About

I'm Göktuğ. I like understanding how things work and building from first principles. I studied Translation at Haliç University with a year in Poland through ERASMUS; somewhere along the way I fell into game design, microcontrollers, and C/C++. I'm currently studying Computer Programming at Anadolu University and focus on backend work.

For me, first principles means stripping problems to the essentials, choosing simple tools, and favoring clarity over ceremony. I like systems that are easy to reason about and maintain. I tend to think about computation as a physical process, so designs lean toward clear models and measurable behavior.

These days I mostly build simulation and systems software: evolutionary sandboxes in modern C++20 (CUDA also excites me), real‑time visualization tooling, and embedded control on ESP32. I care about data layout, concurrency and profiling, and keeping hot paths simple and predictable.

Off-screen, I compose and produce music, have played guitar for over 10 years, and I'm an amateur photographer with a soft spot for astrophotography and photogrammetry.