Umesh Das

DevOps engineer transitioning to Site Reliability Engineering.

I write about what I break, fix, and learn — Kubernetes, observability, Go, Azure, and the path from a service-company analyst to a remote SRE role.

Currently building fasttransfer (a WebRTC-based file transfer platform) as a production SRE portfolio: AKS-hosted, Prometheus-instrumented, chaos-tested.

C++ to Go for SRE: The Mental Shifts That Actually Matter

A field guide for engineers switching their default language from C++ to Go — covering DSA, SRE dev work, the traps that waste your first month, and the five mindset shifts that make Go click.

Apr 16, 2026 · 8 min · 1608 words · Umesh Das

Starting Go from C++: What I'm Trading Away

I’m switching my default language from C++ to Go as part of my SRE transition. Here’s what I’m giving up, what I’m betting on, and the first hour’s observations.

Apr 16, 2026 · 3 min · 590 words · Umesh Das

Why I'm Publishing My Path from Deloitte Bench to Remote SRE

I’m on bench at Deloitte with 1.7 years of experience. I have 31 weeks to build a portfolio, pass 3 certs, and land a remote SRE role. This blog is the receipts.

Apr 15, 2026 · 2 min · 305 words · Umesh Das