Good To Great
By Jim Collins
Hi, I'm Dharma Bandaru
Why I Built This Website
- Share curated summaries of my favorite books
- Reflect my professional journey, projects, and the tools I use
- And a mix of everything
A page for Books
Curated Book Summaries
Out of 10 pick-and-choose books, 5 feel like a second read, 2 compel me to write summaries. Here are the summaries, with more to come.
Atomic Habits
By James Clear
Dopamine Nation
By Anna Lembke
Culture PlayBook
By Daniel Coyle
Focus
Dr Hubberman podcast
Magic of Thinking Big
David J. Schwartz
Introduction
About me
- Based in Austin, TX, and currently building and enhancing Gen-AI agents in a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Application.
- Primarily a backend engineer with expertise in designing, developing, and deploying APIs.
- Experienced in unit testing to deliver reliable and maintainable solutions.
- Proficient with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Bedrock, Kendra, and S3.
- Familiar with React.js and Next.js, contributing to UI bug fixes and straightforward feature implementations.
- Passionate about automating processes with pipelines and CI/CD workflows using tools like Jenkins and GitHub.
- A strong advocate for security, identifying and addressing vulnerabilities using tools like Prisma and Wiz.
Languages
Python, Java, C, Typescript, Next Js
Education
Masters and Bachelors degree in Computer Science
DevsecOps
Jenkins, Github, Gitlab, Prisma, Wiz, AtlassianSuite (Confluence, Jira) SonarQube
Cloud and Secutiry
Holds AWS Certification in Security Specialty, Solutions Architect, Developer, Machine Learning, and Cloud Practitioner
