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Software Enthusiast<br>
FOSS Advocate<br>
Linux User 🐧<br>
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### I love...
- programming,
- learning new things (about everything but especially about new technologies),
- open source methodology,
- reading science-fiction and
- biking

### I speak...
- Turkish (Native)
- English (Intermediate)

### I interested in...
- network technologies
- devops
- system engineering
- system administration
- operating systems
- artificial intelligence
- algorithms
- back-end development
- activity-pub protocol
- linux development

### I spend my spare time with...
- cybersecurity
- self-hosting
- exploring foss projects
- web development
- android development
- playing piano

### I am volunteer of...
- Pardus
- TEMA
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### Development Stack & Skills
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Note: How should I (or should I) rate these?

- Version Control
  - Git
- Linux
  - Debian
    - Pardus
    - Ubuntu
    - Mint
    - Kali
  - NixOS
  - Arch
- Programming Languages
  - Go
  - C/Cpp
  - Python
  - JavaScript
  - PHP
- Scripting / Markup / Other Languages
  - Bash
  - HTML/CSS
  - Markdown
- ...

- To be updated...

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### Experience
- Summer Internship in <abbr title="Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey">TÜBİTAK</abbr>
  - 2 months (hybrid)
  - with Pardus & Liderahenk Team
  - [see project](git.aliberksandikci.com.tr/liderahenk/ahenk-go)

### Education 
- Izmir Science High School (2020 - 2024)
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<!-- TODO ### Awards
- Ulusal Bilgisayar Olimpiyatları Bronz Madalya
* İzmir Bölge Yazılım Üçüncülüğü (53. 2204-A)
* İzmir Bölge Biyoloji Birinciliği (55. 2204-A)
* Ulusal Biyoloji Üçüncülüğü (55. 2204-A)

#Teknofest
* Pardus 21 Hata Yakalama ve Öneri Yarışması Üçüncülük

#GYEC Girişimcilik Yarışması
* Türkiye Birinciliği -->

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### Projects
- See the [Projects](/projects) tab!

### Setup
- NixOS [main]
  - DE: KDE
  - Display Server: Wayland
- Debian Bookworm [self-host]
  - Administration: YunoHost

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Trying to use my own network services as alternative to services of big companies. I don't use any <abbr title="Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google">FAAMG</abbr> services directly. Instead of them, 
- I use my own services with self-hosting them:
  - [Nextcloud](https://cloud.asandikci.com) - Cloud Service (alternative to Drive)
  - [Forgeje](https://git.asandikci.com) - Git Service (alternative to GitHub)
  - [FreshRSS](https://rss.asandikci.com) - News Service
  - ...
- I use other alternative privacy-friendly services:
  - [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) - Social Media (alternative to Twitter/Instagram etc.)
  - [PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org/) - Video Sharing (alternative to YouTube/Twitch etc.)
  - ...
- I use alternative open-source clients for accessing <abbr title="Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google">FAAMG</abbr> content:
  - [Invidious](https://invidious.io/) - Alternative Frontend for ~~YouTube~~
  - [Libreddit](https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit) - Alternative Frontend for ~~Reddit~~
  - ...
- I also serve useful tools/services for public usage:
  - See the [Services](/services) tab!