Umut Ertuğrul Daşgın
umutertugrul.com/now
Self-hosting everything taught me that convenience is just someone else's control over your infrastructure.
Location:
Istanbul, Maltepe, Türkiye
Professional title:
Undergraduate Student Researcher
What do you do?
I build open-source things, mostly datasets and web applications that people actually need, and showcase them all on my self-hosted workspace.
Why?
I think useful things should be free and accessible. Building them myself, on my own infrastructure, is the most honest way I know to do that, and I genuinely enjoy every part of it.
What should we read?
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, Randal Bryant & David O'Hallaron