Güney K.
@guney.bsky.social
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Güney K.
@guney.bsky.social
· Aug 8
If you try to optimise everything you will optimise nothing.
"Sacrificing your happiness for your company is almost always a short-term play. Eventually you burn out. Your work suffers."
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Love What You Do
Instead of pursuing what you love you should pursue what you are good at as the success will compound which is what will really keep you engaged. This goes for hobbies as well as work and keeping them...
boz.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"Sacrificing your happiness for your company is almost always a short-term play. Eventually you burn out. Your work suffers."
boz.com/articles/lov...
boz.com/articles/lov...
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snapbyte.dev is finally live!
I’ve been working on snapbyte since August. I started building it after realising I cannot find time to read content aggregators anymore. It fetches top stories from aggregators, summarises them multiple languages and creates digest based on user configuration.
I’ve been working on snapbyte since August. I started building it after realising I cannot find time to read content aggregators anymore. It fetches top stories from aggregators, summarises them multiple languages and creates digest based on user configuration.
Snapbyte - Build Your Own Digest, Your Way
Stop scrolling. Start building your digest. Create a personalized digest that matches exactly what you care about. Control sources, topics, and delivery time from Hacker News, Reddit, and more.
snapbyte.dev
January 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
snapbyte.dev is finally live!
I’ve been working on snapbyte since August. I started building it after realising I cannot find time to read content aggregators anymore. It fetches top stories from aggregators, summarises them multiple languages and creates digest based on user configuration.
I’ve been working on snapbyte since August. I started building it after realising I cannot find time to read content aggregators anymore. It fetches top stories from aggregators, summarises them multiple languages and creates digest based on user configuration.
I read 5 blog posts today, all quite short, 2-3 minutes read each, but I found them all very useful and it made me realise I should go back to reading more.
I haven’t set any New Year’s resolutions for 2026, so this will be the first one in the list.
📚I want to read a book each month this year.
I haven’t set any New Year’s resolutions for 2026, so this will be the first one in the list.
📚I want to read a book each month this year.
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I read 5 blog posts today, all quite short, 2-3 minutes read each, but I found them all very useful and it made me realise I should go back to reading more.
I haven’t set any New Year’s resolutions for 2026, so this will be the first one in the list.
📚I want to read a book each month this year.
I haven’t set any New Year’s resolutions for 2026, so this will be the first one in the list.
📚I want to read a book each month this year.
How did you spend your holidays?
I first won the Pokemon League and then caught some legendary Pokemons.
❄️🐦👑 Articuno
⚡️🦅🌩️ Zapdos
🔥🐦🔥🌋 Moltres
🐉🧡🐲 Dragonite
🧠🔮🧬 Mewtwo
I first won the Pokemon League and then caught some legendary Pokemons.
❄️🐦👑 Articuno
⚡️🦅🌩️ Zapdos
🔥🐦🔥🌋 Moltres
🐉🧡🐲 Dragonite
🧠🔮🧬 Mewtwo
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
How did you spend your holidays?
I first won the Pokemon League and then caught some legendary Pokemons.
❄️🐦👑 Articuno
⚡️🦅🌩️ Zapdos
🔥🐦🔥🌋 Moltres
🐉🧡🐲 Dragonite
🧠🔮🧬 Mewtwo
I first won the Pokemon League and then caught some legendary Pokemons.
❄️🐦👑 Articuno
⚡️🦅🌩️ Zapdos
🔥🐦🔥🌋 Moltres
🐉🧡🐲 Dragonite
🧠🔮🧬 Mewtwo
Today marks my 5th year at Meta/WhatsApp 🎂
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Today marks my 5th year at Meta/WhatsApp 🎂
Knock knock
Race condition
Who’s there?
Race condition
Who’s there?
There are two hard problems in distributed systems:
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Knock knock
Race condition
Who’s there?
Race condition
Who’s there?
A couple of years ago I hanged my childhood on my office wall.
This Christmas I got a game boy color for myself as a present to relive my childhood.
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁🍾
This Christmas I got a game boy color for myself as a present to relive my childhood.
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁🍾
December 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A couple of years ago I hanged my childhood on my office wall.
This Christmas I got a game boy color for myself as a present to relive my childhood.
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁🍾
This Christmas I got a game boy color for myself as a present to relive my childhood.
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁🍾
This is the most beautiful (or handsome - not sure if it’s a boy or girl) cat I’ve ever seen.
One of the neighbours cat and pops in every now and then to make my day better.
One of the neighbours cat and pops in every now and then to make my day better.
December 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is the most beautiful (or handsome - not sure if it’s a boy or girl) cat I’ve ever seen.
One of the neighbours cat and pops in every now and then to make my day better.
One of the neighbours cat and pops in every now and then to make my day better.
I’ve been skeptical about what AI can do for me as a coding agent as it repeatedly failed very simple tasks I’ve been giving to it.
Finally yesterday I used Claude Opus 4.5 and it didn’t make any silly mistakes and successfully created 5 commits for me.
Finally yesterday I used Claude Opus 4.5 and it didn’t make any silly mistakes and successfully created 5 commits for me.
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I’ve been skeptical about what AI can do for me as a coding agent as it repeatedly failed very simple tasks I’ve been giving to it.
Finally yesterday I used Claude Opus 4.5 and it didn’t make any silly mistakes and successfully created 5 commits for me.
Finally yesterday I used Claude Opus 4.5 and it didn’t make any silly mistakes and successfully created 5 commits for me.
Hmmm, El*n M*usk and x.AI, very very interesting, hmmm, how about no?
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Hmmm, El*n M*usk and x.AI, very very interesting, hmmm, how about no?
