprise-grade platforms.
  • Cloud & Architecture: Crafting cloud-native architectures on AWS/GCP using Node.js and Golang.
  • Leadership & Mentorship: Building and guiding development teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and growth.
  • Always Learning: Continuously exploring the internals of computer systems, databases, and operating systems.

Communities

I was actively associated with multiple tech communities of NCR region of India, focussed on JavaScript and Go. One of my most prominent contributions was with JSLovers. I have successfully organized 10+ technical events and in addition to organizing, I’ve delivered 20+ technical talks across a wide range of topics.

Some of the most memorable sessions include:

  1. 2017

    Webpack: Inside Out! at Urban Company

  2. 2018

    GraphQL Alongside REST at Social Cops

  3. 2019

    Diving into Golang at Grofers

  4. 2019

    Unit Testing & CI/CD in Node.js at 91Springboard

  5. 2019

    Getting Started with Open Source Contributions at Microsoft

  6. 2019

    Node.js Internals at GoMechanic

Open Source

Open source has played a foundational role in both my personal and professional journey. From Linux and Git to Arduino, these community-driven projects have redefined what’s possible in technology and learning. Today’s world heavily relies on Open Source and this will further explode with time.

Milestones
  1. 2016

    Created Knaxus to promote open source coding & application development

  2. 2018

    Created ShredX to host monthly open source application development events

  3. 2019

    Led a group of 15 enthusiasts and helped them win the HackOctoberFest of 2019

  4. 2020

    My Github repo, problem-solving-javascript crossed 1500 stars

Commit History

  1. 2006

    First PC

    Got my first PC and experimented with a variety of OS installations, from Windows XP and Vista to Mint and Fedora.

  2. 2008

    Gaming

    Got seriously into PC gaming, spending far too many hours with Need for Speed, Battlefield, and Call of Duty.

  3. 2010

    Part Time Work

    Took on PC software repairs locally and also helped 25+ high school groups with their IP projects.

  4. 2012

    First Gaming Rig

    Built my first Gaming Rig which is still functional and in use today.

  5. 2013

    Arduino 101

    Ventured into Electronics with Arduino, built a robotic car and learned core hardware programming concepts.

  6. 2015

    Hosted ashokdey.in

    Crafted the website design using Photoshop CS14, crafter Pure HTML5 & CSS3 website. Also took on freelance web design projects for local clients.

  7. 2016

    Deployed qurious.xyz

    My first major project, which reached 148 users from different parts of the globe.

  8. 2017

    Joined Kisan Network

    Started my professional software engineering journey with Node.js, MySQL, and jQuery

  9. 2018

    Crafted Classplus

    Joined the team early and helped take the product from idea to an application serving 30k users. [MERN, AWS, CI/CD]

  10. 2019

    Built Daalchini

    Designed crons, reporting pipelines, crafted security systems, and optimized databases, scaling the system to 10k transactions per hour. [MERN, AWS, DevOps]

  11. 2020

    Started Photography

    Check out my work on Pexels!

  12. 2021

    Shipped Noice,

    Built & managed 12+ microservices, implemented polyglot storage, and explored distributed systems. Noice became the Spotify for Indonesia [MERN, GCP, Mongo, DevOps]

  13. 2022

    Tech Lead @ Noice

    Led multiple cross-functional squads and worked through the challenges of operating systems at 7.5k req/s, solving critical and challenging issues at scale. Delivered an image processing pipeline that saved 70% data per user and improved Lighthouse score by 55%. [Management, Leadership, Go, ClickHouse, DevOps]

  14. 2023

    Rebuilt Casper

    Upgraded the gaming rig to a beast and restarted PC gaming.

  15. 2024

    Joined Infocusp

    Collaborating with Fortune 500 clients to ship globally impactful products. [Go, Kotlin, gRPC, GraphQL, Terraform, GCP, Monorepos, Bazel]

  16. 2026

    Principal Engineer @ Landmark Group

    Managing and stabilizing the post order experience and complex fulfillment chains for the large scale retail ecosystem. [Distributed Systems, Java, SpringBoot, Node.js, Python, React.js, MySQL, CouchDB, MongoDB, GCP, AWS & more]