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Mert Bulan

mertbulan.com

Product-minded developer in Hamburg sharing experiences, thoughts, guides, reviews, and discoveries about building, learning, technology, and everyday life.

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52 from 12 Jan 2020 to 2 Aug 2026
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monthly (13 in the last year)
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personal blog
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2026 11

  1. More German than many Germans
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  6. How to declare taxes in Germany as an App Developer
  7. Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum
  8. My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026
  9. Why I Stopped Following the News
  10. When the Tech Industry Becomes Disgusting
  11. About Being Grateful

2025 26

  1. My 2025 Q4 Highlights: Favorite Books, Games, and TV Shows
  2. What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One
  3. My 2025 Q3 Highlights: Favorite Books and Movies
  4. We'll Never Have Flying Cars
  5. The Differences Between Expats and Immigrants
  6. Why Paying for Spotify Mostly Pays Taylor Swift
  7. How digital is Germany?
  8. My 2025 Q2 Highlights: Favorite Books, Games, and TV Shows
  9. Budgeting 101: How to Save More to Enjoy More
  10. Why I don't ride the AI Hype Train
  11. Munich from a Hamburger's Perspective
  12. The American vs. European Mindset on Life
  13. My story of passing the telc B1 German exam
  14. Why I stopped using the Tchibo capsule coffee machine
  15. These 4 watchOS 11 Bugs Are Driving Me Crazy
  16. Becoming 30: Reflections and the Road Ahead
  17. My Cowboy Classic E-Bike Review After 3.000 KM
  18. My checklist before submitting a new app to App Store Connect
  19. The Role of A/B Testing in Enshittification
  20. Don't rely on BGAppRefreshTask for your app's business logic
  21. How to get subscription notifications on iPhone without RevenueCat
  22. Steve Jobs Syndrome and How to Identify It
  23. We need Universal Basic Land, not Universal Basic Income
  24. We don't need startups, we need Digital-Mittelstand
  25. Once You're Laid Off, You'll Never Be the Same Again
  26. Be careful how you save Relationship in SwiftData

2024 6

  1. Never use SwiftData without VersionedSchema
  2. How to retire early in Germany
  3. How to bring back English as supported languages on App Store
  4. How to test the same Rake task multiple times
  5. How to handle dynamic text with String Catalogs
  6. Dune: Part Two Review (Spoiler-Free)

2023 2

  1. A comprehensive review of Apple Watch by a first-time user
  2. Watt's the Secret? Cutting My Electricity Costs by 30%

2022 1

  1. How to apply for permanent resident permit in Germany

2021 1

  1. One Bag Traveling with Aer Travel Pack 2 Small

2020 5

  1. Learning the history of Germany with Rammstein
  2. How to invest and pay your taxes in Germany via DEGIRO
  3. Why some buildings in Hamburg have a greenish roof?
  4. Should we #EnjoyCapitalism?
  5. Moving to Germany: Things that you need to know