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What Java's volatile keyword actually guarantees (visibility of writes across threads) and what it does not (atomicity and mutual exclusion), and why compound operations still need synchronization.
How Java 17 turns the old switch statement into a switch expression, with arrow labels, yield, and exhaustiveness checks that make branching cleaner and safer.
A Java concurrency note on when to reach for Thread versus ThreadLocal, how per-thread isolation avoids shared-state bugs like the classic SimpleDateFormat race, and how the two work together for thread-safe code.
Spot Award at eBay for a seamless billing migration off a legacy system.
LDD referral reporting and compliance for Walgreens specialty pharmacy
A web-based platform for reporting Limited Distribution Drug (LDD) referrals at specialty pharmacy sites: integrating with the core dispensing system for near real-time prescription tracking, auditing, and manufacturer-contract compliance.
STQC-certified e-voting for India's listed companies
A government-authorized, STQC-certified electronic voting platform that lets shareholders of publicly listed companies vote on corporate resolutions digitally across AGMs, EGMs, and postal ballots.
Community volunteering with Feed My Starving Children.
Volunteered in TCS Maitree city-cleanup, tree-planting, and beach-cleanup drives in Mumbai.
Volunteered teaching foundational Hindi to children from under-resourced families in Pune, India.
Spot Award at TCS for building an e-voting website.
