Founder, Projekod & Sparkzone

Ali Gündoğdu

I build products, grow and lead teams, and still write code now and then. Here I share ideas from inside the work, the things I try, and whatever stays on my mind along the way.

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leadership

9 min · September 26, 2026

Those Who Could Leave, and Why Managers Read Them as Risk

The quiet tension between a manager and an employee who could walk out tomorrow rarely comes from personality. It comes from a relationship built on dependence meeting someone who isn't dependent.
maker

6 min · September 22, 2026

Building Your Own Tool: The Art of Dodging Real Work While Looking Productive

How developers avoid the hard work they should be doing by building their own internal tools instead, and the trap of fake productivity it creates.
maker

8 min · September 15, 2026

Dozens of Articles a Day, Zero Output in Six Months

Consuming information doesn't improve you, it just keeps you busy. In the age of the attention economy, the real gap senior engineers carry isn't knowledge; it's the trace left behind when they produce.
engineering

7 min · August 28, 2026

One-Third of the Web is Now AI-Written. Where Did the Depth Go?

Over a third of online content is now AI-generated. As creation accelerates, where does depth go? A look at the content economy and engineering's rising AI debt.
maker

8 min · August 26, 2026

Among Ancient Ruins: A Father-Son Maker Journey

In the ruins of Denizli, a father and son transform screen time into hands-on creation, curiosity into focus, and a simple walk into a GeoMagnet-Project adventure.
life

9 min · August 11, 2026

Working Hard Does Not Get It Done: The Open Loops in Your Head

An unfinished task sits in your head like an open tab. Even when you step away, it keeps running in the background. Why working long is not the same as getting things done, and whether you really have to finish a task before you can put it down.

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Seodisias

Started as a personal experiment, now a Sparkzone product. Crawls, audits, and surfaces what matters.

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Tulpar

Team chat an organization runs on its own infrastructure. Channels, threads and direct messages, many workspaces on one server, and no per-seat pricing.

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GeoMagnet GitHub

A weekly tradition I share with my son: visiting ancient cities and historical sites, then marking each place, exporting a 3D terrain slice (STL), and printing it on a 3D printer.

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