hypersubject.net

Hi! I’m ege. Welcome to my corner of cyberspace.

The following is for you to make sense of who I am. It is an attempt to make myself legible to you. So you can label and categorize me and decide if I’m worthy of your time and attention.

If you’d rather check out my posts, click here.

If you wish to add my blog to your RSS feed, here’s the link.

About me

This is how I look as of February 2026.

I live in Istanbul, Turkey.

I’m a developer by trade, sysadmin at heart. I love building things, but I really shine when everything’s on fire.

I love books. They were always my greatest source of comfort. (This is probably why I want to write too.) I usually read non-fiction, either philosophy or politics. For fiction, I like detective stories and fantasy. My favorite book is Unsong by Scott Alexander. I have a tattoo of Stephen King’s Dark Tower on my back.

I love art. I’d rather be in a museum than at a party. I’ve been practicing sculpting since August 2025. My first serious sculpture, Syzygy, was exhibited in May 2026.

I hate politics. I mean I hate the spectacle where billionaires and their puppets pretend to represent us, not the power relations between agents in society. I’m a leftist. To be precise, I’m a Marxist. This means I’m convinced by Marx’s critique of political economy and I’m a committed member of a socialist organization.

My other blogs:

ege.dev for technical posts about programming, Linux, Kubernetes and databases.
bengidoom.com for political posts about Turkey, in Turkish.
hyperimages.net for photos of me and by me.

Contact

I enjoy listening to others’ stories and telling mine. If you have a story to tell, write to me at: ege [at] hypersubject [dot] net.

You can also find me on Fediverse as @[email protected].

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Doing

Sculpting: I’m spending 5-6 hours every week making sculptures from clay. I just finished modelling my second one.

Blogging: I publish at least one blog post every week on hypersubject.net but lately I’ve started publishing more frequently.

Reading

American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda by Ru Marshall (e-book) (in English)

The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (e-book) (in English)

Travel plans

September:

Bremen, Germany

Amsterdam, Netherlands (Percona Live)

Lisbon, Portugal

November:

New York, USA

Utah, USA (KubeCon)

São Paulo, Brazil

Listening to

Led Zeppelin (1969) by Led Zeppelin

Last updated: 2026-08-16
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