# Denis Ergocmen
### Learning Cloud Engineering
> Exploring how systems work, how they can be built and secured,
> and how different technologies come together.
## 🧭 Journey
I started my journey in January 2026 with Python.
Over time, I realized that technologies are tools built on
deeper concepts, which led me to look beneath the tools
themselves.
I then began exploring hardware, networking, Linux, and cloud
engineering, applying what I learned through personal projects
and using the experience gained to guide what I explored next.
## 🎯 Current Focus
Currently focused on strengthening my fundamentals, with a
particular focus on Linux, while building TraceBox and applying
what I learn through the project.
## 🚀 Projects
### TraceBox
My current main project and a key part of my cloud engineering
journey, where I apply what I learn and use the experience gained
to guide technical decisions and improvements.
### DeniKey
A project that gave me experience with security, user-oriented
design, and managing a production application.
### Public IP Monitor
A project that helped me explore and understand networking
through practical application.
## 🧠 Engineering Approach
### Problem Solving
I prefer understanding the problem first, then finding a practical
and sustainable solution rather than simply solving the immediate
issue.
### Learning by Building
I learn by understanding concepts, applying them in projects,
and using the experience gained to evaluate my decisions and
improve my approach.
### Trade-offs
I am learning to evaluate trade-offs between different solutions
and understand that engineering decisions often involve
balancing performance, security, reliability, simplicity, and
cost.
### Mindset
I like to understand what is happening beneath the tools I use,
question why a solution works, and look for ways to improve it.
## 🎯 Direction
I want to build a strong understanding of the fundamentals behind
modern infrastructure and cloud systems.
My goal is not only to use technologies, but to understand the
systems behind them, how they work together, and how to make
informed engineering decisions based on practical experience.
## 🌐 Languages
- Turkish
- Russian
- English