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Yanki Sırtaş

Notes, work, tools, music, and a few unfinished things.

software / language / music

Cast: hexagram 56, Lǚ. Changing to hexagram 50, Dǐng.

About

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.

Projects

  • atelier — directory of art projects — typography, vigils, fresco studies
  • Choc Education巧克 — English fluency forged in real conversation for Mandarin speakers
  • zhongguyin中古音 — Hear classical Chinese as it sounded a millennium ago
  • Language Boss — AI that teaches, grades, and tracks English for Mandarin speakers
  • untranslatable — Visualize what cannot cross from Classical Chinese poetry into English
  • dream夢卦 — Extract the Yi Jing hexagram your dream already was
  • conduit — An audio puzzle where the pieces are real WebAudio nodes

On repeat · 90 days 近期高频

  1. 01Mass — 1453 Freestyle×10 · last 1mo ago
  2. 02Ensiferum — Into Battle×8 · last 1mo ago
  3. 03Sevinç Tevs — Ve Ben Yalnız×4 · last 1mo ago
  4. 04No Party For Cao Dong — 爛泥×3 · last 1mo ago
  5. 05Jesper Kyd — The Gauntlet×3 · last 1mo ago

一周回响。 On rotation · podcast: Episode 171 — The Eastern Frontier · The History of Byzantium

Currently attempting

language 词语、语感、用法 · calligraphy 临帖、笔记 · watches 机芯、设计、小记 · poetry 诗句、译句、摘抄 · China 城市、历史、日常

Field note No. 243

力拔山兮气盖世，
时不利兮骓不逝。
骓不逝兮可奈何，
虞兮虞兮奈若何！
—《垓下歌》项羽

Links

Substack · Last.fm · GitHub · LinkedIn · email