Hello, I'm İlhan.

Eringen

/ˈe.rɪŋ.ɡen/ (Turkish noun) - archaic constructed form
  • 1. Procrastinator
  • 2. Something that has emerged, been generated, or has come to existence as a result of action, creation, or transformation.

Thoughts about design, making and code. Random information, experiments, and notes from the workbench.

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design, code, build, make

I’m interested in the space where ideas turn into real things. Sometimes that’s software, sometimes it’s electronics, sometimes it’s something built by hand.

I care about design, how things work, and how they feel when you use them. I enjoy the process of sketching ideas, experimenting, refining details, and learning by doing.

This site is a collection of notes, experiments, and thoughts from things I’m building, breaking, and putting back together.

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A living notebook for things and tinkering

2026-02-10

A Tiny Elixir CLI That Nudges Me to Get Things Done

Sometimes the most useful tools are the ones you build for yourself. This post walks through creating a tiny Elixir based CLI todo app that stores tasks in plain Markdown and integrates directly with the shell, turning the terminal into a quiet reminder system without adding noise to your workflow.

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