Batu Sayici
Question 01

What is a human problem you care about so deeply you could devote years to it?

How we actually want to live with (or despite) technology. Not the technology question — the living question.

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vision

Mindful Future Lab

forming

A mindful technology and living space — part lab, part salon, part intellectual community. Where contemplative practice meets design, technology, and intentional living. A physical and conceptual home for exploring how we actually want to live with technology.

This is the project that contains and connects many others. The form is still taking shape.

system

Personal OS

ongoing

A Claude-augmented operating system for life — work, projects, finances, creative pursuits, and decisions. Inspired by the philosophy of intentional system design and plan-first development. The umbrella project that contains and connects many others.

inquiry

Deep Questions Project

ongoing

A collection of introspective, self-inquiry questions used as a social technology. The idea is to do something with them in the world — a video interview series, a facilitated salon, a podcast, a one-on-one practice format. The questions as a lens for going deeper with people. The format is still open.

inquiry

Personal Spiritual Guide

in progress

A Claude-powered contemplative companion trained on teachings from favorite dhamma teachers. Not generic mindfulness — something that speaks in specific voices and frameworks that actually resonate. Could be a conversational guide, a daily practice prompt, or a reflection tool.

tools

WhatsApp Relationship Visualizer

concept

A tool that ingests WhatsApp export data and visualizes the evolution of relationships over time. Message frequency, response patterns, conversation depth, emotional tone shifts, seasonal rhythms, who has drifted vs. intensified. Could range from a personal data dashboard to something more poetic or ambient.

tools

pedal_hunter

active

An automated scraper that monitors Reverb and other marketplaces for rare and boutique guitar effects pedals matching personal criteria. Currently deployed on Railway with daily alerts. The most technically grounded project — and the one I use every day.

making

Horror Short — Giant Mosquitoes

in progress

An AI-made horror short film. Walks a fine line between absurdist, gore, and horror. Sound is a primary vehicle for dread — the whine, the needle, the inability to escape. Visually, the proboscis. Soundtrack reference: Marc Romboy - Speicher 120. The concept is developed; script and production approach are next steps.

making

Toby the Triceratops

in progress

A physical children’s storybook as a gift for my son. Toby is a baby triceratops — the character has existing story drafts: swallowed by a megalodon, befriends a volcano, gets very thirsty. The project is about bringing these stories into a real, tangible artifact: illustrated, printed, and bound.

music

Bela Bale

SoundCloud · 20 tracks

20 tracks released between 2017 and 2021. San Sobarian, Traditions, Carmen, Ferzuella, Out Now, Never Use Should, Watsoni, and others.

music

Change of Plans

Bandcamp · 4 releases

Four releases: Music Minus One, Best Mountain, Nobody Does Anything Anywhere, Anybody Is Who. Started in Istanbul.

idea dumpster

I Forgot

idea dumpster

The dumpster. Every idea that didn’t make it — not because it was bad, but because time, energy, or courage ran out.

WhatsApp Relationship Visualizer — A tool that ingests WhatsApp export data and maps the evolution of relationships over time: message frequency, emotional tone, who drifted, who intensified. Beautiful idea. Still waiting.

Long-form essay series — A series of personal essays on systems thinking, technology, and the examined life. Outlines exist. Publication does not.

The salon — A structured format for running the Deep Questions Project as a facilitated in-person experience. The format is ready. The courage to run it is intermittent.

Not dead. Just waiting.