Understanding the Sidecar Pattern - From Toys to TechPart 1: The ELI5 Version - “The Helper Buddy Beside the Toy Car” Imagine you have a toy car 🚗 (your main app). It’s fun, but it can’t do everything by itself.So you attach a sidecar a little seat next to it with a helper robot 🤖 inside. Now this h...Oct 17, 2025 · 7 min readarchitectureterminal.com
PyCon India 2025 – Day 2: Talking RAGs to RichesDay 2 at PyCon India 2025 in Bangalore was especially meaningful for me—not just as an attendee, but as a speaker. I had the opportunity to present my talk, “RAGs to Riches: Efficient Web Chatbot with Async Scraping & Hybrid Re-Ranking,” and engage w...Sep 13, 2025 · 1 min readsrikanthdoddi.com
PyCon India 2025 – Day 1: An Awesome StartDay 1 at PyCon India 2025 in Bangalore was simply awesome. Attending this year as a participant reminded me why this community is so special, it is a rare mix of deep technical conversations, genuine openness, and shared passion for Python and open s...Sep 12, 2025 · 1 min readsrikanthdoddi.com
Taking Generative AI Back to CampusRecently had the opportunity to go back to my college and spend time with the third-year AIML and CSE students. Spoke about the journey from LLMs to RAG and agentic AI, more importantly, about turning ideas into real systems. Always a privilege to gi...Sep 5, 2025 · 1 min readsrikanthdoddi.com
Flexing Leadership StyleOne of the most powerful traits in effective leaders isn’t just decisiveness or vision—it’s the ability to adapt. In my own leadership journey, I’ve realized that different situations, teams, and even individuals need different things from a leader. ...Sep 4, 2025 · 4 min readtechleadmanager.com
