Building infrastructure for agents
Systems that
survive production
I'm Prashanth. Fifteen years building software — mostly the kind that has to work when you're asleep. Currently designing Astra, an operating system for autonomous agents: microkernel, actor runtime, planet-scale task graph, 100M+ tasks/day.
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The 100km/h build list: every part, every reasonA full custom 1/8 scale RC buggy built entirely by hand — chassis kit, motor, ESC, batteries, and every bolt chosen individually. The complete parts list for a 100km/h build sourced from India.
LiteLLM and the trust chain nobody auditsA compromised security scanner led to malicious LiteLLM PyPI packages that harvested credentials and spread through Kubernetes clusters in three hours.
Sandboxes aren't security theaterWASM, Docker, Firecracker — the spectrum of sandboxing when agents run tools you didn't write. Deny by default, allow by exception.
Scheduling without losing your mindHeartbeats, sharded schedulers, at-least-once delivery, and load shedding — the parts of distributed scheduling that nobody draws on the whiteboard.
Road trips
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South IndiaValparai – Athirappilly Forest LoopCoimbatore → Pollachi → Valparai (40 hairpins) → Malakkappara forest road → Athirappilly Falls → Thrissur → Palakkad → Coimbatore. ~400 km in a day, billed as South India's most dangerous road.390 km11–13 hrs40 hairpinsDemanding
South IndiaThe Nilgiri LoopBangalore → Dimbam ghat → Kotagiri → Coonoor → Ooty → Gudalur → Mudumalai → Bandipur → Bangalore. 610 km, two tiger reserves and a 27-hairpin climb.610 km14–16 hrs27 hairpinsModerate
South IndiaNelliyampathy & Munnar Back-Door LoopBangalore → Coimbatore → Palakkad → Nenmara → Pothundi dam → Nelliyampathy → Pollachi → Udumalpet → Chinnar → Marayoor → Munnar → Anachal glass bridge → Bodimettu ghat → Theni → Dindigul → Salem → Bangalore. ~1,260 km over four days, entering and leaving Munnar by its two quiet roads.1260 km28–30 hrsDemanding