Berktug Berke Ates
Software Engineer
Blogs
Field notes on software architecture, AI products, cross-platform engineering, reliability, and technical leadership.
Engineering AI Products That Earn TrustA practical architecture for useful, observable, and dependable AI features in production. · 8 min readStaff-Level Engineering Is a Way of WorkingHow senior engineers create leverage through decisions, systems, and clarity—not heroics. · 7 min readCross-Platform Mobile Architecture That ScalesA pragmatic approach to shared product logic without sacrificing native quality. · 9 min readDesigning Resilient Full-Stack SystemsReliability begins at product boundaries long before infrastructure fails. · 8 min readPractical Observability for Product TeamsBuild telemetry that shortens decisions instead of producing another wall of dashboards. · 6 min readAI-Assisted Development Still Requires JudgmentA disciplined workflow for using coding agents without outsourcing engineering responsibility. · 7 min readAPI Design for Products That Keep EvolvingBuild interfaces that support change without turning every release into a coordinated migration. · 8 min readZero-Downtime Database Migrations in PracticeUse expand-and-contract delivery to change schemas safely under real traffic. · 6 min readBuilding Accessible Interfaces by DefaultAccessibility becomes sustainable when semantics and interaction are architectural defaults. · 7 min readFrom Prototype to Production SoftwareThe engineering work that turns a promising demo into a product people can depend on. · 8 min read