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Burak Karaman

Full stack engineer · AI agents · FinTech

I build web products end to end with TypeScript, React, Next.js and Node.js, and I put AI to work in the product and in my workflow.

▸ status: building AI-native tools in Hamburg

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~/burak.json

{
  "role": "Full Stack Developer",
  "domain": "FinTech & investment education",
  "location": "Hamburg, Germany",
  "focus": ["AI agents", "Next.js", "Postgres"],
  "languages": ["en", "de", "tr"]
}

01/ls ~/projects

My Projects

Tools I designed and built to solve real problems, with AI as part of both the product and the workflow.

~/projects/agent-monitor

Agent Monitor

A live, fully local mission-control dashboard for AI coding agents.

// The problem

When Claude Code runs several sessions and subagents in parallel, it is hard to see what each one is doing, which one is waiting for your input and what the work costs. The terminal shows one session at a time, and streaming prompts and code to a cloud service is not an option for private projects.

// The solution

Agent Monitor hooks into every Claude Code event and streams it to a local dashboard. A Bun server stores the events in SQLite and broadcasts them over Server-Sent Events, while a React and Redux Toolkit interface shows every session, subagent and tool call live. Everything binds to 127.0.0.1, so nothing ever leaves the machine.

// Highlights

Session list with live status (working, needs you, idle) and system-wide alerts when an agent waits for input
Per-session timeline and trace waterfall, plus a tool-call inspector with real diffs
Token usage and cost estimates from local transcripts: today, 7 days, 30 days, year
Agent-agnostic event API: Cursor and other agents report through the same contract
Replay of past sessions from the local history

// Tech stack

React 19
TypeScript
Redux Toolkit
Bun
SQLite
Server-Sent Events
Vite
Tailwind CSS

GitHub

~/projects/chess-club

Chess Club

Everything a small chess club needs in one place: Elo ratings, club nights, tournaments and a hall of fame.

// The problem

Small workplace and neighbourhood chess clubs track results on paper or in spreadsheets. Ratings drift, pairings are done by hand, and existing tools are built for federations, require user accounts and are far too heavy for a group of 5 to 50 people.

// The solution

Chess Club is a phone-first Next.js app the whole club uses on club night. Instead of accounts, members pick their face and a PIN and enter their own results. After every change the ratings are recomputed from the full game history, so corrections always stay consistent. It runs on a laptop from a single JSON file or on Vercel with a free Postgres database.

// Highlights

FIDE-style Elo, replayed from every game so edits and deletions stay consistent
Club nights with random boards and balanced colours; Swiss, round-robin and knockout tournaments
Seasons, titles, achievements, a hall of fame and a live TV view for the club room
Account-free identity with PINs, a member code, brute-force lockout and strict security headers
Built AI-assisted with Claude Code, using repo-specific skills and a documented CLAUDE.md

// Tech stack

Next.js 16
React 19
TypeScript
Server Actions
PostgreSQL (Neon)
Tailwind CSS v4
Bun
Vercel

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About Me

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lang: English · German · Turkish (native)

I'm a full stack developer based in Hamburg. I build web applications end to end with TypeScript, React, Next.js and Node.js, and I work with AI every day: as a feature inside the products I build and as a pair programmer in my own workflow.

Before software I spent five years in film and TV production. That is where I learned to plan complex work, coordinate teams and deliver under time pressure. Today I work as a full stack developer in FinTech, at an investment education company in Germany, building web applications, dashboards and reporting tools for finance and investment education. And when I run into a problem worth solving, I build my own tool for it.

// My path

01
Cinema & Television, Istanbul University
Studied storytelling, visual design and production.
02
5 years in film & TV production
Worked in production teams: planning, coordination and solving problems on set under time pressure.
03
Full Stack Bootcamp
One year, full time: frontend, backend and databases with React, Node.js, MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
04
Full Stack Developer · FinTech & investment education
Building web applications, dashboards, data visualisation and reporting tools for finance and investment education at a company in Germany, right where software meets the financial markets.
05
Building AI-native tools
Open source projects like Agent Monitor and Chess Club, developed with AI coding agents in the loop.