Hey there! 👋

I'm Sai Charan, a Platform Engineer who accidentally got really good at making computers behave (most of the time).

My Journey So Far

I started as a curious kid in Bangalore who thought coding was just about making websites look pretty. Fast forward through a CS degree, a Master's in Germany, and hopping a few countries later turns out I'm pretty decent at keeping systems alive at 3 AM.

Plot Twist: What began with HTML and CSS somehow evolved into wrangling Kubernetes clusters, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and sweet-talking AWS into cooperating with my credit card. I've gone from “why won't this button center?” to “why is this deploy taking 9 minutes instead of 3?” (Spoiler: I fixed it.)

What I Actually Do

I build the behind-the-scenes systems that quietly keep everything running, the stuff no one notices until it breaks.

• CI/CD pipelines that developers don't hate (and might even like).
• Docker images that behave like good citizens.
• Terraform configs that don't implode on apply.
• Monitoring and alerts that make sense and matter.
• Never been the "stick to one thing" kind I just follow what's interesting, and learn fast enough to keep up.

Basically, I make things faster, more reliable, and less painful so teams can ship confidently (and sleep better).

Currently at Proda.ai in London, I'm mostly in full-stack mode, but I still get my hands dirty with platformy puzzles. I tend to jump into whatever needs fixing, learning just enough (and then some) to make things work.

The Fun Bits

• Lived in India, Germany, and the UK. I've collected accents, languages and a couple of AWS certs.
• Married to someone who believes in me no matter what and makes sure I never walk alone, even on the toughest days.
• Play chess and table tennis terribly.
• Trying to get into fitness. Failing. Reattempting. Still caffeinated.
• LFC supporter! I was at the 2025 victory parade, yelling like it was a second job.
• Big fan of card/board games, especially the chaotic, shouty kind.
• Slowly turning into that person who can taste "notes of citrus" in coffee.
• Always on the hunt for food that either melts my face or makes me question my life choices (in a good way).
• Love live music! I'm lucky enough to have seen Roger Waters, James Hetfield, Axl Rose, and A.R. Rahman do their thing.

Bonus Skills

• Can explain Kubernetes to your grandmother.
• Writes alerts people actually care about.
• Never met a microservice I couldn't containerize.
• Just trying to be a kind human in tech: helpful, curious, and easy to work with.

What's Next?

I'm endlessly curious! Whether it's diving into a new tool, scripting something to save 5 minutes, or tinkering with infrastructure. Lately, I've been exploring how ML models work under the hood.

I learn fast, especially when things break, which, let's be honest, is often the best teacher anyway.