https://romabisht.com I spent eighteen years inside Oracle's databases — leading testing and release validation for Oracle Database (10g through 23ai) and Fusion Applications as a Senior Member of Technical Staff. Now I'm building INUK and doing an Executive MBA in Product Leadership with the Institute of Product Leadership and CMRIT, Bangalore, making the move from deep quality engineering into product. I write about that transition, the craft of building reliable software, and a working life that still has room for the garden, the kitchen, and the two boys I'm raising. On the side, my husband and I are building Kunja Village Homestay in the Almora hills. en Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:24:28 GMT https://romabisht.com/blog/value-proposition-ai-builders https://romabisht.com/blog/value-proposition-ai-builders Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT For my EMBA, a classmate and I took the Value Proposition Design canvas to an AI × SaaS founders' meetup and interviewed the room. The gap we found — between inspiration and implementation — is the real product. https://romabisht.com/blog/whatsapp-university-fake-news https://romabisht.com/blog/whatsapp-university-fake-news Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A talk I gave on how misinformation travels — and what anyone building trustworthy products can learn from how lies spread faster than the truth. https://romabisht.com/blog/from-qa-to-product https://romabisht.com/blog/from-qa-to-product Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After eighteen years making sure other people's products didn't break, I'm learning how to decide what to build in the first place. This is why. https://romabisht.com/blog/inside-oracle-databases https://romabisht.com/blog/inside-oracle-databases Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Upgrades, migrations, RAC, Data Guard, and the occasional ORA-0600 at 2am. What a career deep in Oracle's internals teaches you about complex systems. https://romabisht.com/blog/what-testing-taught-me https://romabisht.com/blog/what-testing-taught-me Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Functional, regression, performance — the whole gauntlet. And the mindset of breaking things on purpose so customers never have to. https://romabisht.com/blog/why-a-life-and-kids-section https://romabisht.com/blog/why-a-life-and-kids-section Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eighteen years of career happened alongside two sons, their homework, and a school calendar that doesn't care about release deadlines. Here's why the family half gets its own space. https://romabisht.com/blog/bougainvillea-doesnt-ask-permission https://romabisht.com/blog/bougainvillea-doesnt-ask-permission Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT On the quiet joy of plants — and what a stubborn bougainvillea and a fussy hibiscus have taught me about patience. https://romabisht.com/blog/whats-cooking https://romabisht.com/blog/whats-cooking Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cooking is how I switch off. A short tour of the things my kitchen is known for — and the ones the boys actually request. https://romabisht.com/blog/building-a-homestay-in-the-hills https://romabisht.com/blog/building-a-homestay-in-the-hills Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT My husband Mani and I are building Kunja Village Homestay in Almora — a small, unique stay. On doing something with your hands, far from a database.