#Learning

Posts on how to learn faster, deeper, and with better retention.

July 26, 20253 min read

Yapay Zekâ Çağında Bilgisayar Mühendisliği

Son aylarda, ister posta kutumdan, ister web sitem üzerinden, isterse tanıdıklar aracılığıyla olsun, hep aynı soruya cevap veriyorum: “2025’te bilgisayar bilimi okumak hâlâ mant...

May 18, 202517 min read

Reflecting on Software Engineering Handbook

One year. May 2024. Back then, we were riding high, celebrating the launch of this with an amazing . Five days of glaciers and waterfalls, finally enjoying the fact that we fini...

April 26, 202518 min read

New Manager Survival Guide

Alright, this is gonna be a long one. And not just a onetime thing. I'll keep updating it as I write more about leadership. I’ll try to link everything I’ve written before. This...

March 7, 20259 min read

AI Balance in Work

I use AI, you use AI, and almost everyone uses AI. I don’t think that’s going to change. But how should we use it? I’ve seen people turn five bullet points into three pages — I...

February 11, 20257 min read

Tech Hiring Bubble Bursts

I wasn’t around in the 90s, but people who were say it was incredible. If you could code, you were set. Talent was rare. There were almost everywhere. In the 2000s and early 201...

May 21, 20242 min read

Charlie Munger Quotes

I got to know more about Charlie Munger in the last 10 years. His name came up with Berkshire. I knew he had been in the industry, but I wasn’t really into investing. I apprecia...

February 7, 20244 min read

Navigating Layoffs

In the last few years, companies have begun laying off talent, leading to tough and depressing times for many. Some layoffs came as a big surprise, especially from companies tha...

December 11, 20238 min read

Winning Eleven

Here's 'Winning Eleven,' my own mix of eleven key ideas that have helped me grow both at work and in life. This isn't your usual list of tips. It's more like a collection of rea...

November 14, 20236 min read

The Making of a Leader

Leadership, in my eyes, has always been a blend of natural inclination and learned skills. Reflecting on my own path to becoming a leader, I've realized it's not just about inna...

November 12, 20232 min read

Embracing TikTok

I've had a TikTok account for a while. I was a passive scroller. But, today I made my first video based on . It's about how building a great team is like cooking a good meal. Yo...

November 6, 202315 min read

Becoming a Rockstar Engineer

In the software development realm, people often debate about 10x engineers or rockstars. But what does that really mean? How can you become one? There isn’t an easy answer, but...

November 1, 20234 min read

Why You Should Read More Code

In university, I have master students studying software engineering. I often ask them one question: how do authors become authors? Do they suddenly start writing great novels in...

March 15, 20236 min read

Teaching Software Engineering

As a software engineering instructor, I’ve taught a diverse group of master’s students with varying technical backgrounds. Not everyone comes in with the same level of expertise...

December 12, 201615 min read

How I Work as a Software Engineer

When I started out, I thought productivity meant speed. Ship fast, fix fast, move fast. Working in startups taught me something different. When everything around you changes con...