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 (⭑131)
TursoDB: In-process SQL database compatible with SQLite (⭑23,440)

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.
Aer City Pack Pro 2 - my go-to for both travel and everyday use, one of the best bags on the market
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.