# Can Cetin

Engineering lead at sahibinden.com and maker of small, private apps. Istanbul, Türkiye.

- Website: https://cancetin.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/theshiver
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cancetin
- Email: can@cancetin.com

## About

I have been building for the web for 18 years, the last 11 at sahibinden.com, one of Türkiye's largest marketplaces. I have led teams for 6 years. By day I lead the user platform team. After hours I design, build and ship my own apps, end to end.

## Career

### Software Development Team Lead, sahibinden.com (Jan 2021 – present)
I lead the user platform team, working across identity and account security, fraud prevention, messaging and communication delivery. My part is people and direction: hiring and growing engineers, shaping architecture across teams, and bringing AI into how the team builds, reviews and ships.

### Frontend Technical Lead, sahibinden.com (Aug 2019 – Jan 2021)
The company's first frontend tech lead. Led the AngularJS to Angular migration and the micro frontend effort, and set standards for 10+ frontend developers.

### Principal / Senior Front-End Developer, sahibinden.com (Dec 2015 – Aug 2019)
Owned frontend performance and code quality across the marketplace's highest-traffic pages.

### Senior Front-End Developer, Kariyer.net (Aug 2014 – Dec 2015)
Rebuilt the website from scratch. Started as the only frontend developer, ended leading a team of three.

### Senior Front-End Developer, MagiClick (Aug 2010 – Aug 2014)
Banking and corporate platforms for Akbank, DenizBank, QNB Finansbank, Yapı Kredi, Türk Telekom and Borusan. Two Altın Örümcek awards for DenizBank.

### Front-End Developer & Designer, Donanım Haber (Jun 2008 – Jun 2009)

### Education
B.A. Visual Communication Design, Istanbul Commerce University, 2005 – 2009

## Side projects

### Kapsül (iOS, Android)
AI nutrition and medication tracker. Snap your plate and calories and macros fill in; scan a medicine box and get a schedule with a reminder for every dose; one daily health score; caregiver roles for family. Started as my son's research project, which placed in the TÜBİTAK Asia finals.
- Site: https://www.kapsul-app.com
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/kapsul/id6756274787
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cancetin.kapsul

### Slapss (macOS, open source, Apache-2.0)
Full-screen meeting alerts for Mac. Takes over every display when a meeting starts, with one tap to join Zoom, Teams, Meet or Webex. 1,000+ users, seven languages, calendar read on device.
- Site: https://www.slapss-app.com
- Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/slapss/id6767488326?mt=12
- Source: https://github.com/theshiver/slapss-app

### Pano (macOS, open source, MIT)
Clipboard manager with a memory. Unlimited searchable history (SQLite FTS5), transforms for JSON, Base64, JWT and colours, on-device OCR for copied screenshots, short retention for secrets. Ships without network access.
- Site: https://www.pano-app.com

### Apple Silicon Printer Drivers (macOS, open source, MIT)
Native arm64 driver package that brings 3,600+ printer models back to macOS 27 after Rosetta support ended. Built in a day with Claude Code.
- Source: https://github.com/theshiver/apple-silicon-printer-drivers