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My contributions to the tech community through talks and technical writing.

Talks

June 27, 2025•CHECK.conf 2025•Leipzig, Germany

Don't Write Tests Just for the Sake of It

Tests can empower us, but they can also slow down CI/CD pipelines, increase refactoring anxiety, and create a false sense of confidence when misused. This talk explores how to test for behavior and value, not just coverage or numbers. Presented to 500+ engineers as the first working student speaker in CHECK.conf history.

TestingCI/CDSoftware Engineering

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Articles

December 2, 2025•1 min read

Building a Restaurant Guide for My University's Gastronomy Club

How I built a zero-cost, handoff-ready web app for METU Gastronomy Club. Tech stack decisions, custom ETL pipeline, and lessons on building for others.

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