Eren Turkoglu

I will be joining Radome as a backend intern this September, where I’ll be working on a compliance platform for fintech startups. Previously, I worked at Kolizeo, contributing to the development of products for the sports industry.

Outside of work, I run DatabaseStory, where I interview database engineers from companies like Google, Microsoft, and AWS to explore their careers and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

Projects

These are a few of the open source projects I’ve worked on: [My GitHub profile]

LSM-Tree storage engine: LSM-Tree storage engine based on RocksDB (⭑1)
toy-database: SQLite from scratch in C (⭑1)
awesome-database: Curated list of awesome database stories (⭑40)
QoreDB: Next Generation Database Client (⭑137)
TursoDB: In-process SQL database compatible with SQLite (⭑23,815)

What am I doing now?

See my /now page.

Blog

My learning journey in databases
16 Jul 2026
Do something instead of talking
25 May 2026
Advice for my younger self
7 May 2026
On Frameworks
20 Apr 2026
Favorite blogs
17 Apr 2026

All posts

Currently enjoying

M3 MacBook Pro - hands down my best investment
LG 34“ UltraWide display - after two years I find it a bit too big for my setup, but it still does the job
Mechanical keyboard by Logitech - satisfying to type on, holds up well daily
Ikea MITTZON standing desk - solid, no-frills desk that just works
My dev environment is Neovim + tmux, styled with a custom Poimandres theme. Dotfiles here.
Ghostty. New terminal emulator by Mitchell Hashimoto. He posts occassional development logs on his site and is active on the project’s Discord server.
Kindle - nothing beats a physical book, but the Kindle’s light and doubles as a reader for technical papers
Ultra minimalist wallet - slim, no bulk, does exactly what it needs to
Espresso machine SIEMENS EQ500 - simple, reliable, been running strong for 2 years
AirPods Pro 3 - switched over from Bose and honestly one of Apple’s best products

Contact me

I like meeting people, and I reply to every email, so say hello.