I'm Dhruv – a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer building privacy-first open source tools and scalable infrastructure solutions.
By day, I solve enterprise scale infrastructure challenges at GFL Environmental, affecting millions of households across North America. By (well, also) day, I ship open source projects and write about DevOps practices at MyCloudCondo.
[Brahmand | ब्रह्मांड] – A cozy, folklore-driven JRPG built in RPG Maker MZ
- Friendship-first adventure-mystery: four childhood friends trace a dead scholar's journal to a vanished civilization that crossed between parallel worlds
- Hindi/Sanskrit folklore and Himachali myth throughout — gagan-bindu "sky-drops," the बीहड़ badlands, folklore-grounded enemies — ending on two bittersweet choices
- Hand-built solo (story, characters, combat, event scripting); ~30–60 min, Act 1 shipping to itch.io
KUYAN – Privacy-focused net worth tracker
- Local-first Python/Streamlit application
- Your financial data never leaves your machine
- Inspired by Kuber (wealth deity) + Yantra (tool) from Hindu philosophy
- Suitable for families, individuals, and businesses
MyCloudCondo – Technical blog on Infrastructure & DevOps
- Deep dives into Terraform, AWS, and Platform Engineering
- Storytelling through the fictional MyCoCo company's growth journey
- Practical, enterprise-focused guidance for intermediate practitioners
- AI-powered infrastructure search and automation patterns at an enterprise scale
- Google Cloud Enabled Landing Zone networking and architecture
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform best practices, state management, multi-environment workflows
- Cloud Architecture: AWS infrastructure, cost optimization, multi-region strategies
- DevOps & Automation: GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows
- Platform Engineering: Developer experience, self-service infrastructure, internal developer platforms
- Open Source: Building privacy-first tools, Python/Streamlit applications, community-driven development
- Technical Writing: Making complex concepts accessible, storytelling in technical documentation
- Security-conscious infrastructure
- Privacy-first application design
- Cost optimization
- Developer experience
✅ Best Tool for the Job – Tech agnostic approach, focused on outcomes over preferences
✅ Enterprise-Realistic – Solutions that work at scale with real constraints
✅ Authentically Technical – Deep expertise without unnecessary jargon
✅ Security-First – Building guardrails, not just speed
✅ Community-Focused – Sharing learnings, collaborating openly
- Infrastructure automation that actually gets adopted by teams (not just theoretical)
- Privacy-first applications where data stays local-first
- Open source projects solving real enterprise infrastructure problems at scale
- Making Infrastructure as Code more accessible through better tooling and documentation
- Speaking and research on practical AI applications in infrastructure workflows
- Blog: mycloudcondo.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dhruv-chaudhary
- GitHub Issues: Always open for collaboration discussions on my projects