# Siddhartha Varma

Engineer who designs with taste. I build reliable systems and clean human interfaces.

Backend first. Product minded. Currently exploring AI-native tooling and Machine Learning.

## Recent Posts

- [Software Engineering in the Agentic Era: Why Fundamentals Still Matter](https://sidv.dev/blog/software-engineering-agentic-era/) (2025-09-21): Why coding agents amplify engineering judgment rather than replace it, and how developers can use them without losing the fundamentals that keep software reliable
- [Green Tea GC: How Go Stopped Wasting 35% of Your CPU Cycles](https://sidv.dev/blog/green-tea-gc-how-go-cut-memory-waste/) (2025-07-13): How Go 1.25's experimental garbage collector stops CPU stalls by organizing memory into neighborhoods instead of random object jumping
- [A Deep Dive into Dynamo's Architecture and Scale](https://sidv.dev/blog/dynamodb-architecture/) (2025-01-31): Understanding DynamoDB's core principles - from architecture decisions to real-world patterns

## Projects

- [gtasks](https://github.com/BRO3886/gtasks) (126 stars): A full-featured CLI client for Google Tasks. Manage task lists, create and complete tasks, all from the terminal.
- [mcp-memory-custom](https://github.com/BRO3886/mcp-memory-custom): An MCP server that gives AI agents persistent memory with configurable storage locations. Works with Claude and other MCP-compatible clients.
- [QwikScan](https://github.com/BRO3886/qwikscan): Document scanner app built with Flutter and BLoC. Won first place at Apptitude 2020 hackathon by ACM VIT.
- [genlookup](https://github.com/BRO3886/genlookup): Chrome extension for instant LLM-powered explanations. Select any text, right-click, and get a contextual breakdown.
- [portfolio-v2](https://github.com/BRO3886/portfolio-v2): This site. Static Astro build with dual-theme system, editorial blog layout, and Cloudflare edge deployment.

## Work Experience

### Feeble (Apr 2025 - Present)

**Senior Software Engineer** (Jul 2025 - Present)
  AI-powered task management, Slack bots with Temporal workflows, and a Calendly alternative with multi-tenant scheduling.

**Freelance Consultant** (Apr 2025 - Jun 2025)
  Podcast studio management UI in Next.js and automated thumbnail generation via Supabase functions.

### Flexprice (Feb 2025 - July 2025)

**Freelance Consultant** (Feb 2025 - July 2025)

Error handling redesign in Go, PDF invoice generation with Typst, calendar billing, Stripe sync workflows, and an MCP server for AI agent integrations.

### Zomato (Jul 2022 - Dec 2024)

**Software Engineer II** (Jul 2024 - Dec 2024)
  Led homepage features and autosuggest improvements using Redis, Kafka, and DynamoDB. Built partnerships integration serving 2500+ corporate employees.

**Software Engineer I** (Jul 2022 - Jun 2024)
  Search re-ranking and distributed catalog search indexing 100M+ SKUs on Solr.

### Groww (Jan 2022 - Jun 2022)

**Software Engineering Intern** (Jan 2022 - Jun 2022)

Core platform services, Help & Support microservice redesign, and event ingestion with Kafka and Go.

### Nearcast (Apr 2021 - Aug 2021)

**Flutter Developer** (Apr 2021 - Aug 2021)

Flutter app development with native modules for video capture and processing.

### Winuall (Jan 2021 - Apr 2021)

**Backend Dev Intern** (Jan 2021 - Apr 2021)

Marketplace backend, Jitsi integration, and deployment automation.

### Nirmitee.io (Sep 2020 - Nov 2020)

**Flutter Intern** (Sep 2020 - Nov 2020)

Built the Byteseal mobile app for this Pune-based product studio.

### OYO Rooms (Jun 2019 - Jul 2019)

**Intern - Technology** (Jun 2019 - Jul 2019)

Internal tech support portal with Django and Freshdesk API integration.