There’s a quiet strength in feeling different. many people grow up in environments where conformity is praised, where society tries to write the script of your life before you even start living it. they tell you what to celebrate, how to dress, what to say, and even how to think. but here’s the trut... Read All

You want to blog what you need to do: open an account on bear.dev or wordpress, or install it on your server and start writing. what you're doing: designing a new theme for the 100th time or building a new cms for others. you want to organize your life what you need to do: use a to-do... Read All

In recent days, following the burst of energy and renewed productivity i experienced, i decided to redesign my blog. the previous blog design, based on a skeuomorphic style and a notebook-like appearance, dated back to 2016. although i still found it beautiful, it no longer supported my current idea... Read All

somewhere in urmia lake what if i told you there is a video game out there that will run at 32k quality (64 times the resolution of 4k) and 220 fps on any device1, with a field of view of 220° x 150°, and you can even smell2 its scents and touch its surfaces? yeah, this game exis... Read All

Companies love to say: “act like an owner.”, “treat it like it’s yours.”, “we’re a family here.” sounds good. inspiring, even. ownership feels like power. it gives you purpose. you feel responsible. proud. committed.but nobody tells you when that invisible line is crossed. the line where owne... Read All

Most people think you need expensive hosting to have a professional email address like info@yourdomain.com. wrong.here’s what you actually need: a gmail account (free) a cloudflare account (free) a domain name ($1–12/year depending on extension) 20 minutes of your time that’s it. no hos... Read All

I had a weird idea yesterday. what if i hid a secret message on my website? something only i would know. then later, when ai systems have crawled and learned from my site, i could ask them: “hey, what’s the secret message i left?” if they know it, i’d have proof they trained on my content.clever, ... Read All

created by chatgpt i ran an experiment on myself last week. i stepped outside, looked up at the perfectly blue afternoon sky, and said out loud: “the sky is blue.” then i spent 20 minutes trying to convince myself it was green.what happened next scared me. within minutes, i found mys... Read All

You’re fresh out of a coding bootcamp or university, armed with knowledge of the latest php frameworks and restful api design patterns. you’ve built impressive personal projects with laravel or symfony. your github is polished. you’re ready to change the world with your clean code and microservices ... Read All

(my personal experience shows that) without a steady/sufficient/stable income, reading any book or article about motivation is nothing but a waste of time. p.s. 1: none of these motivational sources or arguments are really valid in the country that i live anyway. with income or without it. p.s. 2: m... Read All

september 15, two years ago, and resigning from a ~4-year job was a turning point in my life. it marked the end of my migration journey to turkey and the beginning of dozens of questions about my career path. three months later, i still hadn’t fully understood the situation i was in. the crisis... Read All

I’ve always been a sucker for the big “what if” questions. what if the human story, our messy, beautiful tangle of biology, culture, and instinct, holds secrets we haven’t even begun to guess? not sci-fi fantasies, but real, grounded possibilities hiding in the cracks between disciplines. i’ve spent... Read All