Hi, I'm Vineet. I like building things that hold up.
I'm a software engineer at Zimpra, where I own things from the first whiteboard doodle to the Friday deploy. If production breaks at 3 a.m., it's mine, so it usually doesn't.
I don't have a stack, I have opinions per problem. Python when it's ML, TypeScript or Go for APIs, C++ when it has to be fast, and bash when nobody's looking. After hours I'm building something in stealth, on more caffeine than sleep.
Right now: …
Off the screen
When I'm not staring at a rectangle, you'll find me lifting, reading to feel intellectual, or riding my bike to escape the errors in my console.
- 🏋️lifting heavy circles
- 📚reading books
- 🛣️long bike rides
- 🐧Arch Linux, btw
- ☕coffee after midnight
- 🎧music while I code
Things I've made
all projectsRecent writing
all posts- PgBouncer Deep DiveDec 20, 2025
A deep dive into how PgBouncer connection pooling saved our PostgreSQL database from being overwhelmed by connection storms and performance bottlenecks.
- Backend Dev's Analytics War StoryJuly 19, 2025
A solo backend developer's journey through building and scaling an analytics system, tackling PostgreSQL performance challenges, and learning hard lessons about database optimization.
- SQL User Hierarchy DilemmaJuly 11, 2025
Exploring different approaches to modeling and querying hierarchical user trees in SQL databases, from adjacency lists to nested sets and closure tables.
Always up for wild ideas, deep tech talks, or arguing about Linux distros. Say hi.