Gururaj Krishnamurthy

I build systems, study the past and mind, and walk the ridges.

Principal Systems Architect/Engineer with over two decades architecting distributed infrastructure and AI workflows. Lifelong student across the sciences, humanities, and human behavior; trekker exploring Himalayan trails; aspiring globetrotter.

Pillars & Pursuits

• Systems: Enterprise distributed systems, event-driven infrastructure, and self-hosted architectures optimized for frugality.
• Humanities: Researching ancient history and psychology to inform systems thinking.
• Altitude: High-altitude expeditions in the Himalayas.

Selected Work & Tools

• Vikram — Agentic developer engine automating complex connector lifecycles.
• Basecamp — Manager for my home data center running constrained bare-metal nodes.
• AlbumFS — Static photo albums from ordinary directory hierarchy, with easy map/elevation profiles.
• Swastha — Self-hosted sovereign family medical vault.
• PaperStation — Granter of superpowers to vanilla printers/scanners at home.
• More tools & utilities at GitHub and somehow.work.

Find me

GitHub · LinkedIn · hello [at] gururaj.in · Bengaluru, India