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## <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fybx/fybx/main/welcome.gif" width="20px" height="20px"/> welcome to my *unique* github profile!

🎓 Studying for a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering at [Uludag University][uni].

🪓 Founder and leader of [Arbeit Studio][as], a start-up developing turnkey IT solutions and websites.

⚙️ Founder of Uludag Teknoloji ve Felsefe Topluluğu (lit. Technology and Philosophy Community), a university community at [Uludag University][uni].

💻 Developed cross-platform & Windows desktop applications with .NET and understand software development life cycle well.
- Working with C#, Python, C, Rust, HTML, Sass/SCSS, JavaScript, LaTeX. 
- Can utilize Git, Mattermost, ClickUp, Trello, GitHub Projects and several other tools and platforms for team coordination & project development.
- Seasoned in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Lightroom, and Figma for image manipulation, raster and vector graphic design.
- My primary interests and research domains are: **systems development**, **computer architecture**, **programming languages**, **telecommunication**, **information security**, **cryptography**.

## <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fybx/fybx/main/sparkles.gif" width="35px" height="35px"/> personal achievements

 - [x] <img src="https://img.icons8.com/fluency/48/000000/smartphone-cpu.png" width="20px"/> Coded a CPU simulator using C# and WinForms
 - [x] <img src="https://img.icons8.com/fluency/48/000000/source-code.png" width="20px"/> Designed an interpreted language, created a dedicated lexer, parser and interpreter
 - [x] <img src="https://img.icons8.com/fluency/48/000000/web-design.png" width="20px"/> Created [my personal website][llwebsite] by only using HTML, CSS and Javascript, with no framework whatsoever
 - [x] <img src="https://img.icons8.com/fluency/48/000000/trophy.png" width="20px"/> Participated in the WE'Boost Hackathon where we [built a website][weboost] with my team Abstract, and came in 4th

## <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fybx/fybx/main/sprout.gif" width="35px" height="35px"/> currently working on

 - Contributing to open source projects by providing translations on [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/user/fyb/)
 - Learning C for systems development and using Python in everyday automation. You can check my scripts [here][scripts]
 - My [website][llwebsite], which I aim to make an online resume, portfolio, blog and wiki for my projects
 - Planning several projects and events for the computer engineering community of my university
 - Providing Turkish translation to [Saber][saber], an awesome free and open-source note-taking app with palm rejection
 - Translated [Finamp][finamp] to Turkish, a Jellyfin music player I love and use.
 - Developing theme and peripheral controller, [modeset][ms] in C
 - Trying to familiarize myself with [vim][vimrepo]

## <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fybx/fybx/main/compass.webp" width="35px" height="35px"> let's connect

You can directly reach me from my [Twitter/X][llx], [Instagram][llinstagram] or [LinkedIn][lllinkedin] profile. Don't hesitate to DM me! For business or privacy-related reasons, e-mail me at [fyb@fybx.dev][llmail]. My PGP key (`244CB7EB`) is available on [my website][llwebsite]. Find me on other platforms with [Bento](https://bento.me/balaban).

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 [vimrepo]: https://github.com/vim/vim
 [scripts]: https://github.com/fybx/scripts
 [crypton]: https://github.com/fybx/crypton
 [weboost]: https://github.com/fybx/weboost2022 "Repository of hackathon submission"
 [uni]: http://uludag.edu.tr "Website of my university"
 [okuldakicom]: https://okuldaki.com "okuldaki.com Homepage"
 [as]: https://arbeit.studio
 [saber]: https://github.com/adil192/saber
 [ms]: https://github.com/fybx/modeset
 [finamp]: https://github.com/jmshrv/finamp "The Finamp project"

[llmail]: mailto:fyb@fybx.dev "Send me an email!"
[llwebsite]: https://fybx.dev "My personal website"
[llbento]: https://bento.me/balaban
[llx]: https://x.com/fybalaban "My Twitter/X profile"
[lllinkedin]: https://linkedin.com/in/fybx "My LinkedIn profile"
[llinstagram]: https://instagram.com/ferityigitbalaban "My Instagram profile"
