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 7 min · November 6, 2026
Engineers Pay the Bill for AI Slop, and PMs Can Prevent It
The engineer who reads an AI-generated document pays for it. A product manager's tools against slop: a short brief, sign-off points, and the discipline to say no.
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engineering 10 min · November 3, 2026
Agents in the Age of Resilient Systems: Where Does the Damage Stop?
An agent is a new client entering your system. Design notes on resilient systems: scoping authority to the task, tiering damage, and catching silent wrongness.
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leadership 8 min · October 9, 2026
Technology Choices and Risk: Cheap at a Startup, Expensive at a Scale-up
The same technology choice is a weekend job at a startup and a months-long migration at a scale-up. Five types of risk, a decision record, and a way to read migration stories.
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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.
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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.
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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.