About¶

I'm Vaishali, a Linux kernel and virtualization engineer based in Berlin, Germany.

I've spent the last decade working on systems software, mostly in the Linux kernel, and these days I focus on confidential computing. I also occasionally work on paid and volunteer projects around open source community management and technical writing.

In the past, I volunteered with Outreachy as a coordinator for Linux kernel projects and co-organized Rails Girls Summer of Code with the Travis Foundation.

I enjoy sharing knowledge about software development and systems programming. Earlier in my career, I ran Linux kernel workshops at Indian universities; the workshop material and slides from my talks are available here.

If you'd like to discuss any of the above, feel free to email me at me dot vaishalithakkar at gmail dot com. I'm generally happy to connect with like-minded people.