Articles

Six filters I use to decide whether to start a side project — from solving a real problem to still caring three days later. (Jul 2016)

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A personal reflection on faith, divine justice, and the challenge of belief when confronted with questions about power and morality in religious texts. (Jul 2016)

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Jean Paul Sartre — Şurada, bir sandalyenin üzerinde, gırtlağıma kadar kendi yaşamıma gömülmüş oturuyor ve hiçbir şeye inanmıyorum. (Jul 2016)

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A quick lesson on overconfidence in coding—how assuming int(None) raises ValueError instead of TypeError taught me to always test my code. (Jul 2016)

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How unpix.in turned curiosity into $2,500 in Bitcoin revenue, then died when the currency became too valuable to spend and the creator pool hit its ceiling. (Jun 2016)

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Prusya Kralı ile değirmenci arasındaki hikaye — "Berlin'de hakimler var" sözünün kökeni. (Apr 2016)

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Marie Rose Balter — 17 yılını akıl hastahanesinde geçirip, aynı hastahaneye yönetici olarak dönen kadının hikayesi. (Apr 2016)

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Osmanlı'da Takiyüddin'in Rasathanesi — meleklerin bacaklarını dikizliyorlar diye yıktırılan gözlemevi. (Apr 2016)

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How resm.in, an invite-only photo Q&A platform, got two users married — then died from a single identity-shattering feature. (Jan 2016)

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A reflection on how we normalize our own suffering and expect others to endure the same hardships—and why we should focus on changing ourselves instead. (Jan 2015)

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How to validate Turkish characters in Python form inputs using the locale module and string.letters instead of hardcoding characters. (Jul 2014)

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A collection of emotional messages from a hospital memory book—raw, unfiltered notes from patients and families during their most vulnerable moments. (Jul 2014)

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Artoskopi ameliyatı ile eklem faresi aldırma deneyimim. Ağrı, iyileşme süreci ve ilk yürüyüş. (Jun 2014)

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Why Django's length template filter can kill your performance and how using count() instead can save your database from unnecessary load. (Jan 2014)

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How building a Reddit clone for Turkey taught me to follow organic traction, avoid the platform trap, and validate before writing a single line of code. (Jan 2014)

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Rubber duck debugging explained — why explaining your code to a rubber duck helps you find bugs. A technique from The Pragmatic Programmer. (Dec 2013)

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The story of how I embarrassed myself on national TV, became a Hürriyet headline, and learned that having a story to tell is better than having none at all. (Dec 2013)

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Rize Pokut Yaylası — FriendFeed'den keşfettiğim cennet gibi bir yer. (Oct 2012)

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Five dynamics that make online communities thrive: people, ideological tension, anonymity, connection, and knowing when to step back. (Aug 2012)

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A quick guide on how to upload files programmatically through Django's shell using ImageField and the File class. (Jul 2012)

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