Rahul Sharma works as a principal consultant with Xebia India. He has 10 years of experience in building and designing applications on the Java and J2EE platforms. He is an open source enthusiast and has contributed to a variety of open source projects, such as Apache Crunch, Apache Provisionr, Apache HDT, and so on. In his career, he has worked with companies of various sizes, from enterprises to start-ups, and has used NGINX along the way. He often speaks at various technical meetups and shares his knowledge on his personal blog at https://devlearnings.wordpress.com/.