# Writings

Canonical page: https://siddarth2810.github.io/blogs/

Notes on systems, open source, infrastructure.

## [Cold Calls, Sales and Startup Founders](<https://siddarth2810.github.io/blogs/cold_calls_sales_and_startup/>)

Jun 1, 2026 · About 3 minutes long

Siddarth Gundu reflects on cold calling, sales, and meeting startup founders through AIESEC, from market research to organizing The Startup Summit.

-   Non-tech

## [TSDB to Parquet](<https://siddarth2810.github.io/blogs/tsdb_to_parquet/>)

May 28, 2026 · About 2 minutes long

Siddarth Gundu explains Prometheus series, TSDB blocks, and how metrics labels map to Parquet columns, drawing on his work with Cortex Metrics.

-   Parquet
-   Open source

### [My Linux Kernel Mentorship experience](<https://dev.to/siddarth2810/my-linux-kernel-mentorship-experience-4870>)

Published on dev.to

### [Multi-tenant Loki on Kubernetes](<https://dev.to/siddarth2810/multi-tenant-loki-on-kubernetes-o17>)

Published on dev.to

### [Faster Terminal Navigation with Tmux and Fuzzy finder](<https://dev.to/siddarth2810/faster-terminal-navigation-with-tmux-and-fuzzy-finder-1217>)

Published on dev.to

### [Introduction to Message Brokers](<https://dev.to/siddarth2810/introduction-to-message-brokers-kafka-essentials-3ddk>)

Published on dev.to

### [Navigating Your First Tech Conference](<https://siddarth.hashnode.dev/navigating-your-first-tech-conference>)

Published on siddarth.hashnode.dev