Hi, I'm Ibrahim.

I didn't take the straight road. I started out studying science teaching, and partway through my third year I admitted it wasn't for me. So I changed course and finished a degree in textile engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Walking away from something that clearly isn't working has never scared me, and that instinct has shaped most of what came after.

Why I started building

I graduated as a textile engineer, and within a few months I knew it wasn't the life I wanted. The path laid out in front of me wasn't heading anywhere I cared about. So instead of waiting for the right opportunity to appear, I decided to build my own value and find out what I could make on my own terms.

Starting from zero, on purpose

I gave myself one rule at the start: a budget of nothing. I wanted to see how far I could actually get using only free tools and AI, and that limit turned into the whole idea. It's also why everything I make follows the same principle. You pay once, you own your tools, and you're not stuck with another subscription you'll forget to cancel.

Why AI

Here's the honest part. I can't write code, and what I learned is that I don't have to. The real skill is knowing what to ask for, how to steer the work when it drifts, and when not to settle for the first answer that looks finished. I was good at systems long before I knew what an API was, and that is the part that carried over.

The goal

What I'm really after is financial independence by 40. Nothing flashy, no unicorn. Just small products that earn real revenue, built one at a time, until they add up to something that buys back my own time. I'm 30 now, so the clock is part of the plan.

What I'm building now

These days that means a handful of products: boilerplates you can launch on top of, automation templates, and a small set of Obsidian plugins. The full list, with links to each one, lives on the projects page.