The Timeline
2018
wrote my first python script
I was 13. thought i'll be really cool. wrote some stuff. it was too hard back then.
2019
came back to python
turns out you can't really quit this thing. picked it back up and actually stuck with it this time. sold software to some local stores in my town, bought a macbook with that money.
2020
discovered swiftui
apple announced swiftui and i was immediately hooked. started building ios apps and never looked back.
2022
first real jobs
built ios apps for startups in istanbul, new york, and london. shipped apps from scratch, hit 10k users, helped raise $200k.
2023
joined poppin as an intern
la-based startup. started remote as an ios intern. rebuilt their app in 3 months. 3,000+ commits. helped them raise $2M.
2024
became the cto
led 4 engineers. migrated backend from firebase to go/postgres. cut latency from 4.5s to 300ms. built ci/cd. did basically everything.
2026
founding engineer, robotics
now building something new. can't say much yet. it involves robots though, which is cool.