Best gym is the one with no cell reception, people can’t doom scroll on their phones while occupying machines.
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Best gym is the one with no cell reception, people can’t doom scroll on their phones while occupying machines.
Anyone thinks that these outages (AWS, Cloudflare, etc.) we saw this year is a result of AI automation 🫣
Damn half the internet is down again - including Downdetector
Downdetector is multi-region but has a singular dependency on Cloudflare
Is Cloudflare down again?
Downdetector is multi-region but has a singular dependency on Cloudflare
Is Cloudflare down again?
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Anyone thinks that these outages (AWS, Cloudflare, etc.) we saw this year is a result of AI automation 🫣
I was trying to teach my 5 year old how to play chess, I wanted to begin by showing how each piece moves.
She immediately grabbed the Knight and went “giddy up horsie giddy up!”
She immediately grabbed the Knight and went “giddy up horsie giddy up!”
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I was trying to teach my 5 year old how to play chess, I wanted to begin by showing how each piece moves.
She immediately grabbed the Knight and went “giddy up horsie giddy up!”
She immediately grabbed the Knight and went “giddy up horsie giddy up!”
I’m in my “Dad can I get please a dog for Christmas” era 🥹
🎄🐶 🎁
🎄🐶 🎁
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m in my “Dad can I get please a dog for Christmas” era 🥹
🎄🐶 🎁
🎄🐶 🎁
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
My latest career growth tips:
🎯 Focus on what really matters and prioritise ruthlessly
🧠 Think thoroughly before answering questions
📖 Spend significant time on reading information
🤩 Be amused by how much you don’t know and how much more you can learn
🎯 Focus on what really matters and prioritise ruthlessly
🧠 Think thoroughly before answering questions
📖 Spend significant time on reading information
🤩 Be amused by how much you don’t know and how much more you can learn
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My latest career growth tips:
🎯 Focus on what really matters and prioritise ruthlessly
🧠 Think thoroughly before answering questions
📖 Spend significant time on reading information
🤩 Be amused by how much you don’t know and how much more you can learn
🎯 Focus on what really matters and prioritise ruthlessly
🧠 Think thoroughly before answering questions
📖 Spend significant time on reading information
🤩 Be amused by how much you don’t know and how much more you can learn
Reposted by Güney K.
I am so excited to announce The Pragmatic Summit, in partnership with Statsig.
11 Feb, SF. One day. ~400 people.
Answering the question: How is AI reshaping software engineering, dev workflows, and the modern engineering stack?
Details & apply here: pragmaticsummit.com
11 Feb, SF. One day. ~400 people.
Answering the question: How is AI reshaping software engineering, dev workflows, and the modern engineering stack?
Details & apply here: pragmaticsummit.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I am so excited to announce The Pragmatic Summit, in partnership with Statsig.
11 Feb, SF. One day. ~400 people.
Answering the question: How is AI reshaping software engineering, dev workflows, and the modern engineering stack?
Details & apply here: pragmaticsummit.com
11 Feb, SF. One day. ~400 people.
Answering the question: How is AI reshaping software engineering, dev workflows, and the modern engineering stack?
Details & apply here: pragmaticsummit.com
I upgraded my MacBook to Tahoe today and looking at this background feels pretty good.
I wouldn’t think a background change would impact my mood this much 😶
I hope rest of the OS is as good.
I wouldn’t think a background change would impact my mood this much 😶
I hope rest of the OS is as good.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I upgraded my MacBook to Tahoe today and looking at this background feels pretty good.
I wouldn’t think a background change would impact my mood this much 😶
I hope rest of the OS is as good.
I wouldn’t think a background change would impact my mood this much 😶
I hope rest of the OS is as good.
Reposted by Güney K.
i have no expertise in your field which is why i am confident that AI can replace you and your work
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
i have no expertise in your field which is why i am confident that AI can replace you and your work
My daughter (5) made this at home, she loves crafting things.
I told her it looks great and asked if she designed it by herself. She said yes, proudly.
I was expecting her to her say yes, but wasn’t expecting an actual design.
I told her it looks great and asked if she designed it by herself. She said yes, proudly.
I was expecting her to her say yes, but wasn’t expecting an actual design.
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My daughter (5) made this at home, she loves crafting things.
I told her it looks great and asked if she designed it by herself. She said yes, proudly.
I was expecting her to her say yes, but wasn’t expecting an actual design.
I told her it looks great and asked if she designed it by herself. She said yes, proudly.
I was expecting her to her say yes, but wasn’t expecting an actual design.
Yasadigim mesleki deformasyona bak ya, Erling yazmislar, “aa yanlis yazmislar Erlang diye yaziliyo” dedim…
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Yasadigim mesleki deformasyona bak ya, Erling yazmislar, “aa yanlis yazmislar Erlang diye yaziliyo” dedim…
I hate it when the only compensation from delivery apps is the price of the missing item.
I mean of course I won’t be paying for the items I didn’t receive, that is not a compensation.
You should be giving me some extra credit for the inconvenience you caused when I have 1 burger missing.
I mean of course I won’t be paying for the items I didn’t receive, that is not a compensation.
You should be giving me some extra credit for the inconvenience you caused when I have 1 burger missing.
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I hate it when the only compensation from delivery apps is the price of the missing item.
I mean of course I won’t be paying for the items I didn’t receive, that is not a compensation.
You should be giving me some extra credit for the inconvenience you caused when I have 1 burger missing.
I mean of course I won’t be paying for the items I didn’t receive, that is not a compensation.
You should be giving me some extra credit for the inconvenience you caused when I have 1 burger missing.