Raman Kishore

Software Systems · Scale · Engineering Judgment

I write essays on how software systems behave at scale.

The focus is on failure modes, second-order effects, and engineering judgment — often explored through simulations and concrete scenarios rather than abstractions.

Written from experience as a former Head of Engineering and Co-Founder / CTO, with a first-principles, hands-on bias.

These are long-form essays for engineers who want to reason clearly about system behavior under load, stress, and imperfect assumptions.