systems researcher · backend architect
Hridesh Sharma
ep. 01 — "the architect"
I take systems apart to see where the intelligence lives.
Read Chapter Ⅰ — The Embermy story as a manga film you scroll · 3 minfig. 01 — the cold open · scroll to begin the episode
Break. Build. Learn.
fig. 02 — the person holding the pencilSystems researcher and backend architect from Jaipur, India. I design distributed systems built for autonomous intelligence — AI/ML infrastructure, cloud-native architecture, and agentic workflows — and I research how far intelligence can be squeezed into small machines: edge devices, small CPUs, frugal agents.
I learn with my hands: take the thing apart, push it until it breaks, then rebuild it better than it was. The journal is where the wreckage turns into design.
By day I lead infrastructure at SkillBrew; the rest of the time I chase a question: how small can a thinking machine be? The answers so far: a talking agent with two minds, resume models that run on tiny CPUs, and a simulator to test ideas against physics itself.
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
based in jaipur, india · bench hours overlap EU & US mornings
chai, always
story games
quiet places
The arcs
fig. 03 — a career in three episodesARC I
Origin
2021 — 2023
First systems, first pagers. Learning that software is a thing that runs, breaks, and answers at 3am.
- Software Engineer — ConsultAdd Inc 2021
Python SDKs, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB — optimized client-side solutions.
- Software Engineer — RAKSUL · JoSys 2022
Cloud B2B product for IT management on AWS Lambda and S3.
- Back End Developer — Bank of America 2023
Backend systems evaluating and reporting large-scale credit-card transaction data.
- Python Engineer — Loblaw Companies 2023
Backend features and real-time frontend UX for the Discounts & Offers application.
ARC II
Distributed
2023 — 2025
Pipelines, clouds, scale. The systems get bigger; the question becomes how they hold together.
- Software Engineer — IntegriChain 2023 — 2025
Full-stack engineering for critical business applications and cloud file-scanning pipelines.
- Software Engineer — Brudite 2023 — present
Client projects across e-commerce, finance, and health with Terraform and AWS.
- Open Source Developer — PyPI ecosystem 2024 — 2025
Contributions to the Python packaging ecosystem and agentic tooling.
ARC III
Intelligence
2024 — now
The systems begin to think. Infrastructure for AI workloads — and research into how small a mind can run.
- Technical Lead — SkillBrew.AI Feb 2024 — present
Infrastructure and system architecture for AI workloads and agentic workflows; multi-cloud (AWS/Azure).
- Researcher — Independent 2025 — now
LLM memory optimisation for edge devices; frugal, fully-autonomous agents with better context management.
Quest log
fig. 04 — projects, stamped by stateAssistClaw
A light-footed crab machine that carries no shell it doesn't need — an assistant that refuses to be heavy.
AS BUILT
RAM-efficient alternative to OpenClaw. Go + C, custom memory discipline, built for speed on small machines.
Go / Copen ↗Realtime Talking Agent
Two minds sharing one mouth — a fast one that speaks while a deep one thinks. Nobody waits.
AS BUILT
Dual-model architecture for a realtime conversational agent: a fast model streams speech while a stronger model reasons — implemented and shipped successfully.
dual-model · streamingResume Intelligence
A scale that weighs depth, not keywords — and runs on a machine that fits in one hand.
AS BUILT
Own-trained models for resume depth classification and resume ranking, engineered to run over small CPUs — no GPU farm required. Powers SkillBrew's skill-first assessment.
PyTorch · CPU-scaleThe Simulator
A bench where anyone can test an idea against the laws of physics before the universe does.
AS BUILT
Open-source simulator in progress: test scientific ideas against physical law — accessible tooling for hypothesis-scale experiments.
open source · in progressvl-jepa
An eye that guesses what happens next instead of describing what already did.
AS BUILT
Vision-language system for real-time video understanding via embedding-space semantic prediction — no generation loop, targeting edge devices.
Python · JEPAPolyForm
The editor unrolled into an endless sheet of paper.
AS BUILT
VS Code extension turning the editor into an infinite canvas for code visualization.
TypeScriptLangGraph Extension
A lantern held over a maze of agents, so you can watch them find their way.
AS BUILT
VS Code visualizer for multi-agent LangGraph projects — published to the Marketplace.
TypeScriptOpsIntel
A machine that lives inside your walls and keeps your operations honest.
AS BUILT
On-prem DevSecOps and ops-automation product — AI systems on your hardware, on your terms.
productopen ↗Cutaway
An engineering journal — systems drawn in section view, so the insides show.
AS BUILT
Engineering journal publishing dissections of real systems and research notes.
productopen ↗main quests are load-bearing · side quests keep the hands honest · shipped = products in the wild
Skill constellation
fig. 05 — 233 stars · one per 137.5°systems
Rust · Go · Kubernetes · Docker · Terraform · AWS
intelligence
Agentic AI · PyTorch · MLOps · edge inference
backend
Python · TypeScript · Node · Django · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · Airflow · Java
The other save file
fig. 06 — the night pages · same player, after sunsetJournals turn over at night. These pages hold the rest of me: quiet films with small gods in them, ink-heavy sagas, and story games about climbing, swinging, and sailing toward something greater. The margins are where I actually live.
slot 01 · the whole arc
chapters I–III · playtime: 5 yrs
slot 02 · the research file
edge minds · frugal agents · ACTIVE
slot 03 · the night pages
you are here
Save & sync
fig. 07 — the visit, stamped and keptSAVE FILE — EP. 01
- chapter reached
- I · cold open
- playtime
- 00:00
- achievements
- 0 / 9 stamped
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