About
Hi, I'm Ender.
I am a software developer based in Ünye, Ordu, Turkey. I've been building web applications professionally since 2011, mostly with Ruby on Rails. After living 15 years in Istanbul, I moved back to my hometown — a decision that turned out to be one of the best I've made. These days I work remotely at Teamtailor as a software developer, and recently became a father to Piraye.
Since 2014, I've been running Ruby Türkiye, a local community for Ruby developers in Turkey.
It started small and it's still small, but it's ours.This blog is called Listen. Code. Reflect. — and that's genuinely how I think about it. I write about software development and the Ruby ecosystem, the crossroads of AI and programming, and occasionally about life, work, and the things that don't fit neatly into a job title.
Some posts are in Turkish, some in English, depending on who I'm writing for.
I also host a podcast called Yakut where I talk about software, books, and the small and big questions of life.
If any of this resonates, you're welcome to subscribe. One post a week, every Thursday at 7am.