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Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was a Junior
5 critical lessons distilled from my 20 years of career experience, which I'd tell my junior self.
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Career development, work life, leadership and professional growth experiences.
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What Does It Mean To Be 'Senior' In The Age of AI?
In the AI-transformed tech world, the meaning of 'senior' is changing. Experience, problem-solving, and workflow mastery are more important than prompt.
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From Eggdrop to AI Agents: It's Not Actually That New
AI agents, MCP, tool calling feel brand new — but to anyone who ran an Eggdrop bot on IRC, it's familiar. The real shift wasn't tech, but access to knowledge.
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No Longer a Bricklayer, You're the Foreman: The Quiet Evolution
The developer's role is quietly shifting from writing code to becoming a 'foreman' who holistically manages systems and workflows. This transformation.
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How to Survive as a Developer in the Age of AI?
With 20 years of experience, I explain how developers should position themselves in the AI era, emphasizing the importance of technical depth and real.
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Will AI Make Developers Jobless? An Honest Answer
With 20 years of experience, I evaluate how AI will affect the future of developers and what the real risk is.
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One Night a Storage System Died and Changed How I Think About Software
One night a storage system died and I realized the problem was never the disks — it was assuming nothing would fail. On assumptions, trust, and safety.
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The Price Tag of Self-Hosting: A Comparison with Cloud Costs
I compare the costs of self-hosting versus cloud computing based on my experiences. Real numbers, trade-offs, and which is more profitable in different.
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Two Distinct Software Developer Markets in Turkey: 95,000 TL vs.
Exploring the software developer salary gap in Turkey, the profound differences between the 95,000 TL and 175,000 TL levels, and the systemic reasons behind.
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Passkeys: Enterprise Adaptation and Individual Use Cases
Exploring the potential of Passkeys in both the individual and corporate world, their technical details, and the real challenges in adaptation processes, based.
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2026 Technical Interview Broken: 38% of Candidates Use Invisible AI
The 38% rate of candidates cheating in technical interviews with unseen AI tools questions the future of hiring processes. This situation...
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5 Self-Hosting Projects for Infrastructure Specialists: Real-World
I share my experiences with 5 critical self-hosting projects that infrastructure specialists can undertake on their own servers to gain real-world experience.
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They Cut the First Step of the Ladder: The Junior Developer Crisis
A pragmatic perspective from my 20 years of field experience on the difficulties junior developers face in finding jobs and the reasons behind this situation.
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Have AI Tools Made Me a Better Engineer?
In light of 20 years of experience, I discuss the impact of AI tools on my engineering career, the areas they've accelerated, and the importance of critical.
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You Think AI Speeds You Up by 24%; It Actually Slows You Down by 19%
I compare AI's promised acceleration in software development with the actual decrease in productivity observed in the field. Why did we slow down, and how can.
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Thinking Beyond the Cloud: 5 Self-Hosting Skills That Make
I'm sharing the unique value that managing my own servers has added to my tech career, even in the cloud era, and 5 essential skills.
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Monolith vs. Modular Monolith: An Indie Hacker's Choice
As an indie hacker, I explore software architecture choices: balancing the easy start of a Monolith with the flexibility of a Modular Monolith, based on my own.
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The Only Rule That Hasn't Changed in 20 Years: Real Experience
Drawing from my 20 years of experience in system architecture, networking, and software development, I share what truly lasts in a changing tech world...
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The First Thing I Look for When Hiring: Talent or Fit?
With 20 years of system architecture experience, I look for much more than just what's on a candidate's resume. What catches my eye first during hiring? Based.
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5 Tactics to Reduce On-Call Stress in Distributed Systems
Being on-call for distributed systems can be stressful due to unexpected incidents and constant alerts. Here are 5 practical tactics to reduce that stress.
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Managing Cardinality Explosion in Observability in 3 Steps
Strategies for detecting, filtering, and managing the high cardinality issue that inflates costs and disks in metric infrastructures.
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The Biggest Lie in the Software World: 'Perfect Code' or Real Success…
With 20 years of experience, I'm revealing the biggest lie in the software world: how chasing perfect code hinders real success and the pragmatic approach…
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Building Your Own Platform vs. Using a Ready-Made Solution: Lessons
With 20 years of system architecture experience, I compare the cost of building your own platform against the advantages of using ready-made solutions. An.
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As a System Architect, I Wish I Had Learned This Sooner
In my 20-year career, one of my most valuable lessons wasn't about technical knowledge, but about understanding my own limits and the cost of saying 'yes'.