Omer Okumus

@omerokumusx

Generalist Software Engineer | Helping builders navigate AI and build real products. Practical engineering, product thinking, no hype, no false promises.

Istanbul

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Joined January 2025

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Omer Okumus
@omerokumusx
Apr 19
Tech Twitter is corrupted. Everyone is selling the dream of "build $5K MRR app in 5 minutes" or something similar. These are simply not true. Let me help you cut through the nonsense. Here's the real process of building software products.
Omer Okumus
@omerokumusx
Aug 10
It’s gotten pretty outdated by now. Should I write a new one? There are some really strong providers now.
Omer Okumus
@omerokumusx
Apr 10
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You Don't Need Claude. Get the Same Performance for $0.
And save the $200. You really don’t need Claude. Trust me. Unfortunately, we've all seen Anthropic change the terms on their Claude product whenever they feel like it. You wake up one morning, and...
Omer Okumus
@omerokumusx
Aug 10
I have always enjoyed using my brain to its limits, and in this AI era, where people deliberately refuse to use theirs, I love it even more.
Omer Okumus
@omerokumusx
Aug 6
I really enjoy seeing my ideas come to life with Google AI Studio. On the other hand, it's really frustrating that it doesn't follow any best practices and puts everything into a single app.ts file. The file had grown to around 6,000 lines of code, so I had it refactor the
Omer Okumus
@omerokumusx
Aug 6
1M context length looks safe but it's not. The sweet spot is around 200k