💻 Software Engineering student based in Istanbul, Türkiye, interested in systems programming, AI engineering, and building software from the ground up.

• 🤖 Building AI applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and vector search.
• 🦀 Exploring systems programming and database internals with Rust.
• 🎮 Developing a 2D game engine in Java.
• 🧠 Interested in algorithms, software architecture, and solving complex engineering problems.
• 🚀 Always learning by building practical projects.

• AI Engineering: RAG, embeddings, vector search, LLM integration
• Backend & Web: Next.js, React, REST APIs
• Systems Programming: Rust, database internals, storage architecture
• Software Development: Object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, game loops, collision detection
• Tools: Git, GitHub, FAISS

An AI-powered academic assistant that lets users upload PDF documents and ask contextual questions about their content.

• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflow
• PDF processing and vector similarity search
• FAISS and Gemini API integration
• Multi-turn conversations grounded in uploaded documents

Tech: Python · FAISS · Gemini API · RAG

A relational database project built from scratch in Rust to explore the internal architecture of database management systems.

• SQL-like language and query parsing
• Query execution architecture
• Transaction management and indexing
• Page-based storage design

Tech: Rust · Database Systems · Systems Programming

A modular 2D game engine built with Java Swing and AWT, focused on understanding the fundamentals of game-engine architecture.

• Game-loop implementation
• AABB collision detection and physics events
• State-driven entities
• Audio subsystems and tilemap serialization

Tech: Java · Swing · AWT · Game Development

• Deepening my understanding of systems programming and database internals.
• Building practical AI-powered applications.
• Improving software design, code quality, and problem-solving skills.
• Developing projects that demonstrate engineering fundamentals.

"You should name a variable using the same care with which you name a first-born child."

— Jim Coplien

Building, learning, and getting better one project at a time.