$ man foss
Why open source
Open source is infrastructure. I advocate for it because remote regions like Ladakh can't afford to depend on closed black boxes that disappear when invoices, treaties or APIs change. Self-hosted platforms give communities and startups real agency over their tools — and I've made it my work to simplify that path.
- Advocate for self-hosted platforms and open infrastructure
- Active in cloud-native and CNCF community spaces
- Helping startups in emerging regions break free from SaaS lock-in
- Simplifying complex DevOps systems for teams in bandwidth-constrained environments
$ cat principles.md
The case in four arguments
Ownership
When you run FOSS, you own the software. No invoice, geo-block or acquisition can take it away.
Auditability
Remote regions can't afford black-box infrastructure. You need to read the source when the satellite goes dark.
Community resilience
Shared infrastructure built by many is harder to kill than a single vendor's product line.
Cost reality
Cloud SaaS lock-in compounds. The migration cost later is always higher than the switching cost now.
$ cat community.md
fossla.org — from Leh to the world
Everything I know about infrastructure, I learned from the FOSS community. Open documentation, public code, and strangers on mailing lists answering questions from a kid in Leh — that's what got me here. The community gave freely, and that debt doesn't go away.
So I'm giving back. I started fossla.org as a local community right here in Leh — a space for students, engineers, and curious people to learn open-source tools, collaborate on real projects, and support each other. The goal is to grow it beyond Ladakh, connect it with the wider global FOSS movement, and prove that world-class open-source communities can be built anywhere — including 3,524 metres above sea level.