Rohit Shyla Kumar
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Red Hat SME at HSBC UK

Rohit Shyla Kumar

  • India
  • Hong Kong
  • United Kingdom

I configure and maintain the linux systems a global bank depends on - so they stay up, stay secure, and mostly run themselves. I also write about AI, engineering, investing, history and philosophy.

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  • 2026

    Wishlist Invest

    Buy it now, or let the money compound? A small app that prices a wishlist against future value at 5 / 10 / 25 / 50 years, with cooldowns so impulse has to wait.

  • 2018 – 2019

    General AI for FPS

    A generalist agent for classic first-person shooters. Doom (1998) and Counter-Strike 1.6, learned with deep RL, documented in public as a journal.

  • 2017 – 2018

    Pineal — Aid for Visually Impaired Bowlers

    Camera-based pin detection that tells visually impaired bowlers what is standing. Funded by the Jockey Club Youth Empathy Project; shown at World Maker Faire New York 2018.

Writing

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  • Buy it, or buy the future?2026-05-22
  • First principles against folklore2025-11-02
  • Linux images in two days2024-03-12

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Rohit Shyla Kumar