Partner Solutions Architect working in the cloud and AI space, helping teams design systems that actually work at scale. Focus is on leveraging Generative AI to improve the developer experience and building solutions that make infrastructure feel invisible when it's done right.
Built the Bedrock integration for Zed IDE from scratch and actively maintains it as the service evolves. Most recently added API key support alongside the existing AWS auth formats because users asked for it.
Outside of work: photography, collecting vinyl for the warmth and nostalgia, and self-hosting infrastructure. There's something satisfying about running your own stack.
Code should be readable. Systems should be maintainable. Everything else is just noise.
B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia State University with a focus on distributed computing, performance optimization, and edge computing. Research background in underwater visual light communication and human-computer interaction. The death of the Personal Area Network was the saddest thing.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Open Source
- CDK EKS Blueprints - Infrastructure patterns for Amazon EKS, including local validation tooling for EKS plugins
- Zed IDE Bedrock Integration - Built and maintain AWS Bedrock support from scratch
- AWS MCP Servers - CloudFormation Model Context Protocol server
- Amazon Q Business Samples - Reference implementations and patterns for Q Business applications
- OpenWaters - Photorealistic simulations for underwater computer vision
- Underwater VLC - Software stack for underwater visual light communication
Community & Content
- Co-host of HowdyPartner podcast series
- Technical content on Generative AI for developer experience
- Solutions architecture patterns and best practices
Find me at shardul.me or on LinkedIn.
Most of the Development I do in my personal life is now available in my Self-Hosted instance of Forgejo. More about the Forgejo project