alptekin I.

Hey there.. first post here. Just signed up after listening to FM devtools podcast, episode with Dan... I am a software developer (front end focused, full stack), amateur flautist, lifelong learner, career changer.

hopped again. This time to #fedora #gnome. linux hopping is silly and a waste of time, but it is a real curse. Anyway, to be frank, i liked #linuxmint but i guess i prefer gnome more. Fedora was always in my mind, so, i said why not give a try? Meanwhile, anyone watching #kde doc? it is quite nice.

studying nest.js and backend development... again so much to learn!.. it never stops and this is good... with llm support, even better but still love reading official docs and watching intro level yt videos.

the git graph in #vscode is awesome. to be frank, the editor itself is awesome. I wish we had a documentary on this @cultrepo.bsky.social (i know it is mentioned some in TS documentary but it would be nice to hear more on the development of this editor and how it got here)

i think distro hopping is real. :) Recently was learning about different distros and now exploring #linuxmint. Also in another, i am in wsl2 for a while and can say that it is a good escape point for those who is stuck in W.

recently checking about #wsl #linux. it is interesting. And probably i will have a good use case to use it. And in a video i realized that @thealexlichter.com uses it, i suppose.. (selective perception :) ). Any feedback on this?

just migrating my react+maplibre project to #viteplus. The project is in early stages, so i am expecting nothing fancy right now, or no breaking but I am excited to use this tool for my project.

I wonder, how the ai agents like claude code or so are integrated into the daily work of open-source developers in general? how frequent do you use, how do they use it? make it code and then review, or make partial development, like co-development? Can anyone comment?

Should I migrate my react/vite project to #vite+. currently it is in early stage, no testing Yet. Should I expect any downside after migrating?

it seems great news are announced in Amsterdam about #vite, my fav tool. I need to watch those videos asap.

Started using bluesky PWA. i think PWAs are quite interesting and feel like they are underrated. Even myself. I am going to build my next app as a pwa.

so as we wrap up 2025. i wish for all, including myself, peace (in -self and worldwide), happiness, health, -enough / proper- success. As years go by and i get more -senior-, i see that these are not any cliche but what matters truly. Good bye 2025, hello 2026

Recently, i made additional config to my vscode settings, now feel more terminal-like, with no clutter and easiness of adding any plugins... I like it more. Also, recently wrote many markdown notes, truly loved the features MD presents, images, links, marking, bullets, checkboxes, etc.

Learning about a well established professional-grade codebase and start understanding it (even before making contributions) is hard. I must certainly improve this skill.

Reading docs and implementing it to the software might now be underestimated since that everything is very fast with LLM’s. But idk, maybe I am old fashioned but I think that is very valuable, to learn basics and develop a crucial skill, being able to learn, adapt and apply, anything…

Switched (almost totally) to #bluefinproject for my home setup. I realized that i like (maybe too much) trying linux distros and tools.

While I work on side web projects I also keep on exploring Linux distros and tools. Nowadays as I explore #bluefin #linux and #distrobox (great tool!) I changed my shell and prompt to bash and starship temporarily (or permanently) as they seem simpler and more configurable.

@castrojo.bsky.social hi. I recently installed bluefin in a virtual box VM. In docs it says we cannot do this or maybe not recommended?. Does this mean I gonna hit a wall when I proceed to doing development podman containers? Still not explored this. Thanks.

I studied #bluefin #linux a little bit, set it up and discussed it with ChatGPT ☺️. So my early consideration is it is interesting and tempting. I will gradually move my dev env to it and work with this distro and this approach of containerized development. Now back to real work

exploring #Bluefin #linux with developer mode. Aside i will be exploring some other things as well like #brave #browser etc. in the docs it says #Bluefin is not compatible with VirtualBox but i just installed it on a VB vm. Will i crash on a wall soon or docs need to change?

Every now and then I find something to kick myself out of my focus. Really what is it all about #bluefin #linux. How is it different than others?

my new website is live. There are some missing pages though, which i hope to start adding stuff in a very soon time. www.alptekinisiklar.com

messenger.abeto.co This is truly a beautiful combination of art and development. I would like to learn about the development journey behind, the tech stack (apparently WebGL, JS/TS etc.) and other stuff... Does anyone have some info, anything?

changed my handle to my domain name.. my new website is still not finished and the live-one is not good, but anyway.. so this is it.

I know I am kind of late but loved the #vite documentary. I respect these talented and ambitious people, building and sharing, touching millions. The beauty and power of OSS, collaboration and hacking.. Thanks @cultrepo.bsky.social

is #tanstackstart a good alternative to #nextjs? @tanstack.com

ok I think I am having a likeness towards #expo. Could it be my new extension in career, in addition to #webdevelopment? I am also exploring #electron, so it seems that I am in all #javascript ecosystem, web-mobile-desktop. time will tell if I am gonna stuck with all three..

Nowadays exploring #expo and #reactnative, pretty excited about learning mobile dev but sadly my Linux vm does not support emulators. Nevertheless could see the output on physical device with expo go.

Recently I could not work on side projects. But too busy at work, doing c++ (with Ai support) react and vue projects. Very busy and rewarding in terms of learning but I need to get back on my side projects anytime soon.

Back to web… context switch ☺️

for a short while, i probably will focus only on learning C++, and slow down my web side projects or postpone them.

I am happy to be on the linux again, though it is a vm hosted on mac... I am not sure but macos hosting a linux vm might not be the best option. surprisingly, my mem consumption on MBP's activity monitor is much more than what htop shows, in linux vm. Maybe due to some setup error i made?

The joy and challenge of learning a new language... this is huge. And, consider that, you are a career changer, a web dev (front end focused) and learning C++. 😀😅

Life can surprise you. I recently installed Ubuntu VM on my Mac and now learning c++. I am a web dev :))

I wrote an article on @dev.to for their 2025 writing challenge. Would be happy if you check it out. I quite enjoyed it writing, I hope you like it too. dev.to/alptekin/dre...

the way you learn about a new tech, library or framework changes a lot when you start reading the code / type definitions etc. and not be constrained to the text docs

nice talk on performance, rendering etc.. Watched before. watching again. @shaundai.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0f...

Peer coding is many things. Hard, enjoyable, instructive (learn a lot), tiring.

I was quite excited about this. Have not read it yet, waiting for a time without interruption. #react.router #remix.run remix.run/blog/react-r...