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<title>About — Ertunç Özbay</title>
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<span class="brand-mark" aria-hidden="true">EÖ</span>
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Ertunç Özbay
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<span class="brand-subtitle">workshop // notebook // lab</span>
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<span class="workshop-eyebrow">ABOUT // IDENTITY & APPROACH</span>
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<h1 id="about-heading">About Me & This Workshop</h1>
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I am a student who enjoys building things, understanding systems, and learning by going deeper than the first explanation.
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<span class="section-label">01 // Who I Am</span>
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<h2 id="story-heading">Learning by Building and Investigating</h2>
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My interests span both hardware and software. I do not want to limit myself to only one layer of a system. I want to understand how physical components, electronics, firmware, and higher-level software work together.
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I am currently studying embedded systems, circuit analysis, C programming, and technical reporting. In the future, I want to study Assembly and continue developing my programming skills with C++, Python, Rust, and other technologies.
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I love open source, freedom, and making things that are useful, unusual, or simply fun. I am using this website to document my progress, express myself, share what I build, and find people who enjoy learning and creating together.
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I am currently studying Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bülent Ecevit University. I am still exploring my exact future specialization, but I am especially interested in areas where hardware, software, human judgment, and practical engineering meet.
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<figure class="schematic-frame" aria-label="Hardware and software layers diagram">
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<img src="assets/images/hardware-software-bridge.svg" alt="Diagram showing three connected layers: Layer 1 Circuits and Electronics, Layer 2 Embedded and Low-Level C Programming, and Layer 3 Tools and Human Judgment." width="760" height="220">
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Connecting physical circuits, low-level code, and high-level software tools rather than treating them as separate worlds.
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<section class="section-block reading-width" aria-labelledby="philosophy-heading">
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<span class="section-label">02 // Hardware, Software & AI Philosophy</span>
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<h2 id="philosophy-heading">Why I Want to Understand Both Sides of a System</h2>
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<span class="callout-title">Core Principle</span>
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“I want to understand both hardware and software because I do not want to depend completely on tools or people who understand the parts I do not. My goal is to understand systems deeply enough to make decisions, guide AI effectively, recognize when something is wrong, and take responsibility for what I build.”
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<h3>The Car Analogy</h3>
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I often think about technology through a simple car analogy: if I want to drive a car responsibly, I should understand at least the basics of its steering, dynamics, brakes, and other important systems. If I understand how the car works and how to drive it, I can make good decisions, recognize problems early, teach someone else, and know what to ask for when something needs attention.
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I want to approach AI in the exact same way. I know AI is changing both hardware and software workflows, and I use AI tools when experimenting. However, I do not want to use AI blindly. I want to understand systems deeply enough to guide AI, evaluate its output, recognize mistakes, and take responsibility for the final result.
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<span class="section-label">03 // Looking Under the Hood</span>
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<h2 id="re-heading">Learning Reverse Engineering Honestly</h2>
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I am also interested in reverse engineering, and I am interested in understanding how software and systems work internally. I am still learning reverse engineering and experimenting with reverse-engineering tools—I do not pretend to be an expert.
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So far, I have experimented with tools such as <strong>Cheat Engine</strong>, <strong>Ghidra</strong>, and <strong>x64dbg</strong> to investigate and configure aspects of online game mechanics. In some of those experiments, AI tools generated or helped with parts of the code, and I did not yet fully understand every part of the underlying code that was produced.
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Being honest about that gap is important to me: that experience is actually what pushed me to study low-level programming, C, and future Assembly more seriously. My goal is not to pretend that I already understand everything—my goal is to understand more each time I investigate a system.
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<span class="section-label">04 // Technical Map</span>
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<h2 id="interests-heading">Areas I Am Studying & Exploring</h2>
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<h3>Current Focus</h3>
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<li>Hardware and software interaction</li>
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<li>Embedded systems & microcontrollers</li>
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<li>Electronics & circuit analysis</li>
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<li>C programming</li>
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<li>Building and testing real systems on breadboards</li>
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<li>Technical documentation and reporting</li>
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<h3>Next Learning Milestones</h3>
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<li>Assembly language fundamentals</li>
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<li>Deeper C++ and systems programming</li>
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<li>Python for tooling and conversion scripts</li>
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<li>Rust for reliable systems software</li>
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<li>Learning reverse engineering (Cheat Engine, Ghidra, x64dbg)</li>
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<h3>Future Directions Under Exploration</h3>
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<li>Embedded systems & physical computing</li>
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<li>Robotics, RC vehicles, and autonomous systems</li>
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<li>Firmware analysis & hardware-software security</li>
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<li>Open-source hardware and software tools</li>
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