Hi, I'm Karthik 👋

Email: Kolikarthik160@gmail.com
Building full-stack applications and high-performance backend systems with a strong focus on scalability, distributed systems, and performance engineering.

Tech Stack

TypeScript • Go • Rust • Python • C • C++ • Java

About Me

• Enjoy working close to the metal — from low-level systems programming to scalable backend architecture
• Strong believer in first-principles thinking and understanding trade-offs deeply
• Passionate about distributed systems, databases, infrastructure, and systems internals
• Occasionally explore x86-64 GAS/AT&T Assembly
• Obsessed with building efficient, scalable, and performance-critical software

Interests

• Infrastructure / Platform Engineering
• Distributed Systems
• Databases & Storage Engines
• AI/ML Systems & Inference
• Systems Programming
• Performance Engineering

In my free time, I build and contribute to open-source projects related to infrastructure, databases, distributed systems, and AI/ML systems.