👋 Hello World

After a long break, I’m finally back to blogging.

If you ask, “Why the long silence?”, my answer is simple: life.

The past few years have been incredibly busy — both personally and professionally.
New projects, international collaborations, family life, and the process of settling into a new country… all of these kept me fully occupied. Even when I wanted to write, time always seemed one step ahead.

But now it feels like the right moment to slow down a bit and refocus.

I’ve set a few new goals for myself, and one of them is to write at least one blog post every week.

Sometimes these posts will dive into technical topics — things like PostGIS, H3, DuckDB, MapLibre, or Cloudflare, which I use daily — and sometimes they’ll simply reflect thoughts, ideas, or personal experiences. Because in a way, if you don’t share what you build or learn, it feels incomplete.

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🌍 A Quick Look Back

Over the past several years, I’ve mainly focused on climate data, drought early warning systems, and geospatial technologies.

• Developed GeoSpatial Dashboards and Data Pipelines for UNICEF Somalia
• Built the Drought Early Warning Dashboard for UNDP Madagascar
• Contributed to the National Drought Monitoring and Early Warning System (KTEUS) in Turkey
• Currently working on the Global Drought Map, a platform that brings together climate and satellite datasets to visualize drought conditions worldwide

These experiences have taught me not only a lot technically, but also the power of data and technology in tackling the climate crisis.

And perhaps that’s the real reason I wanted to start writing again — to share what I’ve learned, experienced, and discovered along the way.

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✨ In Short

This blog will be a story of starting again — sometimes technical, sometimes personal, but always authentic.

If you’d like to join me on this journey, see you in the weekly posts. 🌿