About

I pronounce my name as kroo-PAH-krun. In IPA it’s /kruːˈpɑːkrən/

I love solving problems.

I’m the founder of histre, which brings knowledge management tools to everyone, not just the tech-elite.

Insstant is my consulting practice, where I act as a fractional CTO and get startups to the next stage, be that a fund-raising milestone or a revenue goal.

They say that you can tell a lot from someone’s .emacs file. I’ve bared my soul here. It’s a bit outdated as I’ve moved to Doom Emacs now though.

I started programming with Apple //c in AppleSoft BASIC and 6502 Assembly when I was 9 and I’ve loved building software ever since. I have over 34 years of programming experience, 24 years of that as my profession. I’ve worked on all the major computing systems, ranging from micro-controllers to massively parallel compute clusters. I’m a full-stack programmer in the true sense of the term.

I live in the beautiful Mission District of San Francisco, California. I grew up in Periyakulam, a small town in Tamil Nadu, India.

I love traveling, snowboarding, reading, learning, hiking, and playing with dogs.

You can contact me at [email protected]. My pgp key: local / pgp.mit.edu