Infrastructure & Distributed Systems Engineer
OpenStack • Kubernetes/GKE • Temporal • Networking • React + Three.js

I like understanding how things actually work under the hood — from OpenStack Cinder’s I/O path and Neutron’s data plane, to Temporal’s event-sourced workflow engine and Kubernetes node economics.

I mostly work across:

• Cloud infrastructure – OpenStack, Kubernetes/GKE, load balancing, DNS, storage
• Control-plane orchestration – long-running workflows, migrations, durable execution
• Developer experience – CI/CD, ephemeral environments, good debugging stories
• Frontend for infra – React, Framer Motion, Three.js for expressive, data‑heavy UIs

If it involves packets, queues, or event logs, I’m interested.

• Infra storytelling through deep‑dive blogs
  Turning hard‑won operational knowledge into long, diagram‑heavy posts.
• Cloud-native control planes
  Temporal, Kubernetes, and OpenStack working together in real production failure modes.
• High‑signal personal tooling
  Small scripts and dashboards that make debugging clusters and workflows less painful.

Long‑form posts from my portfolio (highly technical, implementation‑focused):

• Inside OpenStack Cinder + Glance: The Real Boot‑from‑Volume Pipeline
  From openstack server create --boot-from-volume to libvirt domain XML, tracing every step across Nova, Cinder, Glance, and storage drivers.
  https://kunal-khare-sre.netlify.app/blog/openstack-cinder-glance-boot-from-volume-pipeline

• Why We Chose Temporal Over Argo Workflows and Airflow for Control‑Plane Orchestration
  A practical comparison based on long‑running infra workflows, not marketing checklists.
  https://kunal-khare-sre.netlify.app/blog/temporal-vs-argo-airflow-control-plane-orchestration

• Why We Moved from App Engine to GKE: A Kubernetes Architecture Deep Dive
  Requests/limits, node pools, CUDs, HPAs, Helm, and ephemeral PR environments.
  https://kunal-khare-sre.netlify.app/blog/app-engine-to-gke-kubernetes-architecture

• Inside OpenStack Networking: How Neutron, Octavia, and Designate Actually Work Together
  ML2/OVN pipeline, amphora load balancers, and DNS-as-a-Service integration.
  https://kunal-khare-sre.netlify.app/blog/openstack-networking-neutron-octavia-designate

Core infrastructure

• OpenStack (Nova, Cinder, Glance, Neutron, Octavia, Designate)
• Kubernetes / GKE, Helm, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
• Temporal (durable workflows), Postgres, Redis
• Linux networking, iptables/OVN, DNS (PowerDNS/BIND), NGINX/HAProxy

Application & frontend

• React 18, Vite, React Router
• Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion
• Three.js, React Three Fiber, @react-three/drei
• React Markdown, remark-gfm

Tooling & CI/CD

• GitHub Actions, ephemeral PR environments
• Docker, container image pipelines
• ESLint, TypeScript typings for React, PostCSS

• Personal Portfolio – Built with React + Vite + Tailwind + Framer Motion + Three.js
  A single‑page experience with 3D visuals, animated sections, and a blog powered by markdown‑like content.

• Infra Deep Dives – This repo / blog content
  Opinionated, long‑form docs for:

  • OpenStack internals (storage, networking, LBaaS, DNS)
  • Kubernetes resource economics and autoscaling
  • Temporal workflows for infra control planes

I tend to prefer “one really good, long explanation” over lots of shallow posts.

• End‑to‑end ownership – from design doc → infra → code → observability → post‑mortem.
• Production‑driven design – start from failure modes and operational constraints.
• Readable systems – logs, metrics, traces, and dashboards that actually answer questions.
• High‑quality docs – diagrams + narratives that new engineers can rely on at 3am.

• Portfolio: https://kunal-khare-sre.netlify.app/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunaldevxxx/
• Email: kunalkhare2004@gmail.com

If you’re working on infrastructure control planes, OpenStack/Kubernetes migrations, or durable workflow engines and want to trade notes, I’m always up for a technical chat.