DENIZ YAVUZGIL.

Full-stack developer. I build things that I felt like I needed or wish existed.

Background

Introduction

Deniz Yavuzgil

I'm a Computer Science & Engineering graduate from Sabanci University with an interest in solving personal problems and writing utilitarian code that serves a purpose.

I'm particularly interested in AI, computer optimization, self-hosting, and recreational game development.

Izmir, Turkey
Sabanci University

Interests

  • Optimization
  • Self-Hosting
  • Applied AI/ML
  • Programming
  • Video Games
C++ Python Java Godot Linux

Experience

01

Yaşar Bilgi

Java Developer Intern · Jun – Sep 2025

Built an office attendance system for 150+ employees as the SCRUM master of a team of 7. Engineered hierarchical RBAC via Keycloak and developed full-stack features using the MVC architecture.

Spring Boot PostgreSQL React Docker

02

Sabanci University

Research Intern · Alumni Relations Office

Sole developer on a project to locate and analyze 26k+ alumni LinkedIn profiles. Built data retrieval pipelines for Power BI analysis of graduate career movements.

Python Power BI Web Scraping

03

SUOG

Board Member · Game Dev Club

Participated in Game Jams and developed games using game engines. Part of the board managing the Sabanci University Game Development Club.

Unity C# Godot GDScript Game Jams

Projects

Full-Stack

E-Commerce Platform

Led a team of 6 as SCRUM Master. The site features a product catalog, cart, payment processing, shipment tracking, and automated invoice emails. Supports role based authentication for customers, product managers and sales managers. Manager dashboard centralizes price management, refund approvals, and financial reporting

Node.js Express MySQL
Cloud / DevOps

GCP Infrastructure Deployment

Terraform-based IaC for a scalable GCP e-commerce site. This configuration orchestrates a GKE cluster with autoscaling node pools for high-availability workloads, a self-healing MySQL instance on Compute Engine, and serverless Cloud Functions for automation. Designed for high-traffic scenarios, the architecture has been verified through Locust load testing.

Terraform GCP Kubernetes Python
Security

File-Analyzer

Electron desktop app for automated static malware analysis. Identifies true file types, detects architecture, entropy, imported DLLs, embedded URLs, and packing status.

Electron Python JavaScript
System Utility

NoSteamWebHelper

Manages Steam's Chromium Embedded Framework, adds a tray icon to disable it to save resources during gaming, re-enabling when needed.

C DLL Injection
Graduation Project

Sabanci University FENS Seminar Website

University seminar platform: event browsing, calendar integration, attendance tracking for students, and admin tools for seminar management and reporting.

PHP MySQL JavaScript
Bot

Discord Bot

A Discord bot with support for custom commands and utility commands. Built to be fun and simple.

Python discord.py
Kernel Driver

TimerResolutionDriver

Kernel-mode driver that calls ExSetTimerResolution directly from kernel space via KMDF. Mapped to kernel memory using KDU. For Windows 2004+ systems.

C KMDF Kernel
Algorithms

Maze Visualizer

Interactive browser tool for generating and solving mazes with animated pathfinding. Built as a visual companion for a data structures course homework.

HTML CSS JavaScript
Web App

Gym Tracker

A simple web app for tracking gym workouts. Features include account support for data persistence and a customizable UI with theme support.

Full-Stack Auth Self-Hosted
Custom Engine · Game

Voxel Engine

A high-performance C++ voxel engine. Features a custom DDA raymarching pipeline, sparse brickmap data structures, and optimized procedural generation. Will eventually become a game.

C++ Vulkan GLSL Graphics Programming
Personal Project

Binary Numbers Playground

Interactive visualizer for binary numbers and their representations. Manipulate individual bits and watch decimal values change in real-time.

HTML CSS JavaScript
Discord Plugins

FixInstagramLinks & FixTwitterLinks

Bunny/Vendetta plugins that auto-replace Instagram and X/Twitter links with embed-friendly alternatives so previews render properly in Discord.

JavaScript Bunny Vendetta

Education

Sabanci University

B.Sc. Computer Science & Engineering

Sep. 2021 – Jan. 2026 GPA: 3.51

Bilfen Izmir Science High School

Science Track

2016 – 2020