Burak Yigit Kaya
@byk.im
Curious mind. Open source, behavioral psychology, automation
Next level DIY skill unlocked: modify an IKEA furniture using a hired mitre saw (which I have never used in my life), in my backyard. Complete with Crocs slippers and an old pair of Bose ANC headphones for ear protection.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Next level DIY skill unlocked: modify an IKEA furniture using a hired mitre saw (which I have never used in my life), in my backyard. Complete with Crocs slippers and an old pair of Bose ANC headphones for ear protection.
Run `gh api -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" /repos/$OWNER/$REPO/pulls/$PULL_ID/comments | jq '[ .[] | { diff_hunk, line, start_line, body } ]'` to get all comments. Build a todo list from these and finish it. Do not stop until you are done.
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Run `gh api -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" /repos/$OWNER/$REPO/pulls/$PULL_ID/comments | jq '[ .[] | { diff_hunk, line, start_line, body } ]'` to get all comments. Build a todo list from these and finish it. Do not stop until you are done.
Okay I'm a full AI and @cursor.com.web.brid.gy convert due to the amazing planning mode. It's my 6th PR today and one of the things was creating an entire npm package from scratch (stay tuned for that). 🤯
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Okay I'm a full AI and @cursor.com.web.brid.gy convert due to the amazing planning mode. It's my 6th PR today and one of the things was creating an entire npm package from scratch (stay tuned for that). 🤯
`spotlight mcp tools/list`
`spotlight mcp tools/call get_local_errors --args '{"timeWindow": 60}'`
Useful? Not useful? Don't even know what I'm talking about?
`spotlight mcp tools/call get_local_errors --args '{"timeWindow": 60}'`
Useful? Not useful? Don't even know what I'm talking about?
September 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
`spotlight mcp tools/list`
`spotlight mcp tools/call get_local_errors --args '{"timeWindow": 60}'`
Useful? Not useful? Don't even know what I'm talking about?
`spotlight mcp tools/call get_local_errors --args '{"timeWindow": 60}'`
Useful? Not useful? Don't even know what I'm talking about?
My laptop has been dog slow for the past couple of days and then I realized why 🤦🏻♂️
September 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My laptop has been dog slow for the past couple of days and then I realized why 🤦🏻♂️
Reposted by Burak Yigit Kaya
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. @annielowrey.bsky.social reports:
The Job Market Is Hell
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. @annielowrey.bsky.social reports:
This episode really got me struggling to take sides and also took me back to the old (better?) days of the Internet...
In episode 3 of Open Path, @chadwhitacre.com wrestles with DHH's statement to Lex Fridman that “There is no crisis!” in Open Source funding. Along the way he has to confront his own doubts if he's really going to grow @opensourcepledge.com. 🍿🤠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcF...
“There is no crisis!” Is DHH right about funding OSS? ❧ Open Path #3
YouTube video by Syntax
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This episode really got me struggling to take sides and also took me back to the old (better?) days of the Internet...
"Celebrate underrepresented groups in tech, but do not focus on their gender identity. Celebrate their achievements, use your privilege to lift them up, share their work, make their voice heard: not because they are not men, but because their work is worth celebrating." 💯
I have been back and forth over the span of 5 years about whether to publish this article.
All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.
All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.
Why Women in Tech isn't enough
Women in Tech spaces help, but fall short in the long run. Real progress needs systemic change and active involvement from men in positions of power.
whitep4nth3r.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Celebrate underrepresented groups in tech, but do not focus on their gender identity. Celebrate their achievements, use your privilege to lift them up, share their work, make their voice heard: not because they are not men, but because their work is worth celebrating." 💯
Reposted by Burak Yigit Kaya
🎉 Big news! @muppet.dev is being acquired by @sentry.io!
I'm thrilled to be joining Sentry - their vision aligns perfectly with what I've been building with Muppet, and together we can achieve our goals much faster 🚀
I'm thrilled to be joining Sentry - their vision aligns perfectly with what I've been building with Muppet, and together we can achieve our goals much faster 🚀
July 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🎉 Big news! @muppet.dev is being acquired by @sentry.io!
I'm thrilled to be joining Sentry - their vision aligns perfectly with what I've been building with Muppet, and together we can achieve our goals much faster 🚀
I'm thrilled to be joining Sentry - their vision aligns perfectly with what I've been building with Muppet, and together we can achieve our goals much faster 🚀
I feel like we're kind of back in the dark days of the Internet again. X/Twitter seems mostly dead maybe unless you're paying. BlueSky didn't get enough traction and became another political war zone and I don't think Google surfaces my articles at all.
How do y'all reach people nowadays?
How do y'all reach people nowadays?
July 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I feel like we're kind of back in the dark days of the Internet again. X/Twitter seems mostly dead maybe unless you're paying. BlueSky didn't get enough traction and became another political war zone and I don't think Google surfaces my articles at all.
How do y'all reach people nowadays?
How do y'all reach people nowadays?
A heart-warming story about Markdown, its evil cousing MDX, LLMs, and build optimization: byk.im/posts/markin...
Marking it Up (and Down)
Random ramblings of a software engineer. Mostly about software, sometimes about life.
byk.im
July 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A heart-warming story about Markdown, its evil cousing MDX, LLMs, and build optimization: byk.im/posts/markin...
New post up: byk.im/posts/uk-pay...
Another should follow tomorrow and this time it is not a horror story, I promise!
Another should follow tomorrow and this time it is not a horror story, I promise!
