# Fırat Gelbal

> Personal website of Firat Gelbal — essays on data, measurement, AI, and visualization.

All posts on this site are available in Markdown format by appending `.md` to the post URL.

## Posts

- [Markdown for Machines](https://fgelbal.com/markdown-for-machines.md): For years, websites served humans and search engines. Now AI agents are the third audience. I read Dries Buytaert's p...
- [From Default to Delightful: AI-Assisted Data Visualization](https://fgelbal.com/from-default-to-delightful.md): I can never remember the exact syntax for Plotly. AI changes this. Now I describe what I want in natural language, it...
- [What Are We Measuring? And Why?](https://fgelbal.com/what-are-we-measuring-and-why.md): If it feels like -16°C, why show -10°C? A friend's complaint about a weather app reveals something deeper: the strang...
- [do not dot the ı](https://fgelbal.com/do-not-dot.md): Why I write my name as Fırat with a dotless ı, how Turkish alphabet works in digital systems, and the infamous 'Turke...
- [Strategic vs. Tactical Programming with AI](https://fgelbal.com/strategic-vs-tactical-programming-with-ai.md): In this one I discuss John Ousterhout's philosophy on software design, emphasizing the balance between tactical and s...
- [Tiers of AI Adoption: A Personal Journey](https://fgelbal.com/tiers-of-ai-adoption.md): I illustrate the progressive integration of AI into my workflows through four tiers. From exploring AI tools to optim...
- [Writing](https://fgelbal.com/writing.md): Writing brings clarity to my thoughts, generates new ideas, and preserves my current perspective for my future self. ...
- [WordPress.com Blog Metadata Organizer](https://fgelbal.com/data-blog-taxonomy.md): A technical deep-dive into building scalable web applications with modern JavaScript frameworks and best practices.
- [PR Review Style Imitator](https://fgelbal.com/pr-review-style-imitate.md): A tool that learns a reviewer's PR style from historical comments and generates new reviews that match their voice an...
- [WordPress Author Style Imitator](https://fgelbal.com/author-style-imitate.md): A tool that analyzes an author's writing style from their WordPress.com blog posts and helps generate new content tha...
- [balena Inkyshot](https://fgelbal.com/balena-inkyshot.md): e-ink screen connected Raspberry Pi that reads quotes and weather forecast online and displays on screen. I built the...
- [Modern versions of Turkish Proverbs](https://fgelbal.com/modern-versions-of-turkish-proverbs.md): This poster's goal is to increase awareness on drying of lakes in Anatolia. The illustration is Lake Tuz: Turkey's 2n...
- [Routing in Stochastic Networks](https://fgelbal.com/routing-in-stochastic-networks.md): Inspired by Alexander Calder's Mobility series of sculptures. I designed this cover for Derya Sever's PhD thesis.

## Links

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