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How Do You Know Everything Is Running? Uptime Kuma + Grafana
Monitor your homelab infrastructure with Uptime Kuma + Grafana integration. Docker Compose setup, Prometheus metrics export, and sneaky monitoring pitfalls.
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Automatic HTTPS with a Single Command: Certified Self-Hosting in 5
Discover practical ways to get automatic HTTPS certificates for your self-hosted applications and configure your server with Caddy.
Technology
Caddy, Traefik, or Nginx? Choosing a Reverse Proxy for Self-Hosting
Comparing Caddy, Traefik, and Nginx for reverse proxy selection in my self-hosted projects, focusing on their core differences, advantages, and disadvantages.
Technology
Two-Factor Authentication: The Cost of Added Security
Beyond the increased security, two-factor authentication brings hidden costs in implementation, operations, and user experience…
Life
Is It Really Necessary to Try Every New AI Tool?
I evaluate the fatigue and impact on productivity of keeping up with every new AI tool released, based on my own experiences.
Tutorials
Why Specializing in Software Can Be Insufficient
Just writing code isn't enough. I explain from my own experience why understanding systems, networks, databases, and business workflows is critical for a.
Tutorials
Using Claude for Code Truly Efficiently: Subagent, CLAUDE.md
How to use Claude's code generation capabilities more efficiently with subagent architectures, CLAUDE.md standards, and effective context management...
Technology
Windsurf or Cursor? I Used Both AI Editors: Which One for Whom
I compared AI-powered code editors Windsurf and Cursor. Which editor is better for a developer with 20 years of field experience like me, and when?
Technology
Prompt Engineering is Dead, Long Live Context Engineering: The Model's
Getting value from large language models isn't about writing fancy prompts, but about designing the model's context window with engineering principles.
Career
Being a Software Developer in Turkey: The Untold Truths
I'm sharing the differences between expectations and realities of being a software developer in Turkey, based on my 20 years of field experience.
Technology
Is It Really Necessary to Jump on Every New Technology?
I evaluate the hidden costs and real-world field realities of projects built under the allure of new technologies, drawing from my 20 years of experience.
Technology
45% of AI-Generated Code Contains Security Vulnerabilities: Code
I analyze the security vulnerabilities in AI-generated code and how this situation should change code review processes.
Tutorials
Removing Google From Your Life: A Realistic 30-Day De-Google Plan
A guide to breaking free from Google services for digital independence and privacy. A realistic step-by-step plan from browser to email, cloud storage to.
Tutorials
Free AI Coding: Running Agents Without a Subscription Using Cline
How I run coding agents with multiple AI models without paying subscription fees using Cline, and how I achieve this flexibility in my own infrastructure.
Career
Which Software Jobs Will Remain 10 Years Later?
The future of the software world with the AI revolution. Mustafa Erbay discusses which jobs will remain and what will change with his 20 years of experience.
Tutorials
Mid-Level Developer Syndrome: A Guide to Overcoming Stagnation
Mid-level developer syndrome is a feeling of stagnation that emerges as experience is gained. This guide covers technical deepening, broadening, active.
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Fast AI Code Generation: Does It Increase Maintenance Costs?
How does the speed of AI-assisted code generation reflect on maintenance costs? Real experiences, risks, and best practices.
Tutorials
Is Your Phone Tracking You? Open the Secret Dashboard in 10 Minutes
Find out which apps are tracking you on your phone and discover how to stop this tracking using the secret tracking dashboard. A step-by-step guide.
Technology
Your Browser Extensions Can Betray You: Innocent One Moment, Malicious
How can browser extensions, initially appearing innocent, become a security risk over time? Developer account takeovers, commercial acquisitions…
Technology
WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram: Which One Is Truly Secure?
An in-depth look at the real security levels of popular messaging apps WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, focusing on the metadata difference and beyond.
Technology
Nextcloud vs Immich: Which Self-Hosting Solution is Better?
I'm deeply comparing Nextcloud and Immich's self-hosting options in terms of performance, security, and cost.
Life
Less But Deep: The Power of Focus
I explain how deepening in a single area, instead of constantly chasing the new, has shaped my career and brought my greatest successes.
Tutorials
Your Smart TV Is Watching You: A Guide to Disabling ACR
Explore how your smart TV's background ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) technology works, with brand-specific steps to disable it and network-level blocking.
Tutorials
Run Your Smart Home Without the Cloud: Installing Home Assistant
It's possible to set up cloud-independent smart home systems under your own control. Here's how I ran Home Assistant on my own server with Docker Compose and.