Berktug Berke Ates
Software Engineer
Blogs
Field notes on software architecture, AI products, cross-platform engineering, reliability, and technical leadership.
Caching Strategies for Product-Facing APIsA cache is a correctness decision first and a performance optimization second. · 8 min readPractical Observability for Product TeamsBuild telemetry that shortens decisions instead of producing another wall of dashboards. · 6 min readFeature Flags as Engineering InfrastructureFlags are not temporary hacks. They are how modern teams separate deploy from release. · 7 min readAI-Assisted Development Still Requires JudgmentA disciplined workflow for using coding agents without outsourcing engineering responsibility. · 7 min readUsing AI Coding Tools Without Losing ArchitectureSpeed is free only when the system boundaries remain intentional. · 8 min readAPI Design for Products That Keep EvolvingBuild interfaces that support change without turning every release into a coordinated migration. · 8 min readEvent-Driven Design for Product BackendsEvents help products scale workflows—if you treat them as contracts, not firehoses. · 8 min readZero-Downtime Database Migrations in PracticeUse expand-and-contract delivery to change schemas safely under real traffic. · 6 min readTesting Strategies for AI-Powered FeaturesDeterministic tests still matter. Pair them with evaluation for the parts that are probabilistic. · 7 min readBuilding Accessible Interfaces by DefaultAccessibility becomes sustainable when semantics and interaction are architectural defaults. · 7 min read