Chinmay D. Pai

I make servers go beep boop. Also a hobbyist photographer , part-time gamer, and a full-time golden retriever dad. This is my personal page, where I post my thoughts on engineering, philosophy, and system design.

Outside of work I’m interested in everything *nix, open-source projects, privacy in tech, and infrastructure that just works. In my free time, I get lost in video games, read the occasional book, and sometimes make music (opens in a new tab).

“El camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente”

personal
Working on kiln (opens in a new tab), an encrypted environment variables manager.
reading
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels (opens in a new tab), by Jason Schreier
latest Hunting Down Mysterious NixOS Configuration with Nix REPL A quick look at how Nix REPL helps trace the source of unexpected NixOS configuration
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Encrypt, share, and run with secure environment variables from the command line.

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A fast, efficient daily analytics report generator for Umami Analytics.

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A Nomad operator to automate deployment workflows and reduce manual gruntwork.

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