# Pradip Caulagi

An easy-going, social, and humble engineer and problem solver based in Stockholm, Sweden. Experienced developer and platform engineer specializing in reliability, scalability, and developer experience.

## About

Pradip Caulagi is an experienced developer and platform engineer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He has solid experience in infrastructure and reliability engineering with a focus on cloud technologies. His personal homepage is at [caulagi.com](https://caulagi.com).

## Skills & Expertise

- **Kubernetes**: CKAD certified (issued Feb 2024, expires Feb 2027)
- **Cloud Platforms**: GCP specialist with AWS experience
- **Infrastructure as Code**: Terraform
- **Programming Languages**: 10+ years with Python and Go, some Rust
- **Specialization**: Production issue debugging, system reliability, scalability, and developer experience

## Professional Interests

- NixOS and declarative system configuration
- Kubernetes cluster management
- Cloud infrastructure modernization
- Community involvement (organizes Stockholm NixOS meetups)

## Education

- **Paderborn University** (2003-2005): Research intern, Mathematics. Worked on circular coloring — a special instance of the normal graph coloring problem, determining the circular chromatic number of special families of graphs.
- **International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore** (2001-2002): PGPIT (equivalent to MTech), Information Technology. Advanced courses in algorithms, programming languages, operating systems, relational databases, and security and cryptography.
- **University of Mysore** (1996-2000): Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical. Completed with excellent grades and awarded best bachelor's thesis.

## Links

- **Blog**: [blog.caulagi.com](https://blog.caulagi.com) - Technical blog with articles on software development and platform engineering.
- **LinkedIn**: [linkedin.com/in/pradipcaulagi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradipcaulagi) - Professional profile and career history.
- **GitHub**: [github.com/caulagi](https://github.com/caulagi) - Open source projects and contributions.
- **Mastodon**: [mastodon.social/@caulagi](https://mastodon.social/@caulagi) - Social media presence on the Fediverse.