Hey there 👋

I'm Serdar Cevher

Ex-developer

Now I make music and write articles. I've founded and co-founded several startups before. I've retired from coding, but I'm still maintaining some old projects. Overall, I'm trying to reach a full-time human position in life.


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My latest pieces 🎵

Go Easy with Yourself

Go Easy with Yourself

A brief message from my childhood, after having a short phone call. He had some reminders for me not to take things too seriously.
Part-time Human

Part-time Human

Humans turning into robots and robots taking over human jobs. What a weird world we live in.

Translations 📖

Sokak Kodcusu

Sokak Kodcusu (Street Coder)

I've translated the book "Sokak Kodcusu" (Street Coder) into Turkish. The original book was written by Sedat Kapanoglu (the founder of Eksi Sozluk) and published by Manning.

Glossary of computer and internet terms

Glossary of computer and internet terms

A booklet containing detailed explanations of approximately 1,000 different computer terms that I compiled during my years as a PCNet editor.

Profile

I've started my career as a tech journalist in PCNet magazine. I've built several hobby projects as web and mobile apps and eventually turned into a self-taught developer. I've worked for tech industry for a long time, but I regularly found myself in burnouts. Finally I decided to leave tech forever. I'm focused on writing and making music now.


Education

  • Istanbul Bilgi University, Media & Communication Systems

    2006 to 2012 at Dolapdere - Kuştepe - Eyüp, Istanbul, Türkiye

  • Galatasaray High School

    1997 to 2006 at Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Türkiye

Experience

  • Co-founder & CTO

    From 2023 to 2024 at Auglinn, Istanbul, Türkiye
    Auglinn is an app that lets people leave notes in their surroundings using augmented reality (AR). These notes can be anything from memories and stories to everyday thoughts, complaints, information, or questions about locations.

  • Technical Consultant

    From 2020 to 2022 at Off2Class, Toronto, Canada
    I helped developers to shape the future of the product.

  • Technical Co-founder

    From 2013 to 2020 at Off2Class, Toronto, Canada
    I've been the only developer of our SaaS for ESL Teachers and Schools in early years of our startup. I later have led the development team for releasing the second major version of the product developed on top of Laravel and Vue.js frameworks. We designed a content and student management system including homework & placement test creators. We have served more than 50K users (and about 5K paid customers) all over the world since our foundation. The app is still up and running at off2class.com.

  • Freelance developer

    From 2009 to 2022, Istanbul, Türkiye
    Some of my freelance work includes: evotrio.com, yetmiyor.net, valizim.com, santralsozluk.com, art-core.tv, kolokyum.com, hotstop.com, suslusozluk.com, tarifmotoru.com, auglinn.com, terimler.org, decarbontool.com

  • Contributing Writer

    From 2009 to 2012 at PCNet, Istanbul, Türkiye