YANKI

A study in the spaces between words, the silence between notes, the white between strokes.

I build software.

I'm a language & culture nerd. Currently studying Classical Chinese/文言文 and Mandarin. Fluent in Turkish, English & Spanish. Can kind of fake my way through a few more.

I play some instruments and enjoy composing. I recently started learning to play the saxophone. On the guitar I've been studying gypsy jazz and also metal. I play the trumpet, some keys and even throw in some drums in there sometimes. I'm also trying to learn the oud and bağlama.

I like traditional Chinese calligraphy. I'm waiting to become more competent at it before I start gifting my works to my friends.

Currently

Currently working at Steer Health as Software Engineer

Recent Work

Elsewhere

yankisirtas@gmail.com
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Empty Mountain Study 空山習字
2026-02-27