Pages on alper.nlhttps://alper.nl/pages/Recent content in Pages on alper.nlHugo -- 0.165.0en-USMon, 24 Aug 2026 10:25:55 +0100Nowhttps://alper.nl/now/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:25:55 +0100https://alper.nl/now/<h2 class="relative group">Traveling <div id="traveling" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#traveling" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <ul> <li>Amsterdam in October</li> <li>Spain in November</li> <li>Japan in 2027?</li> </ul> <h2 class="relative group">Doing <div id="doing" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#doing" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.wanikani.com/level/29" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Wanikani level 29</a> and a bit of Duolingo</li> <li><a href="https://www.strava.com/athletes/3476127" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Road cycling</a></li> <li>Gym</li> </ul> <h2 class="relative group">Reading <div id="reading" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#reading" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <ul> <li>The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York</li> <li>De vrijgemaakte Ortjes (The Wee Free Men)</li> <li>The Mirror and the Light</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15956224.Alper_u_un" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Goodreads</a></p>Traveling
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  • Amsterdam in October
  • Spain in November
  • Japan in 2027?

Doing
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Reading
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  • The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
  • De vrijgemaakte Ortjes (The Wee Free Men)
  • The Mirror and the Light

Goodreads

Watching
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  • The Bear S5
  • Critical Role: Campaign 4

Trakt

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Desk

Hardware
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  • Macbook Pro M4 (work)
  • Macbook Air M1 (private)
  • iPhone 17
  • Sony MDR-7506
  • Sennheiser gaming headset
  • Shure microphone
  • Airpods Pro 2
  • Cartel Contra 40% keyboard with Kailh box navy switches running QMK with my custom layout and Mito Mt3 Pules keycaps
  • Let’s Split 40% keyboard
  • Dell Monitor as a USB hub
  • Anker wired vertical mouse
  • IKEA standing desk
  • Orient Kamasu Mako III
  • Vitra desk organizer
  • Lamy Safari fountain pen

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  • Cartel Contra 40% keyboard
  • Logitech G500s mouse
  • Håg Capisco chair
  • IKEA tiny desk

Software
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]]>Impressumhttps://alper.nl/impressum/Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:12:34 +0000https://alper.nl/impressum/<p>Angaben gemäß §5 TMG und §18 MStV</p>Angaben gemäß §5 TMG und §18 MStV

Alper Cugun
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Wrangelstraße 100
10997 Berlin
Deutschland

E-mail: alper AT alper PUNKT de

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]]>About Alperhttps://alper.nl/about-alper/Fri, 21 Dec 2018 02:12:34 +0000https://alper.nl/about-alper/<p><a href="https://alper.nl/dingen/about/alper-cugun-portrait-februar-2015/" ><figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="Alper Cugun Portrait Februar 2015" width="2362" height="3543" src="https://alper.nl/about-alper/150207_ALPER_CUGUN_PORTRAIT_SOJKA_007_hu_8c21597a1c1fc388.jpg" srcset="https://alper.nl/about-alper/150207_ALPER_CUGUN_PORTRAIT_SOJKA_007_hu_8c21597a1c1fc388.jpg 800w, https://alper.nl/about-alper/150207_ALPER_CUGUN_PORTRAIT_SOJKA_007_hu_1c0e613e4f6c0eb6.jpg 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://alper.nl/about-alper/150207_ALPER_CUGUN_PORTRAIT_SOJKA_007.jpg"></figure> </a></p>
Alper Cugun Portrait Februar 2015

Photograph by Antony Sojka.

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Alper Çuğun-Gscheidel M.Sc. is an engineer working on the leading edge of software, leadership and strategy.

Alper graduated with a Master of Sciences in Media and Knowledge Engineering from Delft University of Technology with a minor in Management of Technology.

He’s worked as a startup founder, open government program director, board member, agency principal, game developer, iOS engineer, security expert, director of engineering and design consultant.

Based on experiences building chat applications, in 2016 he wrote and published the book “Designing Conversational Interfaces” about the conception and creation of chatbots. He called chat the “UI for AI” which became true 10 years later.

Alper is currently based in Berlin and employed as a platform engineering manager.

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