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The git history command deserves more attention - Lalit Maganti

13 Jul 2026

https://lalitm.com/post/git-history/

Working with lots of changes in parallel on git can be painful. You end up juggling branches and commits, and running scary rebase -i commands that can leave your tree in a half-broken state if you so …

Lalit Maganti

12 Sep 2026

https://lalitm.com/

Software performance, developer tools, and open source, from a founding engineer of Perfetto.

Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI - Lalit Maganti

05 Apr 2026

https://lalitm.com/post/building-syntaqlite-ai/

For eight years, I’ve wanted a high-quality set of devtools for working with SQLite. Given how important SQLite is to the industry1, I’ve long been puzzled that no one has invested in building a …

How I Find Problems to Solve as a Staff Engineer - Lalit Maganti

25 Jul 2026

https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/

How listening broadly turns everyday problems into useful project ideas.

Responsibility Is Taken Before It Is Given - Lalit Maganti

15 Aug 2026

https://lalitm.com/responsibility-is-taken-before-it-is-given/

To get promoted as a software engineer in Big Tech, you generally need to show “ownership” of a product or area. This means being responsible for it and deciding what should happen over time. I often …

GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement - Lalit Maganti

01 Aug 2026

https://lalitm.com/post/github-alternatives/

Why forges like Codeberg, GitLab, and Forgejo can replace GitHub's code hosting—but not its shared social layer.

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Software performance, developer tools, and open source, from a founding engineer of Perfetto.

About - Lalit Maganti

04 Nov 2025

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I’m a founding engineer of Perfetto, a tool for understanding where time goes in software. I’ve been building it since 2017, helping engineers track down performance problems in Android, Chrome, and …

Articles - Lalit Maganti

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Long-form posts where I develop an idea in depth.