Sunil Nakrani
Engineer and PhD researcher who investigated web infrastructure problems and applied the honeybee-inspired allocation algorithm to server farms; central subject of this episode.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 39min
Time is Honey
Sunil Nakrani, an engineer and PhD researcher who studied web infrastructure, tells how honeybee behavior inspired a server-allocation algorithm. He recounts chasing web crashes, collaborating with biologists, and mapping waggle-dance rules to servers. The conversation covers experiments with bees, the math behind the algorithm, and surprising real-world applications.
