Personal blog of Hilal Mutlu, a software developer
I learned how to swim at the age of 26. Or rather, I'm still learning. In my last lesson, I managed to swim 50 meters without using any support (and I didn't drown, lol). In the lesson before that, I got dizzy, my leg cramped three times, and I had swallowed half the pool. (you could see water draining) So today, I can't quite say, "I know how to swim now." But I also can't say, "I don't know how…
Exactly a year ago today, I changed something about myself that had been part of my life for ten years. What that "thing" is won’t be mentioned here, so as not to take the subject out of context, but I can tell you a few things about it. Because it had persisted for a decade, it had become more than a habit, it was an identity marker. Whether people knew me well or not, they could easily list…
an ode to libraries as a remote worker
know thyself There is a new lifestyle imposed on almost the entire world, willingly or unwillingly, perhaps by powerful people or by many small people that want to be powerful, which somehow affects all ordinary people: a consumption-oriented life. Fast consumption, constant consumption, more consumption. I don't have much to say about the "shopping" side of this consumption craze because it's a…