2022 Thoughts
✦ December
Recap Year 2022
It's been four years since I wrote a recap. I wrote an update about my life two years
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2022 Thoughts
✦ December
Functional table-driven tests in Go
There are numerous blog posts about table-driven tests in Go. In this blog post, I want to show a technique
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
Keyboards I’ve used in the past two decades
I have used many keyboards over the years. Some of those were standard OEM keyboards you would probably have seen
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
Coffee in Seoul
My wife and I recently traveled to South Korea and stayed in Seoul for a week. Seoul is heaven for
2022 Thoughts
✦ October
Reflections on my relationship with social media
Today marks my 30th day of not using any Social Media. I didn't like a single tweet, didn&
2022 Thoughts
✦ October
Review of the Kinesis Advantage360 Professional
The Advantage360 Professional is the successor to the well-known Advantage2. It comes with several new features, such as Adjustable Split,
2022 Thoughts
✦ October
Teenage Engineering POM-400
Teenage Engineering is one of my favorite brands because it combines two things I love. Design and attention to detail.
2022 Thoughts
✦ September
A new home for my blog
Some news about this website you're just reading.
I migrated my Blog's infrastructure from a custom
2022 Thoughts
✦ August
Coffee in Tokyo
(This is a copy of my post at arslan.exposore.co, which I wrote in 2014. I started my blog
2022 Thoughts
✦ July
Designing a wireless charging pad
I bought a new car. However, due to the chip shortage, several things were missing. One of those features was a wireless charging pad. I'll explain how I designed and 3D printed my charging pad from scratch.
2022 Thoughts
✦ June
How I got into 3D printing
One month ago, I decided I wanted to pursue industrial design as a Hobby. I thought learning CAD and using a 3D printer would give me a solid foundation for prototyping. I had zero idea about the 3D printing world and asked on Twitter for some advice.
2021 Thoughts
✦ May
My review of the Moonlander MK1 keyboard
The Moonlander MK1 is an ergonomic, highly customizable split keyboard. I ordered one after I couldn’t stand anymore my hand and wrist pains. In this blog post, I want to share my keyboard journey, my experiences with the Moonlander, how I am using it and what I plan next.
2021 Thoughts
✦ February
Automatic dark mode for terminal applications
Last week, when I had to increase my screen's brightness, I figured I was using a pitch-black terminal screen. So, I asked myself, 'what if I use a light theme during the day and switch back to a darker theme later in the evening?'
2021 Thoughts
✦ January
Joining PlanetScale
I'm joining PlanetScale, and here is my story on how I decided to join.
2020 Thoughts
✦ December
Why I left the U.S.
Last week I announced that I was leaving the U.S and going back to my home country, Turkey. Many people asked why I was leaving. I want to share some of the details of our decision.
2020 Thoughts
✦ July
Using go/analysis to fix your source code
The go/analysis library allows us to write custom Go linters in an easy and fast way. Did you know that you can also rewrite source code with it?