Vol. 04 · 2026 · Software, Systems & Signals
Notes on code,
capital, and the quiet work in between.
Long-form essays from Piyush Jaipuriyar — engineering distributed systems, watching markets without being moved by them, and the occasional book that earned its place on a small shelf.
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I'm Piyush — a software engineer in Bengaluru. I write here on weekends to think more clearly about the systems I build, the markets I watch, and the books that have changed how I work.
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