Nimbus: Flexible Baremetal Provisioning
A work blog post on Nimbus and flexible baremetal provisioning at PhonePe.
Pratik Anurag
Hi! I am Pratik. I come from Patratu, Jharkhand, and I am currently staying and working in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
I work at PhonePe as a Software Engineer in the Tools team. My work involves developing tools and binaries for a variety of platform operations, including inventory control and management, bare-metal and virtual machine provisioning, system vulnerability patching, and database activity monitoring, among others. Prior to PhonePe, I worked at Kloud9, Tekion and MetricStream. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Information Science and Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering.
In my free time, I enjoy contributing to open-source projects and volunteering for the community. I was a member of my college's Linux User Group, GLUG-DSCE, where I started my open-source journey.
Outside of work, I am a proud Manchester United fan. I love playing football/cricket and watching matches whenever possible. Additionally, I enjoy quizzing every Tuesday.
Blog
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Notes
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Projects
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Arpkit
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EsPlain
A query explainer CLI for Elasticsearch that turns raw query JSON into readable execution detail.