Cеmrе Kаrаkаs

@cemre
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154 Following
247 Posts

London, UK 📍

Flower-smeller, sunbather, tinkerer.

I enjoy reading and writing about designing tools that make life easier. I am an engineer, I code.

I like doing small projects for fun. I have my own language learning platform, RSS reader, static website generator my blogs run on, some other little gizmos too.

Interested in linguistics, indie web. I think we messed up the internet, I am a lets-get-it-back advocate.

Fedizen, blogosphere participant, socialist.

my bloghttps://cemrekarakas.com
ditto but casualhttps://mistystep.org
pronounshe/him
Cеmrе KаrаkаsNov 29

I created a neat little UK immigration settlement (ILR) time calculator based on the proposed changes of last week. See it on https://earned-settlement.dutl.uk/

#ukvisa #ukimmigration #skilledworker #immigration #settlement #ILR

Cеmrе KаrаkаsMay 19, 2025
Whats up with people with names in all caps on Linkedin?
Cеmrе KаrаkаsMay 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m_JXgvVue8
What Makes a Poem Good?

YouTube
Cеmrе KаrаkаsMay 14, 2025

A very interesting watch for your lunch break:

Why do humans like jazz?

https://youtu.be/Gc5eICzHkFU

Why do humans like jazz? (evolution of music, entropy, and physics of neurons)

YouTube
Cеmrе KаrаkаsApr 10, 2025

Yesterday, a new cafe opened on Caledonian Road by the name "K.C. Continental Stores". I looked up the name online. To my surprise, I learned that there had been an italian deli by the name on the same spot between from 1964 till 2015 when it closed down due to the owner retiring. It had a nice cosy guitar social business recently, which moved to spitalfields. The new owners restored the store's outside in a modern fashion that nods to Leo Giordiani's original KCCS.

https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/09/11/leo-giordani-k-c-continental-stores/

Leo Giordani, K C Continental Stores | Spitalfields Life

Cеmrе KаrаkаsMar 28, 2025
tanteMar 28, 2025

"If you're trying to dunk on the practice by linking to articles or examples that showcase the work, inadvertently flooding people's timelines with examples of this ghoulish, stolen work, stop.

Nobody wants to see that shit. Nobody needs to see it."

(Original title: Stop Sharing The Ghibli AI Slop, What Is Wrong With You)

https://aftermath.site/studio-ghibli-ai-art-openai-gpt-sam-altman-is-just-the-biggest-pile-of-shit

Stop Sharing The Ghibli AI Slop, What Is Wrong With You - Aftermath

Nobody needs to see this shit

Cеmrе KаrаkаsMar 13, 2025
I don't particularly love that you can tell when i went on vacation from my github stats
Cеmrе KаrаkаsMar 4, 2025

Just revamped my English name finder webapp. Check it out

Cemre's English name is Jamie. Learn yours now! https://namefinder.dutl.uk/

My Name in English - Similar Names Finder

Search for the English version of your name or find English names similar to your input. Explore phonetic similarities and gender-based name suggestions.

Cеmrе KаrаkаsFeb 14, 2025
Marcin WicharyFeb 14, 2025

I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.

This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.

https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/

The hardest working font in Manhattan

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

Cеmrе KаrаkаsFeb 4, 2025
Dillo browserJan 23, 2025

"The median page weight for a desktop page, as measured in October 2024 is 2,652 KB", we could fit two #Dillo releases there!

https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/page-weight#fig-15

Amazing yearly report on the state of the #Web by the HTTP Archive, check it out:

https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/table-of-contents

Page Weight | 2024 | The Web Almanac by HTTP Archive

Page Weight chapter of the 2024 Web Almanac covering why page weight matters, bandwidth, complex pages, page weight over time, page requests, and file formats.