Hi! I’m K Shankar R Karanth, and I’ve always been curious about how things work beneath the surface.
Long before titles or roles mattered, I was drawn to systems — understanding why something behaves the way it does, what holds it together, and what causes it to fail. That curiosity gradually evolved into a career in infrastructure and reliability engineering.

I began my journey in Technical Support, building a strong foundation in troubleshooting and user environments. Over time, I transitioned into a Local Administrator role, taking ownership of servers, Active Directory, and enterprise infrastructure. Today, I work as a Senior Systems Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), focusing on reliability, automation, secure architecture, and scalable design.
Raised in Chennai and now based in Mangalore, working with teams across Bangalore and beyond, I’ve learned to value steady growth, strong foundations, and long-term thinking. I prefer clarity over noise, depth over shortcuts, and consistency over quick wins.

Technology, for me, is not just about configuration or deployment — it’s about structure. I enjoy breaking down complex systems — authentication flows, replication behavior, automation pipelines — and understanding how individual components come together to form something resilient.

My homelab reflects that mindset. It’s where I build, experiment, break things safely, and refine designs step by step. This blog is simply an extension of that process — a space to document what I build, what I learn, and how my understanding evolves.I don’t claim to know everything. I believe in thoughtful progress and continuous refinement.

If you’re someone who enjoys understanding systems deeply rather than just following instructions, you’ll probably feel at home here