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Orcun SamiTandogan

Python Developer & Data Scientist

30+ production projects built entirely with Claude.
Running 23 live VPS services at scale.
Turning ideas into products — with AI.

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Orcun Sami Tandogan - coding from a van
Building from anywhere

The Real Story

I'm a Turkish developer living as a digital nomad in New Zealand. I literally code from a van — a real van, with 3 monitors on a wooden desk, a fur vest, and a can of energy drink. That's my office.

I've built 30+ production projects — all with Claude. Not as a hobby. As a way of life. 23 of those services are running live RIGHT NOW on a single VPS. FastAPI backends, Next.js frontends, Telegram bots, Celery workers, analytics dashboards.

But here's the honest part: I build fast and I build a lot — but I struggle to stick with one thing and grow it. SenlikBuddy had 450 real users after launch. Real traction. And I stopped. Moved to the next project. Not because I failed, but because staying felt harder than starting.

I believe in "tevekkul" — a Turkish concept of trusting the process while still putting in the work. I don't know exactly where this is all going. But I keep building.

Why Claude?

Claude isn't a tool I use. It's how I think, how I build, how I ship. My entire VPS — every service, every line of code — was built in conversation with Claude. One person + Claude can build what used to take a team.

Why Ambassador?

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30+ shipped projects — not demos, not tutorials. Production systems.

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Deep experience with Claude Code, API, and real-world deployment.

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Türkiye has a massive developer community but almost zero Claude presence.

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I learn by building. I teach by showing what I built.

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Living proof that one person + Claude can replace a dev team.

Orcun coding from the wild in New Zealand

West Coast, New Zealand

The Office

Coding from a Van

No WeWork. No standing desk. Just a van, 3 monitors on a wooden desk, a fur vest when it gets cold, and a can of energy drink. That's my office.

Some days I deploy from a beach parking lot. Some days from a mountain pass with no cell signal (those are the stressful ones). The point isn't comfort — it's freedom.

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Van
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Monitors
23
Live Services

Life in New Zealand

Digital nomad life — coding from a van, exploring Middle-earth between deploys.

Orcun in elven cloak at Rob Roy Glacier, NZ
Rob Roy Glacier
Watching sunset from a lookout in New Zealand
Cape Foulwind Sunset
Morning coffee with LOTR mug by a river
Morning Code & Coffee
Orcun with sword in NZ countryside
Glenorchy
Adventure selfie with GoPro in NZ bush
West Coast Trail
30+
Projects Built with Claude
23
Live VPS Services
Running now
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AI I Swear By

My Plan as Ambassador

Not just ideas — concrete actions I'll take to grow Claude's community in Türkiye.

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Claude Developer Meetups

Monthly meetups in Istanbul and Ankara bringing together Turkish developers building with Claude. Live coding sessions, project showcases, and networking.

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Hands-on Workshops

Full-day workshops teaching developers how to build production systems with Claude Code and the API. From FastAPI backends to full-stack apps — using my 30+ projects as real examples.

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Turkish Claude Content

Blog posts, video tutorials, and Twitter threads in Turkish. Türkiye has a massive developer community but almost zero Claude content in their language.

Quarterly04

University Hackathons

Partner with Turkish universities for Claude-powered hackathons. Get students building real projects, not just following tutorials.

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Open Source Showcase

Document and open-source patterns from my 23 live services — deployment configs, security setups, API architectures — so others can learn from production code.

The Journey

From data science to 23 live services — built with Claude.

2020

Started with Data Science

Python, ML models, Kaggle competitions. The foundation.

2024

Discovered Claude

First Claude project. Everything changed. Built my first full-stack app in a weekend.

2025

10+ Live Services

SenlikBuddy hit 450 users. Started building faster than ever. FastAPI + Next.js became my default.

2025

Van Life Begins

Moved to New Zealand. Set up 3 monitors in a van. Digital nomad developer life.

2026

23 Live Services, 30+ Projects

BultanimAI, MetricsHub, X-Twitter, Instagram Analytics, CSC, and more. All on one VPS. All built with Claude.

2026

Claude Ambassador

Applying to bring Claude to Türkiye's developer community. This site is part of that story.

Featured Projects

23 live services powering real businesses. All built with Claude.

Flagship Project

BultanimAI

Fully Autonomous AI Newsletter Platform

An end-to-end AI-powered newsletter system that runs completely on autopilot. Scrapes news from Twitter, Instagram, and Telegram — generates AI summaries — and distributes personalized newsletters to subscribers. Zero manual intervention.

FastAPICeleryRedisDeepSeek AITelegram Bot APITwitter APIInstagram APIPostgreSQL

Architecture

>Twitter bot auto-scrapes trending topics & threads
>Instagram bot monitors accounts & extracts content
>Telegram bot delivers newsletters & handles subscriptions
>Celery Beat schedules fully automated pipeline
>AI generates summaries, categorizes, and personalizes
>Running 5 PM2 services: API + Worker + Beat + Telegram Bot + Scrapers
showcase

orcunsamitandogan.com

Personal portfolio + blog

Next.jsFastAPI
showcase

MetricsHub (P000)

Analytics command center with RBAC, 61 DB tables, 80+ features

Vue.js 3FastAPIMySQL
backend

BultanimAI API

AI newsletter generation API with content pipeline

FastAPICelery
backend

Instagram Backend

Instagram content processing API

FastAPICelery
backend

X-Twitter Backend

Twitter analytics API

FastAPICelery
backend

Application Backend

SenlikBuddy event platform API

FastAPI
backend

Saray Backend

Backend API service

FastAPI
backend

Isbul Backend

Job listings platform API

FastAPI
frontend

Instagram Frontend

Instagram analytics dashboard

Next.jsTailwind
frontend

X-Twitter Frontend

Twitter analytics UI

Next.jsTailwind
frontend

Isbul Frontend

Job listings web app

Next.jsTailwind
frontend

Saray Frontend

Saray platform UI

Next.js
frontend

Hallet Dashboard

Task management dashboard

Next.js
tools

BultanimAI Telegram Bot

AI newsletter via Telegram

PythonTelegram API
tools

BultanimAI Worker

Background job processor

CeleryRedis
tools

BultanimAI Beat

Scheduled task runner

Celery Beat
tools

Instagram Celery Worker

Async Instagram download processor

Celery
tools

Borsa Backend

Stock market data tracker

FastAPI
tools

IG Telegram Bot

Instagram content downloader

PythonTelegram
tools

YT Telegram Bot

YouTube video downloader

PythonTelegram
analytics

X-Twitter Beat

Twitter scheduled analytics jobs

Celery Beat
analytics

X-Twitter Worker

Twitter data processing worker

Celery
analytics

CSC (Cyber Security Checker)

Web security analysis platform

FastAPISQLiteNext.js
analytics

Analizci

Data analysis tools

PythonFastAPI

Get in Touch

Chat with my AI double, or reach me directly. Let's build something amazing together.