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Mesut Kaçmaz

I care about the part after “it works”.

I work across React, Next.js and Node.js, turning early ideas into careful, usable products—without losing sight of the code underneath.

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Portrait of Mesut Kaçmaz
Based in
Ankara, Türkiye
Open to
Interesting projects and conversations

Selected work

01

DevFlow

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DevFlow application preview

A question-and-answer board for developers — MDX-authored questions with tags, voting and saved collections, plus AI-generated answers on demand.

Inside the build
  • MDX-authored questions with inline tag creation and tag pages
  • On-demand AI answers generated from the question context
  • Credential and OAuth sign-in on a MongoDB document model
Core stack

  • Next.js

  • React

  • TypeScript

  • Tailwind CSS

  • MongoDB

  • Mongoose

  • Vercel AI SDK

  • MDX

02

KacmazLMS

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KacmazLMS application preview

A learning management system for creating and taking online courses, from curriculum authoring to checkout and student progress.

Inside the build
  • Rich-text course authoring with a drag-and-drop curriculum
  • Stripe checkout and a student progress dashboard
  • Private accounts, course media, and persistent learning records
Core stack

  • Next.js

  • React

  • TypeScript

  • Tailwind CSS

  • PostgreSQL

  • Prisma

  • Better Auth

  • Stripe

  • AWS S3

03

Money Snapshot

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Money Snapshot application preview

A month-at-a-glance personal finance tracker that brings everyday spending and longer-term commitments into one private account.

Inside the build
  • Monthly income, expenses, and category breakdowns
  • Recurring bills, subscriptions, and savings goals
  • Account-scoped records with a dashboard built around the current month
Core stack

  • Next.js

  • React

  • TypeScript

  • Tailwind CSS

  • PostgreSQL

  • Prisma

  • Better Auth

About

I'm a self-taught web developer with a degree in computer engineering. I started building for the web in 2018 and have worked across frontend, backend, and the space where the two meet.

What keeps me interested is the whole product: how it reads, how it responds, and how clearly the code communicates its intent. I care about accessible interfaces, maintainable systems, and the small details that make software feel considered.

Experience

Jan 2026 — Present

9 mo

Health Institutes of Türkiye (TÜSEB)

Computer Engineer

Feb 2023 — Jul 2023

5 mo

SecureComputing

Backend Developer

Jan 2022 — Apr 2022

3 mo

Assistant App

Backend Developer

Oct 2021 — Jan 2022

3 mo

Techtile Yazılım A.S.

Full-Stack Developer

Approach

01

Interface engineering

Responsive React and Next.js interfaces with accessible interactions, reusable components, and close attention to visual detail.

02

Backend & data

Node.js services, authentication, PostgreSQL data models, and the integrations that make a product work end to end.

03

Product delivery

TypeScript, performance, deployment, and maintainable code—from an early idea to something people can use.

Everyday stack

  • React

  • Next.js

  • TypeScript

  • Node.js

  • Nest.js

  • PostgreSQL

  • Tailwind CSS

  • Supabase

  • .NET

Contact

Tell me what you're making.

If you have a project, a question, or an interesting problem, send me an email. I'm happy to hear the details.

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Email
mesut.kacmaz@outlook.com
Phone
+90 552 269 97 08