About me

I’m flattered that you decided to uncover the individual who is behind this random page of musings. If I haven’t already given it away, my name is Sayan. I research, develop and test things related to distributed database systems, for both fun and profit. My research interests span topics across database systems, systems engineering, and mathematics. It was like that for a while, until the good ol’ Bz. generals said “hi” and they became a frequenter in my topics of interest.

My primary body of work revolves around the Skytable NoSQL DBMS (you can find the source code on GitHub), and related projects such as client drivers and reference implementations. I started working on the Skytable database engine as a side-project in 2020, before making it my primary focus since late 2022.

I write code in C, C++, Assembly and Rust. I also use Python and JavaScript from time-to-time for some projects. Since 2015, I’ve been spending an increasing amount of time with Rust. Prior to Rust, I spent most of my time with C, C++ and Assembly. I generally like working with programming languages that give me explicit control over memory, because to me the experience of programmatically altering the states of capacitors and transistors is something that I find alluring.

When I’m not writing code or doing academic research work, I’m visualizing beautifully delineated landscapes, and vibrant shades of flora and fauna. I also take great interest in living a long and healthy life, and want to see human lifespans (including mine!) cross 100 years as a default.

Before you leave: don’t forget to plant more trees!

PS: If you’re wondering about this site, it’s built with hugo and runs off GitHub Pages. The theme is a fork of the Archie Theme that I modified to suit my tastes.