Nishant Iyer

Current Position: Founder, and Chief Engineer at Client Architectures for Sustainable Computing and Digital Equity (Cascade)

Ex Companies - Ethereum (2021-22). Cardano Community - DLT Engineer (2022).

Socials: Github | Linkedin

A 15 year old tech aficionado and ex-founder of Cascade Research which built the world’s first thin client system that operated a high-functionality EMR and Portcom Graphical Shell at sub dial bandwidths and on bare-metal $15 SBC at high performance and visual fidelity which is significantly lower than the requirements of other industry solutions to operate the same.

I embarked on my programming journey at the age of 8, and since then, I’ve diligently honed my proficiency across diverse domains, perpetually refining my skills and expanding my knowledge base.

In Cloud,

  • Architected IaC solutions for diverse workloads, emphasizing resource management, high performance, and automation
  • I’m proficient in implementing Big Data Analytics (BDA) solutions utilizing Apache MADlib, Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, HBase, SOLR search, Impala OLAP on Hadoop, and Hive DW
  • Built and prototyped Distributed Object Stateful Architecture (DOSA) - data abstraction layer for remote desktops on serverless.
  • Authored OSS plugins, mods, and mkt. images(.iso) for clients, and tools fostering multi-cloud.
  • Expertise in AWS Lambda and Serverless Framework as backend of Lubera Thin Client was hosted there.

In Virtualization & Services,

  • Expertise in containerization with Docker and Kubernetes; service mesh orchestration using Istio.
  • Configured VDIs for non-profit DeFI networks and DaaS offerings
  • LXCs, Vmware, …

Other(s),

  • Platforms: Vercel, Netlify, Vim, Arch Linux, MongoDB, OpenStack, Git, Elastic Stack
  • Network Programming & Systems Engineering with specialized performance modeling techniques.
  • Languages: Intermediate proficiency Python, C, JavaScript, and beginner Haskell
  • Web Development: Web 3.0 - PWA - 100+ built
  • CG programming, rendering pipeline architecture.
  • Bot Development: Discord(820 servers) and Telegram.
  • Business: Anything related to "Corporate" is my interest, IP, BI, FI.
  • Ex-Hacktivist with political interests. Active contributions to prominent group(s) during 2021-22 (age12-13).
  • Devotee of Grind Culture

Certifications

About me.

Blog: My Posts

Projects: A list of successful projects I made in the past 6 years

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