Rajesh Medampudi

Platform Engineer · 17+ years building distributed systems. Observability platforms processing 6TB/day. Saved $120K/month on AWS at gaming scale. Self-hosting everything.

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by Rajesh Medampudi

May 5 2026 · Edited May 5, 2026

Help shape a bitcoin wallet for families — 5-minute questionnaire

I'm designing a bitcoin wallet where every family member has their own keys, kids earn from chores, couples share wallets, and inheritance works decades later. Before code, I want your honest feedback.

by Rajesh Medampudi

May 2 2026 · Edited May 5, 2026

Building My Own Cloud

Six dedicated servers in a German data centre, and a multi-tenant Kubernetes platform on top of them. Most of what I run my life on now lives there. This is an honest account of why I built it, what it actually costs, and the situations in which you absolutely should not do the same.

by Rajesh Medampudi

April 22 2026 · Edited May 5, 2026

What My Kids Need Before They Need Anything Else

I have two children. They will grow up in a world where Bitcoin is part of how families save, spend, and pass on wealth. Software good enough for non-technical families to do this safely does not yet exist. So I am building it — in public, decision by decision, with the next generation as the only deadline that matters.