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Me at 5

Yonga

I'm a 24-year-old full-stack developer from Turkey. I learned to read at 4 — on a computer. My journey didn’t start with fancy game engines — it began by editing HTML files, mimicking my mom’s work, drawing fake UIs in PowerPoint, and writing .bat scripts that felt like games. Nothing serious — just curiosity, chaos, and fun. I evolved into what you see below .

Me at 24

Awarded by Izmir Municipality, The Mayor

My professional path started at 19, when I co-founded Playumm, an indie game studio. I worked on over 30 mobile games. One of our titles, Pet Room Blast, won an award in late 2021. Throughout 2022, we built Toonlands, a multiplayer metaverse with NFT-based games, automated systems, and social experiences.

2022 GameX, with my partner Dr. Sevgin

In 2023, I joined Evox Capital as a full-time CTO and full-stack engineer. I built Ficodesk, a financial analytics and visualization platform, from scratch using MongoDB, Express, Next.js, and Jenkins.

Ficodesk

GameX B2B

After Toonlands evolved into Supeer, I led the development of a DeFi super app — blending blockchain tools, mobile games, and casino-style dApps. I was the solo developer behind the entire ecosystem. As Supeer wound down in 2024, I built Tappy Social, a Telegram-first social platform with a thread-based UX. Tappy was Supeer’s spiritual successor.

Supeer

Since the start of 2025, I launched side projects like PingNews.io — a real-time mention tracker for Hacker News, Reddit, and Indie Hackers, featuring AI-powered summaries and multi-platform alerts. I also built [REDACTED], a data-backed product discovery and market research tool for e-commerce sellers. To support these ventures and future ones, I founded TenthVillage LLC, my U.S.-based software company — a vehicle for turning ideas into scalable products.

PingNews Alerts

PingNews Digest

I'm the CTO and lead full-stack engineer at Kaynac, a global procurement and sourcing platform for businesses and factories. I architected the backend, built the pipelines, designed the logic layer, and continue mentoring developers and shaping the roadmap.

Kaynac Landing Page

And most recently, I’ve started working on Smile Design — a new version of a dental design system I’ve been involved with since 2021. The original product, Smile Designer App, belongs to Dr. Sevgin that I partnered with during my Playumm days. In 2025, we began developing a more advanced version with full support for patients, clinics, and labs — expanding the original idea into a full-scale platform. My partner Sevgin is the owner of the original app, and I’m rewriting parts of it — especially the backend and logic layer.

Smile Designer App

Since 2023, I’ve also been mentoring high school students at Kadri Şaman Vocational High School in Mersin — teaching game development and software logic through real projects, both online and on-site.

Teaching game development

I work solo — full-stack and backend-first. I deploy to bare-metal Linux servers, manage my own CI/CD pipelines, and design systems that scale without unnecessary complexity. My core stack is JavaScript: Node.js on the backend, React/Next.js on the frontend. I avoid over-engineering and focus on clean code, fast feedback loops, and practical architecture. I’m experienced with MongoDB, Apache, and end-to-end infrastructure.

Outside of work, I live simply and curiously — I enjoy traveling light, working solo from cafés or trains, and exploring walkable cities like Tokyo. I’m drawn to underground tech scenes, local food, and offbeat experiences. Teaching, building weird tools, and quietly shaping things in the background — that’s what I love. I don’t need the spotlight, just a good laptop, stable Wi-Fi, and something exciting to build.