About me!
I am Navin Shrinivas, a geek, avid learner and a tinkerer. Recently graduated in Computer Sciences from PES University.
My journey has been driven by a deep interest in distributed systems, databases, operating systems, compilers, Linux, and the vibrant world of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
Here, you'll find a showcase of my work, some of by blogs, and updates on my latest projects. Feel free to connect with me — I'm always eager to discuss innovative ideas and collaborate on exciting ventures.
I am currently on the lookout for software developer position, please reach out to me if you find my work interesting. You can find my resume and other details here : Contact me
This site is built using Sapling, one of my own projects.
Currently
- Learning about WebRTC (May build something for WebtRTC once I have a hold of it)
- Diving deep into Distributed systems papers.
- Working as part of Executive Financial Services team at Morgan Stanley.
- Building platforms to help the firm serve their most
executive
clients. - Working alongside E*Trade platforms.
- Building platforms to help the firm serve their most
My experiences:
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Underwent Gobal TAP training @ Morgan Stanley.
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I Interned @ Target (US Retail company) as a tech intern for 6 months, Working on their efforts to modernize their indirect supply chain systems. Worked with Springboot, Elasticsearch, Postgres and
praxis
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Interned @ Morgan Stanely as a summer intern for 2 months. Here I built them a platform for onboarding (Internal and external) AI models for evaluation. This platform included metrics of each model to compare them.
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Majored in CSE from PES University Bangalore. Was part of efforts to bring FOSS and systems (Distributed, OS, DB) to the university through clubs and events.
Some recent posts
It's by design that some posts on here are incomplete-The Cult of Done Manifesto
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Something better than Bloom? Cuckoo filters. date : 2025-03-17 -
ZooKeeper - Part 3 | ZooKeeper Implementation date : 2025-03-16 -
ZooKeeper - Part 2 | High level primitives and applications date : 2025-03-16 -
ZooKeeper - Part 1 | Introduction and API date : 2025-03-16 -
Raft Abridged date : 2025-03-16