Sridhar Vanka · Technical program management
Building systems.
Writing things down.
I work as a TPM in ShipTech Analytics at Amazon. Outside work, I build experiments and write about how systems behave.
I'm most useful when ownership is fragmented, incentives conflict, and the cost of getting it wrong is high.
Selected work
ExperimentChecking when a coding agent is doneTwenty runs across four local models led me to review the harness, add a completion check, and repair the evaluator. Results, changes, and limitations included.→Interactive explainerIdentity Transaction ExplorerTrace an identity-provider transaction through sessions, policy decisions, claims, and governance. An independent explainer informed by my work in identity.→
Writing and other investigations
Some questions come from my work in technology. Others begin with something I want to understand: how UPI works, what quick commerce changes, or how much computing is possible with harvested energy.
Field guidesIndia at ScaleUPI and quick commerce: how the systems work and where the tradeoffs sit.→Essay and labHow much can a computer do with borrowed energy?Computing with tight limits on power, memory, and connectivity.→Research essayWhat would it mean for a model to forget?The technical and institutional problems behind a right to erasure.→
Get in touch
If you're working through a difficult program involving identity, infrastructure, privacy, or AI-assisted work, I'd be glad to compare notes.