About Me

Hi! I’m Yash Solanki, a systems software engineer at Canonical, where I work on Mir and write open source software full time. Before that I studied CS and physics at IIT Delhi. I like math, physics, music and computers.

A few things about me

  • What I care about: open source software (What is OSS?), free software, secure systems, and Linux.
  • My weaknesses: shelling out lots of money on coffee & watching too many cat videos.
  • Where I see myself in 5 years: shelling out lots of money on coffee & watching too many cat videos.

Experience

  • Aug 2026 - Present

    Systems software engineer · Canonical

    Remote

    Works on Mir and Flutter. Writes open source software full time!

    • Keywords: Linux, Wayland, display servers, C++, Rust, Python
  • Jan 2026 - Aug 2026

    Member of Technical Staff · RISA Labs AI

    Palo Alto, CA / Bengaluru, KA / Remote

    AI systems, backend, infra and healthcare

    • Integrated ModMed and OncoEMR FHIR APIs to streamline medical workflows
    • Optimised data pipelines and built microservices for automated RPA agents
    • Keywords: Python, kubernetes, AI infrastructure, Healthcare
  • May 2024 - July 2024

    Software Engineering Intern · Atlassian

    Bengaluru, KA / Remote

    • Keywords: Python, Scala, Data lake, Data warehousing, Infrastructure

Education

Achievements

  • Completed grade 8 in Piano from Trinity college - upcoming ATCL!
  • Google Summer of Code 2024 & 2023 with CERN-HSF
  • 99.98%ile in JEE (Main), 2021
  • Merit award for Indian National Mathematics Olympiad & Indian National Physics Olympiad
  • National Standard Examination for Astronomy - National Top 1%

Blog

Upcoming

  • Wayland, wayland, wayland Coming soon
    It's Sockets All the Way Down
  • Music, groups, categories and burnside lemma Coming soon
    I'm learning how to count, again! :)
  • Hacking into Linux kernel v6 and schedule your gang🥀! Coming soon
    Will this get me kicked out of kernel mailing list?

…and 3 more in the works.

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Where to catch me

  • Canonical sprints - Mexico, Oct 2026
  • UbuCon - Bengaluru, Nov 2026
  • UbuCon Europe - TBD, 2027

This is my personal blog. The views, tutorials, and opinions expressed here are entirely my own and do not represent any of my employers.