snehal shyamsukha

backend engineer. databases, distributed systems, and ai-driven products.

slow-query monitoring extension

built a slow-query monitoring system and open-sourced a custom postgresql extension to diagnose performance bottlenecks using wait events and memory usage.

postgresqlopen source

minibase

won at base india hackathon. a game discovery and betting platform for web3 games.

web3javascriptnextjssmart contracts

p4 routing programs

p4 programs for packet controlled routing, protocol based forwarding, source routing with timestamps, and udp port dependent routing. research at iisc bangalore.

p4networkingbmv2mininet

october 2025

migrating 7tb from mssql to aurora postgres: what we learned

Still using MSSQL RDS as your primary database and paying millions? Ever heard of Babelfish? At Medibuddy, we migrated 7 TB of data from MSSQL to Aurora PostgreSQL and saved 40% in RDS infrastructure costs. We achieved this using Babelfish and AWS DMS, which turned out to be both cost-efficient and migration-efficient. We faced multiple roadblocks along the way, and I wanted to document and share what we learned that might help you too