Hoshō: A Database Activity Monitoring Tool
A work blog post on Hoshō for managing database activity monitoring at PhonePe.
Bengaluru, India Software engineer @ PhonePe
Pratik Anurag
Software engineer.
I build tools for server provisioning, inventory management, vulnerability patching, and database monitoring at PhonePe.
About me
I'm from Patratu, Jharkhand, and live in Bengaluru.
I work at PhonePe as a Software Engineer in the Tools team. Previously, I worked at Kloud9, Tekion and MetricStream. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Information Science and Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering.
I contribute to open-source projects and volunteer. I started contributing through my college's Linux User Group, GLUG-DSCE.
I'm a Manchester United fan. I play football and cricket, watch matches, and quiz on Tuesdays.
Blog
Nimbus: Flexible Baremetal Provisioning
A work blog post on Nimbus and flexible baremetal provisioning at PhonePe.
Virtual Machine Provisioning and Management in PhonePe
A work blog post on VM provisioning and lifecycle management practices at PhonePe.
Notes
Logstash and Elasticsearch architecture notes
A short checklist for ingestion-heavy Elastic stacks before performance issues become normal.
Manual Ubuntu patch flow
A compact flow for patching a vulnerable package manually without losing operational control.
uWSGI and Flask runtime notes
Quick reminders for production behavior in Flask apps served by uWSGI.
Projects
Portik
A Go CLI for inspecting, explaining, and safely managing port ownership across local development environments.
Arpkit
A zero-daemon CLI for profiling machine topology, cache layout, NUMA boundaries, and performance posture.
EsPlain
A query explainer CLI for Elasticsearch that turns raw query JSON into readable execution detail.