Shashank Shekhar

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Technical deep-dives from building BuildOS: agentic development, AI agent architecture, code retrieval, and self-hosted infrastructure.

September 20269 min read

How I Built a Self-Hosted AI Operations Dashboard on a $16 VPS

A practical blueprint for turning a small Hetzner box into a reliable operations dashboard with health checks, auth, history, and alerting — the exact stack I would ship again.

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Self-HostingDevOpsAI Operations
September 20267 min read

From Git Commit to LinkedIn Post: A Repeatable Content Workflow for Engineers

A simple system for turning shipped work into SEO-friendly blog posts, LinkedIn-ready summaries, and portfolio updates without sounding generic.

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Personal BrandingLinkedInSEO
August 202610 min read

Why BuildOS Uses Agent Loops Instead of One-Off Prompts

The engineering case for persistent agent execution: planning, verification, recovery, and human approval gates inside a real product workflow.

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June 20268 min read

Building BuildOS: Reimagining the AI Agent Execution Loop

How we implemented event-driven microservice orchestration and Paramiko SSH streaming to execute code safely across private fleets.

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AI AgentsArchitectureBuildOS
May 202612 min read

Why AST-Parsing Trumps Raw Vector Embeddings for Code RAG

An in-depth look at using Tree-sitter AST queries to build deterministic model context maps rather than relying purely on semantic vector chunking.

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April 20266 min read

Zero-Downtime Docker Compose Migrations via Secure Relays

Solving remote volume migration issues without direct host-to-host SSH trust configurations.

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