The magic word: TaxYearEnd
Random ramblings of a software engineer. Mostly about software, sometimes about life.
byk.im
July 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New post up: byk.im/posts/uk-pay...
Another should follow tomorrow and this time it is not a horror story, I promise!
Another should follow tomorrow and this time it is not a horror story, I promise!
It's shocking how much time you can save off of builds by just using async, multi-thread/multi-process, and some very naive caching even in 2025.
Especially so when we already have things like Ucacher: earthly.dev/blog/ucacher/
Especially so when we already have things like Ucacher: earthly.dev/blog/ucacher/
Ucacher: Speeding up GitHub Actions via syscall instrumentation
This post introduces Ucacher: a powerful new tool from Earthly that simplifies file caching and command skipping in GitHub Actions. Designed for ef...
earthly.dev
June 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's shocking how much time you can save off of builds by just using async, multi-thread/multi-process, and some very naive caching even in 2025.
Especially so when we already have things like Ucacher: earthly.dev/blog/ucacher/
Especially so when we already have things like Ucacher: earthly.dev/blog/ucacher/
Loving this so much 🤣
"What does a president have to do to get the right kind of birthday tank parade?" A diary entry from a disappointed Donald Trump, by Alexandra Petri:
My Super-Special 79th Was Not Super Special
A diary entry by a disappointed president
bit.ly
June 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Loving this so much 🤣
Once they discover adding electric zapping to our cells too, we can welcome Bioshock into reality from sci-fi
www.earth.com/news/crispr-...
www.earth.com/news/crispr-...
CRISPR used to remove extra chromosomes in Down syndrome and restore cell function
Japanese researchers have successfully eliminated the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome using CRISPR gene editing.
www.earth.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Once they discover adding electric zapping to our cells too, we can welcome Bioshock into reality from sci-fi
www.earth.com/news/crispr-...
www.earth.com/news/crispr-...
Big day today, for many reasons:
1. Couple of months ago, we started to look for a new member on @sentry.io's Special Projects Eng team and today Miguel "bete" Betegon (betegon.com) started. His energy is infectious, I can't wait to see the things we'll be building together!
1. Couple of months ago, we started to look for a new member on @sentry.io's Special Projects Eng team and today Miguel "bete" Betegon (betegon.com) started. His energy is infectious, I can't wait to see the things we'll be building together!
Miguel Betegón | Generalist Software Engineer | 7yrs exp.
Founding Software Engineer at an AI startup for 6+ years. I’m a generalist who knows why shipping speed matters. Driven by a product-first mindset.
betegon.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big day today, for many reasons:
1. Couple of months ago, we started to look for a new member on @sentry.io's Special Projects Eng team and today Miguel "bete" Betegon (betegon.com) started. His energy is infectious, I can't wait to see the things we'll be building together!
1. Couple of months ago, we started to look for a new member on @sentry.io's Special Projects Eng team and today Miguel "bete" Betegon (betegon.com) started. His energy is infectious, I can't wait to see the things we'll be building together!
Reposted by Burak Yigit Kaya
Yesterday, @opensourcepledge.com was on Nasdaq Tower in Times Square. I got to be there for it! Thank you to Nasdaq and congratulations to all of the featured companies who #paythemaintainers! 👏 What a great way to keep celebrating #maintainermonth! 💃
May 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Yesterday, @opensourcepledge.com was on Nasdaq Tower in Times Square. I got to be there for it! Thank you to Nasdaq and congratulations to all of the featured companies who #paythemaintainers! 👏 What a great way to keep celebrating #maintainermonth! 💃
As promised, new post up on signing binaries for macOS w/o using Apple tooling: byk.im/posts/apple-...
Nightmare on Apple Street
Random ramblings of a software engineer. Mostly about software, sometimes about life.
byk.im
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As promised, new post up on signing binaries for macOS w/o using Apple tooling: byk.im/posts/apple-...
Some very nice blogs I discovered here so sharing. Also such a great way to use his reach, hat tips to @danabra.mov
who up there writing their blog?
i want to see yalls blogs!
criteria:
- you wrote at least a post in 2025
- it doesn't force a paywall so we can actually read it
i want to see yalls blogs!
criteria:
- you wrote at least a post in 2025
- it doesn't force a paywall so we can actually read it
May 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Some very nice blogs I discovered here so sharing. Also such a great way to use his reach, hat tips to @danabra.mov
Reposted by Burak Yigit Kaya
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
This might be the first exciting news about Firefox over so many years: blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/t...
You asked, we built it: Firefox tab groups are here | The Mozilla Blog
What happens when 4,500 people ask for the same feature? At Firefox, we build it. Tab groups have long been the most requested idea on Mozilla Connect –
blog.mozilla.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This might be the first exciting news about Firefox over so many years: blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/t...
Reposted by Burak Yigit Kaya
Reposted by Burak Yigit Kaya
📢 I'm excited to share MCP Tools - an open-source CLI I built to solve my own struggles with testing Model Context Protocol servers. If you're working with MCPs, this might make your life easier too. Simple and interactive.
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...
GitHub - f/mcptools: A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport.
A command-line interface for interacting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using both stdio and HTTP transport. - f/mcptools
github.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📢 I'm excited to share MCP Tools - an open-source CLI I built to solve my own struggles with testing Model Context Protocol servers. If you're working with MCPs, this might make your life easier too. Simple and interactive.
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...
👉 github.com/f/mcptools
📖 blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-03...