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Koray Alkan

Software Engineer @Meta, previously Engineering Team Lead @Bloomberg. Love classical music, reading and playing the trumpet. Disclaimer: Opinions are my own.
London, UK
https://koray.me
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Life

No Beach Photos

I was in a Greek island last week and I don’t have any photos from the beach. Neither does my wife. In fact, I wouldn’t have been able to even if I wanted to, because I decided to put a distance between my phone and myself during daytime,
Jul 26, 2023 2 min read
Life

Serenity in Stasis

I embraced doing nothing, staying still for the first time last year, during a two week vacation in southwest of Turkey. I would sit & relax under the sun, next to the pool or beach. Let my thoughts wander, just observe them as they come and go.
Jul 11, 2023 1 min read
Software

Heroku and My Rental Agency

This is not a tutorial on Heroku or Python. Instead, it's a story of how software can be used for fun, escalations and getting results. All at once. > It's a Python app that takes an HTTP request to kick-off email reminders every 6 hours and the interval drops down to
Jun 16, 2020 3 min read
Getting Started

Preface

I kept asking myself, "Do people ever read the preface? Because I don't". Thinking back now, reason was it felt time consuming. If I'm holding the book in my hands I wanted to start reading it immediately, not give the extra few minutes to the author to explain to me
Jan 5, 2020 1 min read
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