About me

I'm Avichal, a software engineer focused on blockchains.

What I am working on
  • I am building Tableland, a decentralized cloud database and Basin, a decentralized object storage.
  • I host a podcast focused on products using Zero Knowledge cryptography.
  • I write about distributed systems, cryptography, blockchains and more on this blog.
Previously
  • In 2022, I took a sabbatical to dive deep into blockchains.
  • From late 2019 until October 2021, I was a platform engineer at Zalando, Europe's leading fashion platform.
  • In 2017, I joined Lawyaw (acquired by Clio). As an early engineer, I architected and built their automated legal document editor.
  • In 2014, I was an early engineer at Grofers (acquired by Zomato). I helped launch their initial mobile app.
  • In college, I studied Computer Science. My research project focused on analyzing bottlenecks in BGP protocol.
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Posts

Feb 2024
#Blockchains
Dec 2023
#Cryptography
May 2023
#Distributed Systems
February 2023
#Misc
October 2022
#Distributed Systems
July 2022
#Ethereum, #Blockchains
June 2022
#Ethereum, #Blockchains
July 2020
#Tools for Thought
June 2020
#Clojure, #Concurrency
September 2019
#Complex Systems, #Christopher Alexander
June 2019
#WASM
December 2018
#Misc
March 2018
#Linux, #Python
Jan 2017
#HTTP, #Computer Networks
Jan 2017
#HTTP, #Computer Networks
Jan 2017
#Python, #Git
September 2014
#BGP, #Computer Networks