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The Tyranny of Metrics

My notes on Jerry Z. Muller’s book, and what a Soviet nail factory, Deming’s red beads, and NBA statistics say about Goodhart’s law. Instead of being metrics-driven, let’s make data-informed judgments.

The Tyranny of Metrics

do not dot the ı, even in pixels

I built Dottıng, a benchmark and public gallery for testing whether image models can write Turkish words without breaking the dotless ı.

do not dot the ı, even in pixels

Hyperactive Amateur

An in-browser beat-making toy. You record eight short clips from your webcam and mic, AI classifies the sounds and suggests a pattern, then the app plays the song back as a music video of you performing it.

Hyperactive Amateur

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do not dot the ı

Why I write my name as Fırat with a dotless ı, how Turkish alphabet works in digital systems, and the infamous 'Turkey test' in software engineering.

do not dot the ı

Tiers of AI Adoption: A Personal Journey

I illustrate the progressive integration of AI into my workflows through four tiers. From exploring AI tools to optimizing coding tasks and envisioning proactive AI agents

Tiers of AI Adoption: A Personal Journey

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A technical deep-dive into building scalable web applications with modern JavaScript frameworks and best practices.

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